Green Supply Chain and Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2024 | Viewed by 1635
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The path toward sustainability has led to an increasing amount of attention being paid to life cycle analysis, which promotes practices such as recycling and remanufacturing. With its economic and environmental benefits, the closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) has played an important role in the circular economy for many years. It has been documented that remanufacturing photocopiers consumes 20–70% less materials, labor, and energy and generates 35–50% less waste than conventional manufacturing using virgin materials. Additionally, production costs are further reduced because the cost for a remanufactured part is generally 30–50% less than a new part would be (Toffel (2004)). Many governments have implemented policies and regulations requiring companies to collect/recycle their end-of-life products, which means remanufacturing practices are proliferating in business.
However, some issues in the CLSC still remain challenging and worth exploring further. For example, recent supply chain disruptions, such as the chip shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have created product scarcities in many demand markets, which in turn will have negative impacts on the remanufacturing business in the future. It is worth mentioning that advancements in current technologies, including Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data Analytics, have shifted the current supply chain practice and created new opportunities regarding CLSC models, such as new methodologies of design for remanufacturing.
This Special Issue aims to address questions related to CLSCs when facing a new era of supply chain challenges.
Prof. Dr. Qiang Patrick Qiang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- green supply chain
- blockchain
- big data analytics
- sustainable development
- circular economy
