Green supply chain management (GSCM): a structured literature review and research implications

Malviya, Rakesh Kumar; Kant, Ravi

doi:10.1108/bij-01-2014-0001

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“…Given that other sectors, such as general manufacturing and automotive industry, have benefited from GSCM-related investigations (Malviya and Kant, 2015), a holistic GSCM-oriented study on construction could provide a comprehensive understanding of the various conditions necessary for greening the sector.…”

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Green supply chain management: an empirical investigation on the construction sector

Balasubramanian

Shukla

2017

SCM

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Supply Chain Management: an International Journal y C h a i n M a n a g e m e n t : a n I n t e r n a t i o n a l J o u 1 Green supply chain management: An empirical investigation on the construction sector Abstract Purpose: Curtailing the adverse environmental impacts of the construction sector is one the major challenges of the twenty-first century. However, despite the significance of this problem, the limited efforts so far to tackle the negative impacts associated with this particular sector have been largely fragmented and disjointed. Given that the net green outcome of a construction project is the sum total of the efforts undertaken at the various supply chain stages (from the initial design to the endof-life demolition) by different stakeholders, the green supply chain management (GSCM) approach is seen as a way forward toward streamlining the fragmented efforts at greening the sector. This forms the motivation of the present work, which aims to develop, validate, and apply a multidimensional GSCM framework for the construction sector.Design/methodology/approach: A comprehensive GSCM assessment framework consisting of nine constructs (external and internal drivers; external and internal barriers; core and facilitating GSCM practices; economic, environmental and organizational performance implications) and their underlying factors was developed through an extensive literature review. Using data collected through a structured questionnaire, the framework was validated, and the relevance/appropriateness of each construct and its underlying factors, along with the hypothesized relationships between the constructs, were assessed separately for each supply chain stakeholder. Findings:The findings confirm the validity and reliability of the constructs and their underlying factors as well as the assessment framework. In general, the implementation of green practices has had a positive impact on the environmental, economic, and organizational performance for all stakeholders, while the extent of the green practices implemented depends on the relative strength of the drivers and barriers. Research limitations/implications:This study fills a gap in the literature about applying/implementing GSCM in the construction sector. Practical implications:The findings provide practitioners, policy makers, and organizations associated with the UAE construction sector, as well as the construction sector in general, insight into all key aspects of GSCM.Originality/value: A comprehensive survey-based assessment of GSCM for the construction sector has not been previously attempted and constitutes the novelty of this work.

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Green supply chain management: an empirical investigation on the construction sector

Balasubramanian

Shukla

2017

SCM

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“…However, from an economic point of view, it has a relatively less positive effect (Lewis & Gertsakis, ). Green activities are adopted to achieve green products, to minimize emissions and pollution, and to reduce the use of resources (Diab et al, ; Humphreys, McIvor, & Chan, ; Lee et al, ; Malviya & Kant, ; Wu, Liao, Tseng, & Chiu, ). Adopting sustainable and green activities requires involvement of all supply chain participants (customers and suppliers), so that the entire chain becomes “greened.” Cooperation and collaboration become much easier and natural when everyone has the same goals (Giovanni & Vinzi, ; Zhu et al, ).…”

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Operational excellence in a green supply chain for environmental management: A case study

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Nowadays, organizations have started to become more conscious about the environment in their supply chain operations. The greening process has guided supply chain practices into new ways of thinking according to green standards. The assessment of the performance of green supply chain management (GSCM) requires a holistic view for the whole supply chain. In this context, given that becoming green in the operational side of activities is essential, the performance assessment of operational activities also requires a holistic view to be taken. In this paper, an attempt has been made to improve the performance of GSCM by examining and evaluating the green operational excellence of a hot dip galvanizing company. The framework includes several green operational excellence key criteria, namely, quality management, efficiency management, green production/manufacturing, eco‐packaging, and green design. First, the weights of the criteria and the respective measurements were found by fuzzy analytic network process. Then, the overall operational performance score was found by a weighted scoring method. Finally, both managerial and theoretical implications were suggested according to the outcomes and findings of the case study.

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“…This, in the literature, has been known for almost 30 years. A review of literature in this field is presented, among others, by Malviya and Kant [4]. It is important to distinguish between the scope and the elements of a green and sustainable supply chain.…”

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The Selected Method and Tools for Performance Measurement in the Green Supply Chain—Survey Analysis in Poland

Tundys

Wiśniewski

2018

Sustainability

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The methods and tools for the performance measurement and evaluation of the green supply chain management are very important elements for the construction and function of this type of supply chain. The result is a presentation of the considerations underlying a very general model, which presents some selected tools, but no breakdown of individual industries. The considerations undertaken are important and have scientific added value as usually in practice, a very large number of tools are used to assess the supply chain, which are not always correlated or adapted to the specificity of the chain. It is worth pointing out which of the already used or completely new tools and methods will be most useful for assessing the green supply chain. The structure of the paper covers the theoretical and empirical. It includes an introduction, our goals and hypotheses, state of the art, methodology, empirical findings, and discussion. We present the definitional differences between green and sustainable supply chains and focus on the selection and identification of methods for the framework model for evaluating the green supply chain. In the next step, the theoretical and selected method and tools were compared to a survey of Poland. On the basis of the survey, we present the findings and discussions found in this area. The main methodology used includes a literature review, a survey analysis using a questionnaire and statistical tools. The survey was carried out in 2015 in sample organizations in Poland. The research results showed that organizations were aware of the environmental elements of measuring and assessing the supply chain from an environmental point of view, but their use depended on many factors: the area, size of the organization, or the industry. If certain boundary conditions are met and the organizations are aware of the essence of environmental aspects in the chain, then they are applying green measures to the supply chain. These findings provide a glimpse into the measurement system and show that organizations still have yet to understand the essence of green and sustainable performance measurement, the meaning of its application, and the benefits it brings. However, traditional measurement still plays a large role, so it is important to reflect on how to convince organizations to pay more attention to environmental aspects, while at the same time applying a green supply chain assessment model. These results are a framework in which to start building a green supply chain assessment model. The empirical research aimed to answer the question of whether theoretical and sustainable management tools have already played a role in perceiving and assessing the green supply chain.

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Green supply chain management (GSCM): a structured literature review and research implications

Cited by 107 publications

References 14 publications

Green supply chain management: an empirical investigation on the construction sector

Green supply chain management: an empirical investigation on the construction sector

Operational excellence in a green supply chain for environmental management: A case study

The Selected Method and Tools for Performance Measurement in the Green Supply Chain—Survey Analysis in Poland

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