مقاله انگلیسی رایگان در مورد بررسی سیستماتیک مدیریت سبز زنجیره تامین – الزویر 2018

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM or GrSCM) became an ever growing complex challenge for organizations in nowadays world scenario. Suppliers, customers, government, legal defence organizations are increasingly demanding solutions and responses from companies that cause significant environmental impacts in their production cycle activities (Jabbour et al., 2014a,b). Companies are looking to evolve from a reactive strategy to a proactive positioning, developing and implementing new management approaches, incorporating sustainable development practices into their strategies, and institutionalizing them as part of the business culture company policies. Although Ahi and Searcy (2013) identified 22 different definitions for Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), we observed that the most widely used definition in the literature comes from Srivastava (2007), which defines GSCM as “Integrating environmental thinking into supply-chain management, including product design, material sourcing and selection, manufacturing processes, delivery of the final product to the consumers as well as the end-oflife management of the product after its useful life”. According to Srivastava (2007), GSCM’s scope ranges from reactive monitoring of general environmental management programs to more proactive practices implemented through various Rs (Reduce, Re-use, Rework, Refurbish, Reclaim, Recycle, Remanufacture, Reverse logistics, etc.). The adoption of the GSCM surpasses environmental subjects, since a good corporate image implies in higher profits, cost reduction and generation of business value (Srivastava, 2007). According to Chan et al. (2012), green practices such as green purchasing and GSCM activities significantly increase corporate performance. The authors highlight the importance of encouraging the creation of a pro-environmental corporate culture, considering stakeholders’ needs and requirements to improve the integrated green supply chain management. According to Vanalle et al. (2017), green supply chain management (GSCM) is considered by organizations as a viable option to reduce the environmental impact of operations, while improving operational performance. Initially the GSCM was driven by environmental deterioration, diminishing raw material resources, and increasing levels of pollution (Srivastava, 2007); nowadays its implementation by organizations enables their performance improvement (Zhu et al., 2017). Such findings are corroborated by Agi and Nishant (2017), who studied the implementation of GSCM practices, which is affected by the size of the company, the top management commitment, the implementation of quality management and the employees training and education.