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An integrative approach to assess environmental and economic sustainability in multi-tier supply chains
Authors:Andrea Tuni  Athanasios Rentizelas  Damiana Chinese
Institution:1. Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management Department, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom;2. andrea.tuni@strath.ac.uk;4. DPIA, Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Abstract:Abstract

Multi-tier supply chain sustainability is paramount to achieve corporate sustainability, due to the significant impacts from organisations beyond the focal firm boundaries and its direct suppliers. However, including environmental considerations within the dominant profit-centric logic of supply chain related decisions is prone to generate sustainability tensions. This work aims to support organisations address tensions between sustainability dimensions by adopting an integrative approach for sustainable supply chain management performance assessment thanks to an innovative eco-intensity based performance assessment method, which achieves a balanced consideration of environmental and economic performance in a weak sustainability perspective. The method, using primary data sourced from actual practice and featuring an indirect multi-tier approach with decentralised responsibilities across organisations, is applied to a case study of a machinery supply chain. The proposed integrative approach can support addressing sustainability tensions in the area of sustainable supply chain management, facilitate sustainable supplier evaluation and identify supply chain hotspots for operational improvement.
Keywords:Sustainability performance assessment  multi-tier supply chain  eco-intensity  integrative approach  tensions
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