Ebook: Greening the Supply Chain

Since the Rio summit in 1992, the paradigm of corporate environmental responsibility has gradually and consistently extended beyond complying with increasingly stringent environmental regulation and taking up the proactive initiatives of a few world-class companies. Research indicates that the business and financial performance of companies may depend directly on socially and environmentally responsible business practices. Many world-class companies now realize that customers and other stakeholders do not distinguish between a company and its suppliers. As a result, greening the supply chain is an innovative idea which is fast gaining attention in the industry.

Greening the Supply Chain is a compilation of important chapters written by a diverse set of international authors which incorporates a broad variety of perspectives including:

• topics on conceptual development and principles of green supply chain management;
• empirical studies which provide the reader with practices and concerns of industries throughout the world including Asia, Europe and North America;
• quantitative and analytical tools to aid in environmental supply chain design and development, and;
• case studies of implementations of green supply chain practices which describe the complexities facing organizations, supply chains and industries and how they address these environmental concerns through technical and managerial measures.

Industry practitioners and policy makers will read Greening the Supply Chain for the insights it provides into a topic of such emergent and growing concern. Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in this field will also find this comprehensive and international view of environment supply chain management theory and practice a valuable resource.

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Since the Rio summit in 1992, the paradigm of corporate environmental responsibility has gradually and consistently extended beyond complying with increasingly stringent environmental regulation and taking up the proactive initiatives of a few world-class companies. Research indicates that the business and financial performance of companies may depend directly on socially and environmentally responsible business practices. Many world-class companies now realize that customers and other stakeholders do not distinguish between a company and its suppliers. As a result, greening the supply chain is an innovative idea which is fast gaining attention in the industry.

Greening the Supply Chain is a compilation of important chapters written by a diverse set of international authors which incorporates a broad variety of perspectives including:

• topics on conceptual development and principles of green supply chain management;
• empirical studies which provide the reader with practices and concerns of industries throughout the world including Asia, Europe and North America;
• quantitative and analytical tools to aid in environmental supply chain design and development, and;
• case studies of implementations of green supply chain practices which describe the complexities facing organizations, supply chains and industries and how they address these environmental concerns through technical and managerial measures.

Industry practitioners and policy makers will read Greening the Supply Chain for the insights it provides into a topic of such emergent and growing concern. Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in this field will also find this comprehensive and international view of environment supply chain management theory and practice a valuable resource.

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Since the Rio summit in 1992, the paradigm of corporate environmental responsibility has gradually and consistently extended beyond complying with increasingly stringent environmental regulation and taking up the proactive initiatives of a few world-class companies. Research indicates that the business and financial performance of companies may depend directly on socially and environmentally responsible business practices. Many world-class companies now realize that customers and other stakeholders do not distinguish between a company and its suppliers. As a result, greening the supply chain is an innovative idea which is fast gaining attention in the industry.

Greening the Supply Chain is a compilation of important chapters written by a diverse set of international authors which incorporates a broad variety of perspectives including:

• topics on conceptual development and principles of green supply chain management;
• empirical studies which provide the reader with practices and concerns of industries throughout the world including Asia, Europe and North America;
• quantitative and analytical tools to aid in environmental supply chain design and development, and;
• case studies of implementations of green supply chain practices which describe the complexities facing organizations, supply chains and industries and how they address these environmental concerns through technical and managerial measures.

