Green Supply Chain Management Strategies Research Articles

Development of a green supply chain management strategy for the aquaculture industry: The case of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) hatchery industry in Ciparay District, West Java, Indonesia

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is important in the sustainable aquaculture industry owing to environmental concerns and to achieve responsible management. However, research on GSCM in aquaculture is limited. This study aimed to develop conceptual framework and strategies for GSCM in carp hatcheries in the Ciparay District, West Java, Indonesia. The GSCM strategy was developed through the following steps: (1) observation and interviews with farmers and literature review to develop conceptual GSCM; (2) interview and questionnaire dissemination to farmers for green supply chain operational reference (SCOR) - Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) scoring to determine the performance of hatcheries that meet GSCM standards; and (3) formulation, using findings from green SCOR-AHP, of development strategies using SWOT and Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) analysis for GSCM strategy development. The results showed that the conceptual GSCM in the aquaculture industry accommodates environment-friendly cultivation, resource management, distribution, waste management, and biosecurity. The performance of the GSCM in carp hatcheries was marginal and required improvement. The improvement was addressed using 12 alternative strategies grouped into environmental collaboration, green manufacturing, and investment recovery. Priority strategies included forming joint farmer groups for collaboration, training programs for green manufacturing, and using fish waste as pellets for investment recovery. Strategies are expected to improve GSCM in the carp hatchery industry and related sectors.

Green supply chain management practices and environmental performance in the healthcare sector: the mediating role of green innovation

Purpose This study aims to assess the effects of green supply chain management (GSCM) strategies on health-care organizations’ environmental performance (EP). It also assesses that green innovation (GI), including green technology innovation (GTI) and green management innovation (GMI), plays mediating roles in the connection between GSCM and EP. Design/methodology/approach In total, 375 health-care sector employees in the Chattogram division of Bangladesh provided opinions in the questionnaire survey. PLS-SEM was used to verify the data’s validity and reliability and assess the hypotheses. Findings The findings reveal that GSCM practices significantly positively impact GI and EP. Moreover, GTI and GMI mediate the relationship between GSCM and EP in Bangladesh’s health-care sector. Practical implications The current findings could promote environmental sustainability in Bangladesh’s health-care industry by fostering environmental collaboration. Originality/value The detection of the mediation effect of GTI and GMI on GSCM and EP is a unique contribution of this study that enriches the present GSCM and GI literature, particularly in the Bangladeshi health-care sector.

Supply chain in transition navigating economic growth and environmental sustainability through education.

The growing interest in the Management of Eco-Friendly Supply Chains warrants this study. Green supply chain management (GSCM) is an approach to supply chain management (SCM) that takes into account environmental factors. Therefore, GSCM is vital in shaping the cumulative environmental effect of businesses engaged in supply chain operations. In addition, GSCM may help improve the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives. Manufacturing companies, particularly in developing nations like India, are trying to adjust essential procedures and supply chains because of the rising need to be ecologically sustainable. However, such efforts must be deployed strategically to be ecologically sustainable and economically successful. As a result, this study focuses on the relationship between green supply chain management and education that affect environmental sustainability and economic performance. As a further step toward more sustainable development, the mediating function of education is sustainable economic growth and environmental health. The data was collected by distributing a well-crafted questionnaire to manufacturing facilities in India. We employed PLS-SEM to analyze and interpret the data test hypotheses based on data from 415 replies. The findings point to cost and profit as the primary metrics of corporate success. Disposal of trash, usage of resources, and release of greenhouse gases are alternative measures of environmental sustainability. Distributed online links and in-person interviews with employees at companies throughout India who use GSCM procedures provided the basis for the study's primary data set. The data was gathered with the use of an organized survey form. The findings of tests conducted on the hypotheses were considered. According to this research, cost, profit, waste, resource, and GHG emission impacts vary depending on which GSCM techniques are implemented. Green supply chain management strategies significantly affect price, trash disposal, resource utilization, and GHG emissions. There was no discernible trend between GSCM methods and financial success. In addition to discussing the unique elements of sustainable supply chains and the limits of current research, this article also discusses how a company's bottom line will benefit monetarily from establishing a sustainable supply chain. This should inspire more study in this area. Our investigation revealed patterns and voids, and we used that information to outline a thorough plan for future GSCM studies. The research helps manufacturing company management improve their sustainable policies while providing policymakers with pointers.

