Sustainable Supply Chains
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2017Author
Bouchery, Yann
Corbett, Charles J.
Fransoo, Jan C.
Tan, Tarkan
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Who is this book for? In this Preface we give a quick introduction to the objectives
and intended audience of the book, the guiding principles we adopted in assembling
it, and its structure. In the Introduction (Chap. 1 , by Bouchery et al. 2017), we offer
some more broader perspectives on the current and future state of sustainability in
supply chains.
Sustainability is increasingly seen as a supply chain issue, not something that a
single fi rm can deal with effectively. Several authors have produced review articles
on sustainable supply chains, as well as special issues of journals, including Linton
et al. (2007), Srivastava (2007), and Seuring and Müller (2008). Reviews on sustainable
operations, often including some discussion of supply chains, include Angell
and Klassen (1999), Kleindorfer et al. (2005), and Corbett and Klassen (2006).
Several books with similar titles have also appeared, each with their own focus.
Some are aimed primarily at practitioners, such as Greening the Supply Chain ,
edited by Sarkis (2006); Sustainable Supply Chains: Models, Methods, and Public
Policy Implications , edited by Boone et al. (2012); Sustainable Supply Chain
Management: Practical Ideas for Moving Towards Best Practice , edited by
Cetinkaya et al. (2010); Green Supply Chains: An Action Manifesto by Emmett and
Sood (2010); and Green Supply Chain Management: Product Life Cycle Approach
by Wang and Gupta (2011). The book on Green Logistics: Improving the
Environmental Sustainability of Logistics , edited by McKinnon et al. (2010),
focuses more in depth on logistics rather than on supply chains in the broader sense
of the word.
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