Abstract
Purpose: The paper aims to provide a general overview of the impacts of climate change upon supply chains and to analyze the implications of climate change for supply chain management in terms of strategic and operational planning. A roadmap of fruitful research approaches is also presented. Design/methodology/approach: The paper makes use of a general review of the relevant literature and, based on a systematic categorization of the findings, looks for useful insights towards the issues of climate change and supply chain management. A framework is drawn for systematically assessing the impacts of climate change upon supply chains and their management, while making suggestions for future research.
Highlights
Climate Change has emerged in recent years as one of the most critical topics at almost all levels of decision making, both private and public
According to (Sussman & Freed, 2008) there are three types of climate change risks that can affect business: risks to core operations, risks to the value chain and, risks that arise from broader changes in the economy and infrastructure
supply chain management (SCM) in view of climate change has been so far seen through the lens of operations management perspective whereas issues of streamlining complexity across the supply chain have been poorly studied
Summary
Climate Change has emerged in recent years as one of the most critical topics at almost all levels of decision making, both private and public. Businesses have to perform their climate change-prone operations in a more vigorous and risky environment where institutional, resource-based, supply chain and stakeholder views are all important to characterize and understand corporate strategic responses to a sustainability issue (Kolk & Pinkse, 2007). Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies may further affect business operations in a rather indirect way. SCM in view of climate change has been so far seen through the lens of operations management perspective whereas issues of streamlining complexity across the supply chain have been poorly studied.
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