Green supply chain management strategy in the Indonesian construction industry using analytic network process to improve sustainability

The construction industry is among the sectors associated with high environmental risks, with the construction supply chain process being a primary concern due to its potential for environmental damage. The absence of green practices in the Indonesian construction industry has led to an ongoing increase in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, posing a significant environmental threat. Green supply chain management (GSCM) is a concept that integrates the environmental aspect into traditional supply chain processes and can provide benefits not only on environmental performance but also on economic and organizational performance. This study aims to derive a suitable GSCM strategy in the Indonesian construction sector and investigate the relationship of GSCM strategy on sustainability performance. This study employed ANP to select the GSCM strategy and correlation analysis to examine the relationship involving professionals and practitioners in construction. The findings revealed that the efficiency-based strategy had the highest weight among the various GSCM strategies, and sensitivity analysis demonstrated that this strategy was not significantly affected by changes, making it the most suitable GSCM strategy. Also, the result indicates that the efficiency-based strategy moderately impacts sustainability performance. Therefore, the implementation of efficiency-based strategy can improve the sustainability of the Indonesian construction industry.

Sustainable Supply Chain Strategies in E-Commerce: Case Studies of Amazon and Cainiao

Sustainability has become a core issue of increasing concern to e-commerce companies. However, admit that this areas promotion and implementation is still in a relatively early stage of development. This study focuses on the e-commerce and supply chain giants in China and the United States, namely Amazon in the United States and Cainiao, a logistics subsidiary of Chinas Alibaba Group. During the investigation, the detailed green supply chain management strategies of e-commerce giants such as Amazon and Cainiao, including their innovative measures in energy use, logistics efficiency, packaging materials, carbon emission control, etc. These strategies aim to reduce adverse environmental impacts while improving operational efficiency and achieving sustainability goals. In addition, it also provides an in-depth understanding of the increase in carbon emissions of cross-border e-commerce companies within a specific time range, as well as the progress made in reducing their carbon footprint. This research aims to provide strong guidance and support for future emerging e-commerce companies, helping them progress in sustainable supply chains more successfully while contributing to realizing global sustainable development goals.

A Green Supply Chain Management Strategy for E-Commerce Based on Multiple Blockchain Technology

Abstract In this paper, firstly, the e-commerce green supply chain management strategy of multivariate blockchain is explored, and digital assets are traded on the e-commerce supply chain platform through the information anchoring model. Secondly, the Diffie-Hellman algorithm is used to generate the key, the AES algorithm is used to encrypt the information, and the account data, transaction data and IoT data, are stored in three independent chains. Finally, the selection strategies of different e-commerce sales models and the green supply chain management strategies of e-commerce platforms are visually analyzed through numerical arithmetic examples. The results show that when E 0 = 10, it is optimized by the ecological R&D efforts of supply chain members. When E 0 = 50, the greenness of the product is decreasing. When it finally tends to the steady state, E ∞ C > E ∞ BR > E ∞ MR. The three green supply chain management models proposed in this study are conducive to enhancing consumer utility and in line with the sustainable development strategy.

The Impact of Green Supply Chain Management on Long-term Effectiveness of Enterprises

Due to the expansion of the economy and society, higher standards have been proposed for the growth of enterprises. More and more attention has been paid to the sustainable development of enterprises. The shortage of resources and environmental pollution are another challenge for manufacturing enterprises, requiring businesses to give environmental issues more consideration modern management practices such as green supply chain management take the entire supply chain into account when making decisions. It incorporates suppliers, manufactures, sellers and users and is based on the principle of green manufacturing and supply chain management technologies. Its goal is to reduce environmental impact of the entire process of purchasing, processing, packing, storing, moving, using, and discarding products. This article begins with the meaning of supply chain management, examines the fundamental components of a green supply chain, elaborates on the implementation of a green supply chain, discusses the challenges a green supply chain faces in China, and then proposes green supply chain management strategies.

Assessing the lean-green practices in the automotive industry: Perspectives from academia and industry

Since the emergence of rising environmental issues, firms urgently require a supply chain strategy that will allow them to compete effectively in the marketplace. Implementing lean and green supply chain management strategies have been recommended to achieve sustainability and competitiveness. Yet, there is some ambiguity about how these practices must interact with one another. While lean practices have been around for a while and are widely adopted by businesses, the green movement is still evolving in the supply chains for most industries. This paper aims to identify the most important lean-green practices in supply chain management and their relative importance to firms’ sustainable performance in automotive industry context using Best Worst Method. The results reveal that green related practices are the most important to achieve environmental, economic, and social performance respectively. Whereas most lean practices remain the least important. As mentioned by the results three green practices, namely Environmental Management System (EMS), Green Purchasing (GP), and Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R), are the most important, while Small Lot Sizing (SLZ) is the least important lean practice. These practices contribute to the improvement of environmental, economic, and social performance respectively. The findings of this research offer a theoretical and empirical roadmap for decision makers seeking to identify key practices that are most likely to contribute to improving various aspects of sustainable performance in automotive context.