Industry practitioners and policy makers will read Greening the Supply Chain for the insights it provides into a topic of such emergent and growing concern. Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in this field will also find this comprehensive and international view of environment supply chain management theory and practice a valuable resource.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Framework for Strategic Environmental Sourcing....Pages 3-23
Effects of Green Purchasing Strategies on Supplier Behaviour....Pages 25-37
New Paths to Business Value: Linking Environment, Health and Safety Performance to Strategic Sourcing....Pages 39-65
Integrating Quality, Environmental and Supply Chain Management Systems into the Learning Organisation....Pages 67-85
Network Dynamics of an Energy Supply Chain: Applicability of the Network Approach to Analysing the Industrial Ecology Practices of Companies....Pages 87-101
Strategic Business Operations, Freight Transport and Eco-efficiency: A Conceptual Model....Pages 103-115
Reverse Logistics for Recycling: Challenges Facing the Carpet Industry....Pages 117-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Customer and Supplier Relations for Environmental Performance....Pages 139-149
Horses for Courses: Explaining the Gap Between the Theory and Practice of Green Supply....Pages 151-172
Green Purchasing in Chinese Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises....Pages 173-187
Greening of Suppliers/In-bound Logistics — In the South East Asian Context....Pages 189-204
Environmental Initiatives in the Manufacturing Supply Chain: A Story of Light-green Supply....Pages 205-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Environmental Supply Chain Innovation....Pages 233-249
Greening Supply Chains: A Competence-based Perspective....Pages 251-269
’smart’ Design: Greening the Total Product System....Pages 271-291
Environmental Management in Automotive Supply Chains: An Empirical Analysis....Pages 293-306
A Case Study of Green Supply Chain Management at Advanced Micro Devices....Pages 307-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Environmental Quality in the Supply Chain of an Original Equipment Manufacturer: What Does It Mean?....Pages 325-340
Creating A Green Supply Chain: A Simulation and Modeling Approach....Pages 341-361
Computer-aided Resource Efficiency: How Software and a Common Data Format can Enhance the Assessment of Environmental Impacts and Costs Along the Supply Chain....Pages 363-378
Back Matter....Pages 393-407
E-commerce Solutions to Environmental Purchasing....Pages 379-391

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Since the Rio summit in 1992, the paradigm of corporate environmental responsibility has gradually and consistently extended beyond complying with increasingly stringent environmental regulation and taking up the proactive initiatives of a few world-class companies. Research indicates that the business and financial performance of companies may depend directly on socially and environmentally responsible business practices. Many world-class companies now realize that customers and other stakeholders do not distinguish between a company and its suppliers. As a result, greening the supply chain is an innovative idea which is fast gaining attention in the industry.

Greening the Supply Chain is a compilation of important chapters written by a diverse set of international authors which incorporates a broad variety of perspectives including:

• topics on conceptual development and principles of green supply chain management;
• empirical studies which provide the reader with practices and concerns of industries throughout the world including Asia, Europe and North America;
• quantitative and analytical tools to aid in environmental supply chain design and development, and;
• case studies of implementations of green supply chain practices which describe the complexities facing organizations, supply chains and industries and how they address these environmental concerns through technical and managerial measures.

Industry practitioners and policy makers will read Greening the Supply Chain for the insights it provides into a topic of such emergent and growing concern. Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in this field will also find this comprehensive and international view of environment supply chain management theory and practice a valuable resource.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Framework for Strategic Environmental Sourcing....Pages 3-23
Effects of Green Purchasing Strategies on Supplier Behaviour....Pages 25-37
New Paths to Business Value: Linking Environment, Health and Safety Performance to Strategic Sourcing....Pages 39-65
Integrating Quality, Environmental and Supply Chain Management Systems into the Learning Organisation....Pages 67-85
Network Dynamics of an Energy Supply Chain: Applicability of the Network Approach to Analysing the Industrial Ecology Practices of Companies....Pages 87-101
Strategic Business Operations, Freight Transport and Eco-efficiency: A Conceptual Model....Pages 103-115
Reverse Logistics for Recycling: Challenges Facing the Carpet Industry....Pages 117-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Customer and Supplier Relations for Environmental Performance....Pages 139-149
Horses for Courses: Explaining the Gap Between the Theory and Practice of Green Supply....Pages 151-172
Green Purchasing in Chinese Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises....Pages 173-187
Greening of Suppliers/In-bound Logistics — In the South East Asian Context....Pages 189-204
Environmental Initiatives in the Manufacturing Supply Chain: A Story of Light-green Supply....Pages 205-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Environmental Supply Chain Innovation....Pages 233-249
Greening Supply Chains: A Competence-based Perspective....Pages 251-269
’smart’ Design: Greening the Total Product System....Pages 271-291
Environmental Management in Automotive Supply Chains: An Empirical Analysis....Pages 293-306
A Case Study of Green Supply Chain Management at Advanced Micro Devices....Pages 307-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Environmental Quality in the Supply Chain of an Original Equipment Manufacturer: What Does It Mean?....Pages 325-340
Creating A Green Supply Chain: A Simulation and Modeling Approach....Pages 341-361
Computer-aided Resource Efficiency: How Software and a Common Data Format can Enhance the Assessment of Environmental Impacts and Costs Along the Supply Chain....Pages 363-378
Back Matter....Pages 393-407
E-commerce Solutions to Environmental Purchasing....Pages 379-391
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