Practical Applications Of Sustainability

Practical Applications of SustainabilityThe pressure from a company’s stakeholders such as its customers, shareholders and investors has pushed more companies to find ways to integrate sustainability into their supply chain practices. Guidelines such as the GRI G4 guidelines have resulted in an increased focus on sustainability in the entire supply chain ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"DOI":"10.1108/SCM-12-2013-0432","ISBN":"10.1108/SCM-12-2013-0432","ISSN":"13598546","PMID":"20956217","abstract":"Purpose - The aim of this paper is to identify key categories of Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and related practices that are required to fulfill the demands of sustainability and, therefore, contributing to sustainability performance. As part of this, the authors will identify different approaches in practice implementation in SSCM and supply chain management (SCM). SSCM has become a topic of great interest and is linked to the assumption that a more sustainable performance for businesses would be achieved on its implementation. Such performance has to be achieved with respect to all three dimensions of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is conceptual in nature. The authors draw from literature on SSCM and examine frameworks and critical accounts on the topic. This allows identifying key aspects of SSCM and pointing out differences and overlaps with SCM. Findings - The authors identify five key categories which are