OVERVIEW
Sustainable supply chain management involves integrating environmentally and financially viable practices into the complete supply chain lifecycle, from product design and development, to material selection, (including raw material extraction or agricultural production), manufacturing, packaging, transportation, warehousing, distribution, consumption, return and disposal. Environmentally sustainable supply chain management and practices can assist organizations in not only reducing their total carbon footprint, but also in optimizing their end-to-end operations to achieve greater cost savings and profitability. All supply chains can be optimized using sustainable practices.
For most organizations, supply chains have a far greater impact on the environment than any other part of their operations. While most corporate and public focus has been on the sustainable profile of a product, (i.e. its source and whether it is recyclable), there is a need to spotlight and to understand the sustainability issues related to the transportation and distribution of those products.
Due to commercial, regulatory, and competitiveness pressures, there is the need for global collaboration in the area of sustainable supply chain management. As a starting point, the two co-leaders of this IMS MTP project lead signature umbrella research efforts in this field in their respective IMS regions. These are the Sustainable Supply Chain Foundation of the USA which is dedicated to the topic and the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Europe which is launching a European Technology Platform on supply chain logistics which will bring industry together to help the European Commission shape future research call topics within Horizon 2020.
Partners
Sustainable Supply Chain Foundation (USA)
Zaragoza Logistics Centre (EU)
TU Berlin (EU)
Potentially parnters from ZLC Coordination Support Action and ETP
University of Kentucky (USA)
ITESM (Mexico)
Sustainable Supply Chain Quad Chart 2013-09-26
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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