Sustainable Supply Chains: A Research-Based Textbook on Operations and Strategy (Springer Series in Supply Chain Management 4)

This book is primarily intended to serve as a research-based textbook on sustainable supply chains for graduate programs in Business, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Industrial Ecology, but it should also be of interest for researchers in the broader sustainable supply chain space, whether from the operations management and industrial engineering side or more from the industrial ecology and life-cycle assessment side. As firms become progressively more tightly coupled in global supply chains, rather than being large vertically integrated monoliths, risks and opportunities associated with activities upstream or downstream will increasingly impinge upon their own wellbeing. For a firm to thrive, it is increasingly imperative that it be aware of economic, environmental and social dimensions of the entire supply chain it belongs to, and that it proactively monitor and manage those. Finding efficient solutions towards a more sustainable supply chain is increasingly important for managers, but clearly this raise difficult questions, often without clear answers. This book aims to provide insights into these kinds of questions for students and practitioners, based on the latest academic research. We have noticed a recent surge in the number of courses on "sustainable supply chain management" or related topics, but a relative lack of corresponding teaching materials. While sustainability has been widely studied at the level of company strategy and extensive related pedagogical materials exist, there is still a relative lack of materials on sustainability with a supply chain management perspective. This book is primarily intended to serve as a research-based textbook on sustainable supply chains for graduate programs in Business, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Industrial Ecology, but it should also be of interest for researchers in the broader sustainable supply chain space, whether from the operations management and industrial engineering side or more from the industrial ecology and life-cycle assessment side Front Matter....Pages i-xv Sustainable Supply Chains: Introduction....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 15-41 Carbon Footprinting in Supply Chains....Pages 43-64 Water Footprint Assessment in Supply Chains....Pages 65-85 Sustainable Non-Renewable Materials Management....Pages 87-118 Disclosing and Reporting Environmental Sustainability of Supply Chains....Pages 119-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 Green Logistics....Pages 147-187 Green Inventory Management....Pages 189-218 Green Facility Location....Pages 219-234 Operational Implications of Environmental Regulation....Pages 235-255 Responsible Purchasing: Moving from Compliance to Value Creation in Supplier Relationships....Pages 257-278 Green Technology Choice....Pages 279-302 Principles of EcoDesign in Sustainable Supply Chains....Pages 303-316 Front Matter....Pages 317-317 Market Value Implications of Voluntary Corporate Environmental Initiatives (CEIs)....Pages 319-338 Business Implications of Sustainability Practices in Supply Chains....Pages 339-353 Moving from a Product-Based Economy to a Service-Based Economy for a More Sustainable Future....Pages 355-373 Closed-Loop Supply Chains: A Strategic Overview....Pages 375-393 Sustainable Food Supply Chain Design....Pages 395-412 Risk and Uncertainty Management for Sustainable Supply Chains....Pages 413-436 Front Matter....Pages 437-437 Improving Social and Environmental Performance in Global Supply Chains....Pages 439-464 Front Matter....Pages 437-437 Social Responsibility in Supply Chains....Pages 465-483 Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Supply Chains....Pages 485-505 Back Matter....Pages 507-517 As firms become progressively more tightly coupled in global supply chains, rather than being large vertically integrated monoliths, risks and opportunities associated with activities upstream or downstream will increasingly impinge upon their own wellbeing. For a firm to thrive, it is increasingly imperative that it be aware of economic, environmental and social dimensions of the entire supply chain it belongs to, and that it proactively monitor and manage those. Finding efficient solutions towards a more sustainable supply chain is increasingly important for managers, but clearly this raise difficult questions, often without clear answers. This book provides insights into these kinds of questions for students and practitioners, based on the latest academic research Designed as a research-based textbook on sustainable supply chains for graduate programs in Business, Management, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Ecology as firms become ever more tightly coupled in global supply chains, this book aims to provide insights into sustainability with a supply chain management perspective, and related topics.