THE EVALUATION OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EFFORTS OF TURKISH FIRMS

Abstract

Environmental threats like the devastating impacts of climate change and scarcity of resources require companies to operate in a more eco-friendly way and to take the necessary precautions to preserve the environment. In this context, achieving the profit and market share targets and eliminating their environmental risks and negative effects simultaneously pave the way for the effective management of the supply chains. Green supply chain management (GSCM) aiming at the integration of environmental thinking into supply chain management processes like product design, material procurement and selection, production process, delivery of the final product to the consumer, as well as the management of end-of-life is crucial to increase their environmental efficiency. In this regard, The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) emerges as one of the most important efforts to accelerate viable solutions for companies and their supply chains against climate change. Within the scope of the project, the progress of Turkish firms’ actions against climate change has been surveyed. Thus, the objective of the current study is to determine the level of the green supply chain activities, and evaluate the adequacy of the current efforts of the firms which responded to the CDP 2017 climate change survey in Turkey and are listed in the industrial category in Istanbul Stock Exchange (BIST) 100. Content analysis will be conducted to analyze the sustainability and/or annual reports of the firms based on the GSCM theoretical framework of Islam et al. (2017). It is hoped that this study will serve as a road map for firms in Turkey in both means of obtaining the gaps in their GSCM efforts and the activities and operations needed to close those gaps.