Environmental Sustainability and Green Supply Chain Management

Abstract:

Environmental issues constitute continuous concern for governments, societies and business organizations. Green supply chain management（GSCM） emerged as a new approach that extends environmental responsibility of organizations throughout their entire supply chain managements. In this paper, we first discuss the definitions of environmental sustainability and GSCM as well as the important differences between GSCM and SCM, then some latest research progresses on the deep relations between environmental sustainability and GSCM are briefly reviewed. Finally, possible future developments of green packaging are prospected.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 664)
• Pages: 123-128
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.664.123
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Ying Jian Chen
• Keywords: Environmental, GSCM, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability

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