Framework

Green supply chain framework

The question it answers

When customers, investors or regulators push for greener operations, how should a supply chain director build environmental criteria into purchasing, design and reverse logistics?

Origin
Hervani, Helms and Sarkis (2005); Srivastava (2007); Seuring and Müller (2008); Zsidisin and Siferd (2001); Li and Olorunniwo (2008)
Diagram type
Process by phase
Level of analysis
Industry
Topics
Supply chain & operationsEthics & corporate governance
Delivery lorry pulling a chain of linked glass boxes, icon for supply chain

Diagram

Green supply chain framework

  1. Drivers
  2. Government, NGOs, investors, customers and partners, public, internal, competitors
  3. Practices
  4. Green purchasing
  5. Eco-design (product, packaging)
  6. Reverse logistics
  7. Enablers and barriers
  8. Leadership commitment, training, measurement, supplier management
  9. Cost, lack of legitimacy, regulation, uncommitted suppliers, finance-biased metrics
  10. Measurement
  11. Environmental, economic, social, operational

Sources

References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Hervani, A.A., Helms, M.M. and Sarkis, J. (2005) ‘Performance measurement for green supply chain management’, Benchmarking: An International Journal, 12(4), pp. 330–353.doi:10.1108/14635770510609015Source page
  2. Li, X. and Olorunniwo, F. (2008) ‘An exploration of reverse logistics practices in three companies’, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 13(5), pp. 381–386.doi:10.1108/13598540810894979Source page
  3. Seuring, S. and Müller, M. (2008) ‘From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management’, Journal of Cleaner Production, 16(15), pp. 1699–1710.doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.020Source page
  4. Srivastava, S.K. (2007) ‘Green supply-chain management: a state-of-the-art literature review’, International Journal of Management Reviews, 9(1), pp. 53–80.doi:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00202.xSource page
  5. Zsidisin, G.A. and Siferd, S.P. (2001) ‘Environmental purchasing: a framework for theory development’, European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 7(1), pp. 61–73.doi:10.1016/S0969-7012(00)00007-1Source page