Analysing the challenges in building resilient net zero carbon supply chains using Influential Network Relationship Mapping

The relationship between information processing capabilities, Net-Zero capability and supply chain performance

“…Resilience is the key to addressing the challenges. NZC will not only help organisations develop strategies and identify the resources required but also help them implement new techniques to achieve Net-Zero SC (Vimal et al, 2022). NZC could be beneficial for organisations to develop carbon regulatory environmental policies to achieve sustainable performance (Kannan et al, 2022;Sharma et al, 2022aSharma et al, , 2022b.…”

“…The implementation and effective measurement of Net-Zero emissions benefit not just the organisations in adequately identifying the carbon emissions across their sub-tier suppliers but also customers in improving their quality of life (Vimal et al , 2022). Prior studies by Govindan (2023) and (Beske et al , 2014) have emphasised the importance of technology, dynamic capabilities and sustainable SC practices to achieve environmental, economical and societal goals.…”

“…To meet the Net-Zero goals, organisations have to develop an interorganisational mechanism by using resources to engage all SC partners to measure accurate emissions (Gong et al, 2018). Existing research has explored the coordinated efforts to meet the Net-Zero goals by incorporating innovation into business processes for achieving growth (Stern and Valero, 2021), identifying barriers to SC decarbonisation through case studies (Zhang et al, 2022a), identifying the challenges in building Net-Zero SCs through network relationship mapping (Vimal et al, 2022), exploring the drivers, barriers and practices in Net-Zero economy from a multi-stakeholder perspective (Singh et al, 2022), listing carbon neutrality drivers to achieve SC and firm performance (Zhang et al, 2022a). The aforementioned research tends to focus more on Net-Zero policies, identifying barriers and challenges with limited empirical evidence from SCs and organisational resources to meet the Net-Zero goals.…”

“…from its own operations (Scope 1) or emissions related to the electricity purchased for operations (Scope 2), but also emissions related to outsourced manufacturing, purchased goods or services and usage of goods sold (Scope 3) (Schulman et al , 2021). Net-Zero is a complex challenge for SCs that requires overcoming multi-dimensional barriers (Vimal et al , 2022). The challenge mainly arises from the Scope 3 emissions as most of the SC emissions – up to 90% for end products SCs – originate from SC partners in the upstream activities (WEF, 2021).…”

“…Stenzel and Waichman (2023) also highlighted the benefits and challenges of SC data sharing and analysis in tackling Scope 3 emissions. The data issue is recognised by many – including the Paris Agreement – which identified the lack of transparency as the major challenge (King et al , 2022; Vimal et al , 2022). World Economic Forum report also underlines data sharing as the core barrier of upstream Scope 3 emissions (WEF, 2021).…”