In spite of the growth in the body of green supply chain management, it is still difficult to understand the environmental sustainability practices
involved in supply chain management (SCM) activities. This is an interdisciplinary field and the scope of GSCM practices is broad covering
from green purchasing to integrated life-cycle management. This paper focuses on upstream supply chain management activities, which are
usually responsible for diffusing environmental sustainability practices across the supply base. Therefore, peer-reviewed papers focused on the
diffusion of environmental sustainability practices across manufacturing supply chain base are examined. It is found that this diffusion is
sharply related to the purchasing, performance assessment and collaboration.