Introduction
Effective supply chain management has long been recognized as an important source of competitive advantage. Increasingly, green supply chain initiatives have been recognized by forward thinking companies as being critical to sustaining this competitive advantage. Evidence of this recognition can be found in the publication of corporate sustainability reports that are distinct from prototypical corporate annual reports (World Shipping Council, 2011). Greening the supply chain requires that supply chain partners collaborate to ensure environmental, social and ethical compliance across the entire supply chain both upstream toward raw material resources and downstream in the direction of the individual consumer. Many authors (Ageron et al., 2012; Li, 2012; Sheu and Talley, 2011; Sheu and Chen, 2012) have indicated that such green collaboration can only be achieved through a substantial commitment of resources and deployment of organizational capabilities. The fundamental goal of green supply chain management is to ensure that the current supply chain’s consumption of natural resources is sustainable and does not compromise the ecological systems that sustain life.
Introduction
Effective supply chain management has long been recognized as an important source of competitive advantage. Increasingly, green supply chain initiatives have been recognized by forward thinking companies as being critical to sustaining this competitive advantage. Evidence of this recognition can be found in the publication of corporate sustainability reports that are distinct from prototypical corporate annual reports (World Shipping Council, 2011). Greening the supply chain requires that supply chain partners collaborate to ensure environmental, social and ethical compliance across the entire supply chain both upstream toward raw material resources and downstream in the direction of the individual consumer. Many authors (Ageron et al., 2012; Li, 2012; Sheu and Talley, 2011; Sheu and Chen, 2012) have indicated that such green collaboration can only be achieved through a substantial commitment of resources and deployment of organizational capabilities. The fundamental goal of green supply chain management is to ensure that the current supply chain’s consumption of natural resources is sustainable and does not compromise the ecological systems that sustain life.
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