Social and environmental dimensions of organizations and supply chains : tradeoffs and synergies

Description

This book focuses on environmental and social factors in international supply chains and industry networks. It explores whether socially-responsible and environmentally-conscious operations are complementary or conflictive to economic targets. The book elaborates on innovative approaches to manage the economic, ecological and social performance in supply networks from different perspectives. In addition, it links sustainability to operational processes and illustrates specific application contexts. Moreover, it covers the social dimension of sustainability. The rise of sustainability in management forces enterprises to revisit the concept of profitability that drives their operations. Social standards and ecological targets represent critical factors that challenge industry networks. The interplay of these goals requires new insights from scientific research and managerial practice. New approaches and systems are needed to minimize environmental and social harms and to promote sustainability. Read more... Abstract: This book focuses on environmental and social factors in international supply chains and industry networks. It explores whether socially-responsible and environmentally-conscious operations are complementary or conflictive to economic targets. The book elaborates on innovative approaches to manage the economic, ecological and social performance in supply networks from different perspectives. In addition, it links sustainability to operational processes and illustrates specific application contexts. Moreover, it covers the social dimension of sustainability. The rise of sustainability in management forces enterprises to revisit the concept of profitability that drives their operations. Social standards and ecological targets represent critical factors that challenge industry networks. The interplay of these goals requires new insights from scientific research and managerial practice. New approaches and systems are needed to minimize environmental and social harms and to promote sustainability Front Matter....Pages i-viii Sustainable Supply Chains: Recent Developments and Future Trends....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Opportunities of Combining Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices for Performance Improvement....Pages 13-34 Interactions Along the Supply Chain for Building Dynamic Capabilities for Sustainable Supply Chain Management....Pages 35-48 Toward the Integration of Sustainability Metrics into the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model....Pages 49-60 Enabling a Supply Chain-Wide Sustainability Assessment: A Focus on the Electronics and Automotive Industries....Pages 61-77 Sustainable Development Partnerships: Development of an Estimation Model of CO2 and Cost-Saving Potentials in German Foundry Value Chains....Pages 79-95 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 Sustainable Supply Chain Management: How to Integrate Sustainability in a Global Supply Chain....Pages 99-117 Quantitative Modeling of Sustainability in Interorganizational Supply Chains....Pages 119-134 Supply Chain Risk Management in Sustainable Sourcing....Pages 135-151 Management of Conflict Minerals in Automotive Supply Chains: Where to Start from?....Pages 153-169 Implementing Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review on Required Purchasing and Supply Management Competences....Pages 171-194 Social and Environmental Impact of Advances in Economically Driven Transport Optimization: Case Study in Automobile Distribution....Pages 195-210 Sustainability and New Product Development: Five Exploratory Case Studies in the Automotive Industry....Pages 211-232 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Sustainable Supply Chain Management at the Base of Pyramid: A Literature Review....Pages 235-257 What Hybrid Business Models Can Teach Sustainable Supply Chain Management: The Role of Entrepreneurs’ Social Identity and Social Capabilities....Pages 259-282