Sustainable Criteria in Supplier Evaluation of the Food Industry

Abstract

Sustainability is an important issue lately. In the current era of globalization, competition between companies is getting tighter. Supplier selection has been identified as one of the most important issues in a sustainable supply chain. Caused by environmental and social problems with suppliers, many companies have used sustainability criteria in the evaluation and selection of their supplier. This study aims to develop the most important and applicable criteria and sub-criteria suitable for sustainable supplier selection through literature review, and how alternative strategies for sustainable suppliers in supply chain management from the food industry. This research has contributed to the research on sustainable supply chain management, especially in the selection of sustainable supplier selection by developing a list of criteria and sub-criteria for sustainability and how the company can apply the criteria with three aspects, namely economic, environmental and social in supplier evaluation. So, alternative strategies for a sustainable supplier in supply chain management can be explained.