Green supply chain innovation management strategy based on the combination of low carbon economy and e-commerce with big data technology

Abstract In recent years, cloud computing, Internet of Things, mobile Internet and other emerging technologies have emerged and developed continuously, prompting various kinds of data to gradually show an explosive growth trend, and the resulting impact has penetrated into all levels of industry, scientific research, education, family and society, which marks that mankind has entered the era of big data comprehensively. At the same time, with the arrival of the era of big data, the concept of decarbonizing and greening of the supply chain is deeply rooted in the hearts of people, and it has become an inevitable trend for enterprises to promote the development and innovation of green supply chain. The supply chain of e-commerce is inseparable from big data technology. This paper intends to effectively combine low carbon economy and e-commerce from the perspective of big data-based application, and explore the green supply chain innovation management strategy based on the combination of low carbon economy and e-commerce under big data technology, so as to effectively promote the innovation and development of green supply chain management strategy in the era of low carbon economy.

How to enhance the effects of the green supply chain management strategy in the organization: A diffusion process perspective

Although green supply chain management strategy (GSCMS) plays an important role in the development of firms, there is still uncertaintyabout how to achieve a win–win between environmental and financial performance during the GSCMS diffusion process (e.g., the preparation stage and development stage). Thus, this study firstly examines whether the effects of the GSCMS on firm profits in different diffusion stages vary. Then, we test the moderating effect of the green initiatives (i.e., internal green certification, green cooperation improvement with the suppliers, green recovery with governments and green improvement with customers), operational process and business strategy on the effectiveness of GSCMS during the diffusion process. Based on 140 event samples over a time span of 19 years (i.e., 2001–2018), this study finds that the firms’ financial benefits decreased in GSCMS preparation stage and then increased in the development stage. Two green initiatives (i.e., green recovery with governments and green cooperation with suppliers), the differentiation strategy and process standardization, have positive influence on GSCMS diffusing in preparation stage. So, wisely using appropriate green initiatives, operational process and business strategy can mitigate the dark side of GSCMS in short-term and achieve a win–win between environmental and financial performance in the long term. These findings enrich the green supply chain literature and diffusion theory, and provide practical implications for firms to adopt environmental management strategies and offer some guidelines for governments to formulate environment management policies.

Typologies of hotel green supply chain management strategy

ABSTRACT The aim of this paper was to develop typologies of hotel green supply chain management (HGSCM) strategy. The typologies were developed through tracing the practices of nine best-performing hotels from various regions over the period 2017–2019. The data were retrieved from the global reporting initiatives database. The cases were classified according to their shared actions categories along the supply chain. Next, the cases were reclassified according to the number of their shared green performance dimensions. Then the typologies matrix of the relevant HGSCM strategy was developed. This matrix has two dimensions: the extension of the supply chain and the number of green indicators. From the intersection between the matrix dimensions twelve typologies were generated, but the number of typologies adopted by the best-performing hotels was five. This is the first study to have developed typologies of the HGSCM strategy.

Role of Green Supply Chain Management strategies in Environmental Sustainability of sugar Firms in Western Kenya

Role of Green Supply Chain Management strategies in Environmental Sustainability of sugar Firms in Western Kenya

Conceptual framework of green supply chain management strategy selection in the Indonesian construction industry

The construction industry is one of the industries that have high environmental risks. The construction supply chain process is the main concern due to environmental damage. The lack of green practices implementation in the Indonesian construction industry causes energy consumption and gas emissions to continue to raise every year which will negatively impact the environment. Green supply chain management (GSCM) is a concept that integrates the environmental aspect of traditional supply chain processes and can provide benefits not only on environmental performance but also on economic and organizational performance. This study aims to identify relevant GSCM practices to implement in the Indonesian construction industry and develop a conceptual framework based on ANP for green supply chain management strategy selection. This study uses the Delphi method and ANP which involves professionals and practitioners in construction. The findings show there are seven green design practices, seven green purchasing practices, nine green construction practices, four internal environmental management practices, and two green operation and maintenance practices that are relevant in the Indonesian construction industry, and also a conceptual framework for strategy selection of green supply chain management in construction.

Research on green supply chain management of Retail Businesses from the prospective of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals: Taking JingDong as an example

The formulation of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals in long run provides the basic follow for enterprises to achieve the high-quality development of the supply chain, which will be bound to be applied to the greening of the supply chain of retailers. Hooked on these goals, retailers have adjusted their supply chain in terms of energy use structures. In the process of achieving these goals, this present paper takes JingDong as an example, aims at studying the green supply chain management selection of the current retailers, and tries further to fully analyze the three types of pressures faced by retailers using the Natural Resource-Based View (NRBV) as well as Institutional Theory(INT), which is of practical significance for the retail managers and policy makers to identify and implement appropriate green supply chain management strategies and improve the performance.

