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Table 4

Future research directions

SDGs	Topic	Clusters	Proposals	Sector	References
5 and 10	Social aspects in the supply chains	Red, green and blue	Developing integrated models for social assessment in supply chains to achieve SDGs with emphasis on fair labour practices, certification systems and transparency in emerging economies	Agri-food industry	Burmeister and Tanaka (2017)
5 and 10	Circular practices and social aspects	Red, yellow and brown	Enhancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) tools for comprehensive analysis of social impacts towards circular economy practices	Manufacturing	García-Muiña et al. (2021)
3,9,11 and 12	Sustainable and resilient supply chains	Yellow and blue cluster	Integrating AI and IoT technologies for smart circularity, building resilient supply chains through tracking and forecasting	E.g. automotive industry	Bajar et al. (2024), Seyedan and Mafakheri (2020), Al-Talib et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2021)
3 and 12	Sustainable and circular agricultural supply chains	Red, yellow and brown	To develop shorter food supply chains on agricultural, by means of new relationships between stakeholders towards sustainability, circularity and resilience	Agriculture	Moosavi et al. (2022), Fathollahi-Fard et al. (2021)
6,7 and 13	The use of alternative energy sources	Orange and light blue	The development of energy resource projects, with a focus on solar energy or green hydrogen, as alternatives supported by governments	Manufacturing, transport	Atilhan et al. (2021), Dehshiri et al. (2023), Mneimneh et al. (2023)
7,12, 13	Greener supplier selection	Purple, red, yellow and brown	To achieve SDG 12 in the textile industry by means of stringent regulations on fast fashion, implementation of standards and selecting eco-friendly suppliers To drive sustainable supplier selection prioritising alternative fuel-powered vehicles (such as green hydrogen) towards SDG 7, assessing energy efficiency and ensuring supply chain transparency in the transport industry Promoting local sourcing and selecting suppliers with certifications and eco-friendly packaging in the food supply chains to minimise emissions towards SDG 12 and 13	Textile, transport, food	Mahmoudi et al. (2022), Plakantonaki et al. (2023), Liu et al. (2023), Abbate et al. (2023)

SDGs	Topic	Clusters	Proposals	Sector	References
5 and 10	Social aspects in the supply chains	Red, green and blue	Developing integrated models for social assessment in supply chains to achieve SDGs with emphasis on fair labour practices, certification systems and transparency in emerging economies	Agri-food industry	Burmeister and Tanaka (2017)
5 and 10	Circular practices and social aspects	Red, yellow and brown	Enhancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) tools for comprehensive analysis of social impacts towards circular economy practices	Manufacturing	García-Muiña et al. (2021)
3,9,11 and 12	Sustainable and resilient supply chains	Yellow and blue cluster	Integrating AI and IoT technologies for smart circularity, building resilient supply chains through tracking and forecasting	E.g. automotive industry	Bajar et al. (2024), Seyedan and Mafakheri (2020), Al-Talib et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2021)
3 and 12	Sustainable and circular agricultural supply chains	Red, yellow and brown	To develop shorter food supply chains on agricultural, by means of new relationships between stakeholders towards sustainability, circularity and resilience	Agriculture	Moosavi et al. (2022), Fathollahi-Fard et al. (2021)
6,7 and 13	The use of alternative energy sources	Orange and light blue	The development of energy resource projects, with a focus on solar energy or green hydrogen, as alternatives supported by governments	Manufacturing, transport	Atilhan et al. (2021), Dehshiri et al. (2023), Mneimneh et al. (2023)
7,12, 13	Greener supplier selection	Purple, red, yellow and brown	To achieve SDG 12 in the textile industry by means of stringent regulations on fast fashion, implementation of standards and selecting eco-friendly suppliersTo drive sustainable supplier selection prioritising alternative fuel-powered vehicles (such as green hydrogen) towards SDG 7, assessing energy efficiency and ensuring supply chain transparency in the transport industryPromoting local sourcing and selecting suppliers with certifications and eco-friendly packaging in the food supply chains to minimise emissions towards SDG 12 and 13	Textile, transport, food	Mahmoudi et al. (2022), Plakantonaki et al. (2023), Liu et al. (2023), Abbate et al. (2023)

Source(s): Authors’ own work