Abstract
Nowadays, green supply chain management (SCM) practices are increasing among firms to adopt green practices and reduce the negative effects of supply chain operations on the environment. Firms such as manufacturing, mining, and agriculture have to improve their capacity in green SCM practices because environmental regulations force them to consider these issues. However, green practices are new and require comprehensive study to determine this problem. This study has taken the case of three garment manufacturing firms for the evaluation of green SCM practices in the context of Pakistan. The green SCM requires multi-dimensional techniques; therefore, fuzzy-based multi-criteria decision analysis approaches must be adopted while assessing green SCM practices of firms. This is because fuzzy-based methods obtain a significant solution for complex, vague, and uncertain multi-attribute problems in fuzzy environment. Therefore, in this study, a hybrid decision model comprised of Delphi, and Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodologies is proposed for assessing the green SCM practices of firms in terms of green design, green purchasing, green production, green warehousing, green logistics, and reverse logistics. The Fuzzy AHP method results reveal that “green purchasing,” “green design,” and “green production” are ranked the most important green indicators. Further, results reveal the ranking of manufacturing firms (alternatives) in the context of green SCM practices. This study shall help industries to focus on green SCM practices and adopt the green manufacturing process.
Highlights
Nowadays, green supply chain management (SCM) has become a very popular practice because of increasing awareness of environmental protection and sustainability
The findings indicate that environmental policy and top management support for green SCM are both crucial factors in firm involvement, which should be ranked in the highest preference when green SCMS practices are to be adopted
The Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach has been carried out to determine the various green indicators and sub-indicators weights with respect to the decision methodology of the study
Summary
Green SCM has become a very popular practice because of increasing awareness of environmental protection and sustainability. Industries are obliged to take into account green practices to reinforce their green image and for the betterment of the environment [1]. In this context, various firms such as service, manufacturing, agriculture, and mining industries carry out green SCM practices in many countries of the world [2]. Reverse logistics is a key attribute of green SCM in capturing value from used products and materials or to appropriately recycle them [3]
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