Sustainable Development of Low-Carbon Operations and Supply Chain Management
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: closed (28 July 2023) | Viewed by 4362
Special Issue Editors
Interests: low-carbon operations; supply chain management; game theory; behavioral operations
Interests: operations management; green supply chain management
Interests: sustainable operations management; interface between marketing and operations management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change has become a global challenge in recent decades. Energy combustion dominated by fossil fuels has brought about a series of problems that urgently need to be solved. The use of fossil fuels will produce a large number of toxic emissions, causing environmental pollution, frequent disasters, and threats to human health. Achieving sustainable development is the responsibility and mission of all countries, enterprises, and individuals. Low-carbon development is a sustainable development model characterized by low energy consumption, low pollution, and low emissions, which is of great significance to the sustainable development of the economy and society.
Many countries have proposed various policies to deal with climate change. The operational decisions and supply chain management of enterprises are bound to be deeply affected under the guidance of the low-carbon policy. A supply chain includes five basic processes: planning, purchasing, manufacturing, delivery, and recycling. A low-carbon supply chain refers to the integration of green, low-carbon, and environmental protection concepts into the supply chain, forming a complete green supply chain system from raw material procurement to product design, manufacturing, delivery, and life cycle support. Enterprises must consider carbon emission reduction when solving supply chain management problems under the pressure of the government and society. Achieving low carbon emission reduction and operation optimization in the production process is a critical problem faced by enterprises.
In light of this situation, it is particularly important to study enterprise operations decisions and supply chain management under the background of low carbon emission reduction based on the theories of relevant disciplines. This Special Issue aims to investigate low-carbon operations management in supply chain management. We welcome contributions tackling this broad area of research and include, among others, the following topics:
- Low-carbon production operations, such as production plan, purchasing, inventory and deliveries.
- Sustainable supply chain management, including remanufacturing, closed-loop supply chain, and supply chain cooperation and coordination in carbon reduction.
- Green product design and marketing strategies.
- The effectiveness of different carbon policies, such as cap-and-trade, carbon taxes and so on.
- Green technology innovation and adoption in carbon reduction.
- Carbon trading and carbon financial operations.
- Policy design for achieving peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality goals.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Shaofu Du
Dr. Wenzhi Tang
Dr. Li Hu
Dr. Lei Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low-carbon
- sustainable development
- operations management
- supply chain management
- energy policy
- remanufacturing
- green marketing
