...) , this paper identifies theories for explaining the management of different tiers in a supply chain with respect to environmental issues. In this section we review some theoretical frameworks that have been used to investigate multi-tier SCM. SCM literature has analysed sustainability practices mainly...

... in several articles. The authors explain: “green supply chain is mainly discussion about assessment of the impact of environment on logistics. It evolves discussion of how implementing environmental measures would influence, negatively or positively, the logistics/supply chain infrastructure, and how we can...

... logistics managers do their jobs. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Environment Green issues Logistics Surveys Research As the twenty‐first century begins, environmentalism – the practice of responding to environmental or “green” issues in a socially responsible manner – remains an important social...

...Kirstie McIntyre; Hugh Smith; Alex Henham; John Pretlove The Integrated Supply Chain at Xerox Ltd is a large complex organisation which has many potential impacts on the environment. In order to better understand and reduce those impacts, an environmental bias has been introduced into the decision...

... separated quality assurance and environment departments. The QUEST system rates suppliers A, B, C, D or E on ten environmental principles. Depending on how they rate over the relevant principles, suppliers are overall rated “problem” (if, on any of the principles they are rated E), through “poor...