Development of closed–loop supply chain network in terms of corporate social responsibility

Ali Pedram,Nukman Bin Yusoff,Shahryar Sorooshian,Payam Pedram,Yong Deng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174951

Abstract

Due to the rise in awareness of environmental issues and the depletion of virgin resources, many firms have attempted to increase the sustainability of their activities. One efficient way to elevate sustainability is the consideration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by designing a closed loop supply chain (CLSC). This paper has developed a mathematical model to increase corporate social responsibility in terms of job creation. Moreover the model, in addition to increasing total CLSC profit, provides a range of strategic decision solutions for decision makers to select a best action plan for a CLSC. A proposed multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model was solved with non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II). Fuzzy set theory was employed to select the best compromise solution from the Pareto-optimal solutions. A numerical example was used to validate the potential application of the proposed model. The results highlight the effect of CSR in the design of CLSC.

Highlights

Scholars, researchers, and policy makers have given tremendous attention to the importance of sustainable development
One efficient way to elevate sustainability is the consideration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by designing a closed loop supply chain (CLSC)
A proposed multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model was solved with non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II)

Summary

Introduction

Researchers, and policy makers have given tremendous attention to the importance of sustainable development. There has been an increase in the level of awareness of environmental and social responsibility, few research studies have considered social issues in designing a CLSC network. This has led to a lack of studies in CSR [15]. The proposed network model is a direction to provide decision support for practitioners of end of life products by determining the number and location of facilities to be opened in view of economic and social benefit and material flows between these facilities.

Literature review

Minimization of Co2 emission related to transportation

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Results and discussions

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