Sustainable supply chain management and the transition towards a circular economy: Evidence and some applications |
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| Institution: | 1. Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research Centre, Management School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK;2. Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7PE, UK;1. College of Management, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, email: cchen026@ntu.edu.tw;2. CUHK Business School, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, email: zhoux@baf.cuhk.edu.hk;3. Foisie School of Business, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA, email: jzhu@wpi.edu;1. School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China;2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Resource-conserving & Environment-friendly Society and Ecological Civilization, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China;3. Hunan University of Commerce, Changsha, Hunan, 410205, China;1. Yasar University, Universite Caddesi, No:37-39, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey;2. Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey;3. Izmir Kâtip Celebi University, Balatcik Kampusu, 35620, Cigli, Izmir, Turkey;1. University of Sheffield, Management School, United Kingdom;2. University of Kent–Business School, United Kingdom;3. University of Hertfordshire–Business School, United Kingdom;1. Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Department of Agri-Food Science and Technology, Bologna 40127, Italy;2. Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Economics Unit, 791 88 Falun, Sweden;3. Parthenope University of Naples, Department of Sciences and Technologies, Naples 80143, Italy;4. School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | In the last decades, green and sustainable supply chain management practices have been developed, trying to integrate environmental concerns into organisations by reducing unintended negative consequences on the environment of production and consumption processes. In parallel to this, the circular economy discourse has been propagated in the industrial ecology literature and practice. Circular economy pushes the frontiers of environmental sustainability by emphasising the idea of transforming products in such a way that there are workable relationships between ecological systems and economic growth. Therefore, circular economy is not just concerned with the reduction of the use of the environment as a sink for residuals but rather with the creation of self-sustaining production systems in which materials are used over and over again.Through two case studies from different process industries (chemical and food), this paper compares the performances of traditional and circular production systems across a range of indicators. Direct, indirect and total lifecycle emissions, waste recovered, virgin resources use, as well as carbon maps (which provide a holistic visibility of the entire supply chain) are presented. The paper asserts that an integration of circular economy principles within sustainable supply chain management can provide clear advantages from an environmental point view. Emerging supply chain management challenges and market dynamics are also highlighted and discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Green supply chain management Circular economy Product lifecycle analysis Environmental sustainability Decision support |
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