Prioritize Strategies to Address the Sustainable Supply Chain Innovation Using Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods

Today, due to the increase in people’s awareness of environmental issues and the strict policies of governments, the competitiveness of companies depends on considering environmental issues at all levels of the supply chain. However, the implementation of green supply chain management strategies has lots of different risks. The main contribution of this research is to evaluate and rank the companies in the tire industry with an emphasis on the environmental risks of the sustainable supply chain using the hybrid best-worst method (BWM) and fuzzy VIKOR (FVIKOR). First, data analysis was implemented by applying the BWM technique, which has higher reliability than other similar techniques. Next, the importance of the indicators involved in the risk of the green supply chain, including operational, supply, product return, financial, demand, organizational, and government, was calculated. Finally, according to the calculated weights for each criterion, five active companies in the tire industry were ranked using the FVIKOR technique. The results of prioritizing criteria and subcriteria showed that “financial risks” are the most important indicator among the indicators involved in green supply chain risk. Among the subcriteria, “rates related to inflation and currency” from the cluster of financial risks were recognized as the most important subcriteria. Moreover, the results of the ranking of five companies in the tire industry indicated that Dana Company is in the best situation in terms of green supply chain risks. Finally, a series of practical suggestions for managers and a series of scientific suggestions for future research have been presented.

Research on Green Supply Chain Management Strategy Based on Circular Economy Value Theory

With the rapid development of supply chain economy, the shortage of resources becomes more and more obvious, so circular economy has become the focus of current research. This paper expounds the related concepts of circular economy and green supply chain, taking green transportation, green packaging and waste recycling as examples, analyzes the value expression of developing "circular economy" and "green supply chain", and the problems existing in the implementation process of "green supply chain", and puts forward some green supply chain management strategies and suggestions based on the value theory of circular economy. Specifically, it includes: perfecting the policy system of "green supply chain", perfecting the operation strategy of "green supply chain", and improving the management ability and informatization level of "green supply chain", so as to realize the long-term steady development of enterprises.

Identifying the Best Practices in Hotel Green Supply Chain Management Strategy: A Global Study

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to identify the best practices in hotel green supply chain management strategy by analyzing the practices of hotels from several regions. To this end, a comprehensive framework was developed to plug the gap in the literature. This framework was examined by studying a convenient and purposive sample of 47 hotels. Only top rated 4- and 5-star hotels were targeted. Data were collected from the GRI database by retrieving annual sustainability reports over the period 2017–2019. The best practices reported by this study were related to internal green process design, green quality management and internal commitment, green procurement of water/energy, and green customers’ relationship management. This is one of the rare studies that reports best practices at a global level by using a comprehensive framework developed for the purpose.

Optimizing inventory decisions for a closed–loop supply chain model under a carbon tax regulatory mechanism

Green supply chain management encompasses every level of the supply chain. The core green supply chain management strategies include closed–loop manufacturing and reduction of carbon footprint. These strategies enable firms to improve their environmental profile and to comply with environmental regulations. This paper deals with a supply chain system integrating manufacturing, remanufacturing and repair activities (closed–loop manufacturing) to face a time-varying demand under the regulatory framework for carbon tax. Initially, the total cost of the system is provided and then a mixed integer nonlinear programming problem is formulated aiming to determine the optimal policy i.e. the manufacturing, remanufacturing and repairing cycles. After decomposing the original problem into two pure manufacturing and remanufacturing sub-problems, the existence of their optimal solution is proved and then a simple method, which relies on a finite search scheme, is used to determine the overall optimal solution. Through a variety of numerical examples and a sensitivity analysis, the effect of the different system parameters on costs and environmental efficiency are provided, such as: returns, carbon emissions generated per activity and rates of any activity. The main result of this analysis indicates that the proposed model is fairly robust to the parameters’ changes, however the tax on carbon emissions has a serious impact on the system optimal cost.

The Analysis of the Influence of Green Supply Chain Management and Low-Cost Strategies on Environmental Performance

This study aims to analyze the effect of green supply chain management and low-cost strategies on environmental performance. This study used a descriptive quantitative methodology. It surveyed 78 KWTs (Women's Farmers Group) in Sewon Regency, Bantul. The sampling technique was simple random sampling. The results indicate that green supply chain management has a positive effect on environmental performance, and the low-cost strategy has a positive effect on environmental performance.

Green supply chain management strategy and financial performance in the shipping industry

ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the relationship between green supply chain management (GSCM) strategy and financial performance for shipping firms. We collect global data from 289 shipping firms and apply cluster analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test the research hypotheses. We cluster shipping firms according to their level of GSCM strategy adoption, which ranges from reactive to proactive. We find that shipping firms with a proactive GSCM strategy perform better financially. The findings of this study can contribute to shipping firms’ environmental management strategy decisions and help tackle environmental problems while improving their financial outcome. This paper provides a discussion of managerial and theoretical implications and recommends future research directions.