Note that these categories do not map precisely to the research
categories above. Companies simply do not discuss how to get the
supply management function more involved in green purchasing,
how stakeholders pressure them to have greener suppliers
supply management’s role or modeling EPSM. While these topics
may be of interest to companies, they tend to be internal matters.
These reports focus more on the issues of supplier involvement in
EPSM, supplier selection related to EPSM, and how supplier
performance affects EPSM. The general category of ‘‘green purchasing’’
could be said to map with the category of General
Practices and Philosophy in the reports.