Carbon Efficiency of Humanitarian Supply Chains: Evidence from French Red Cross Operations

Oberhofer, Peter; Blanco, Edgar E.; Craig, Anthony J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13177-1_5

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“…Research on sustainable humanitarian supply chains is often qualitative [35][36][37][38]. Therefore, a limited number of studies proposed quantitative approaches and developed mathematical models [5,[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. However, the most relevant studies do not sufficiently consider all aspects of sustainability under disruptions in relief operations.…”

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An optimization approach for disaster relief network design under uncertainty and disruption with sustainability considerations

2022

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Human-made, natural, and unexpected disasters always cause human and financial losses to communities. Disaster management is a framework with proven performance to reduce the damage caused by disaster and supply chain disruptions. Transferring the injured people from affected areas to hospitals at the minimum possible time is a crucial goal in times of disaster. This paper develops a two-stage stochastic programming model to transport the injured people from affected areas to hospitals in the incidence of multiple disruptions at transportation links and facilities under uncertainties. Herein, economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainability are considered, while simultaneous disruptions are managed to minimize the adverse impacts of the disasters. We aim to determine optimal locations to establish transfer points and flows between the relief network nodes with sustainability considerations. Ultimately, a case study in District 12 of Tehran, Iran is conducted to ensure the proposed model's validity and performance. Various sensitivity analyses are also implemented to ensure the model's effectiveness. The results indicate that disruptions in facilities and transportation links lead to increased relief time, hence has the most significant negative impact on relief operations.

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An optimization approach for disaster relief network design under uncertainty and disruption with sustainability considerations

2022

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“…This model is based on a sophisticated network simulation whose data are from the whole country and can calculate any amount of energy usage and carbon emissions. Oberhofer et al (2014) studied the carbon performance of a humanitarian supply chain, focusing on the French Red Cross Society, and calculated the carbon footprint of supply chain products from manufacturing to disposal. Zhang and Chen (2019) used the garment‐manufacturing sector as the study object to develop the carbon emission evaluation model, and findings revealed that fabrics and accessories are the primary sources of carbon emissions in garment sewing production.…”

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Carbon performance evaluation system and practice analysis for the sustainable enterprises

Zhang

Yue

Tan

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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Sustainable development has become society's focal point. In this context, China's paper industry needs to be more concerned about a low-carbon strategy. Therefore, a carbon performance evaluation system must be built to guide the low-carbon enterprise transformation. Based on the carbon value flow analysis, this study takes JX Paper (a paper-making enterprise) as an example to construct a carbon performance evaluation system consisting of carbon input, transfer, and output indicators.The quantitative and qualitative index weights were determined through a principal component analysis and an analytical hierarchy process. The overall carbon performance increased from 2012 to 2021, but room remains for improvement. These results show that the performance evaluation system provides a helpful reference for enterprises to identify the key factors affecting carbon emissions and evaluate their carbon performance. Moreover, objective criteria should be developed to improve sustainable enterprise carbon performance and low-carbon competitiveness.

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“…In addition, for aftermath reconstruction projects, advanced construction technology is a solid enabler of adding a value to the economy, society and environment and to get the desired results in HSC operations (Amadei et al , 2009). Also, choice of degradable materials is also to be considered for greening the HSCs (Oberhofer et al , 2015).…”

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Towards understanding key enablers to green humanitarian supply chain management practices

Bag

Luthra²,

Venkatesh³

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PurposeHumanitarian supply chains (HSCs) by their very nature require urgent reaction to unforeseeable needs, making it difficult to properly plan for the support of actual demands. As such, integrating sustainability into traditional HSC practices continues to present a challenge to governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other humanitarian-related agencies. This study focuses on identifying and categorizing the leading enablers to green humanitarian supply chains (GHSCs) and proposes a model for improving the responsiveness based upon a fuzzy total interpretive structural modelling approach.Design/methodology/approachTotal interpretive structural modelling (TISM) uses group decision-making to identify contextual relationships among each pair of enablers and elucidates the nature of each underlying relationship. The fuzzy TISM shows the level of strength (very high influence, high influence, low influence and very low influence) of each enabler in relation to other enablers, which can help to inform management decision-making.FindingsGHSC management requires strategic planning of inventory and logistics management. The importance of collaborative relationship building with HSC partners for developing capability and the effective use of available resources are keys to success. These improved relationships also help to promote postponement and similar speculation-based logistics strategies, as well as advanced purchasing and pre-positioning strategies. Finally, the speed and quality of response is found to be the top enabler in GHSC management.Research limitations/implicationsOne noted shortcoming of the chosen research method is its reliance on subjective expert judgement. However, collecting judgements is at the basis of many research methods, and the research team took utmost care throughout the research process to allay biases. Future empirical research can further examine the relationships suggested herein. Managers can use the model developed in this research to consider impactful ways to design and execute sustainable HSCs.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is a novel attempt to identify enablers to GHSC management. Secondly, the research team has used an advanced methodology (fuzzy TISM) to develop the contextual inter-relationships among the enablers which has not been used earlier in this direction before and thus advances the GHSC literature.

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Carbon Efficiency of Humanitarian Supply Chains: Evidence from French Red Cross Operations

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

An optimization approach for disaster relief network design under uncertainty and disruption with sustainability considerations

An optimization approach for disaster relief network design under uncertainty and disruption with sustainability considerations

Carbon performance evaluation system and practice analysis for the sustainable enterprises

Towards understanding key enablers to green humanitarian supply chain management practices

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