Sustainable Perspectives: Green Supply Chain and Operations Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 5764
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supply chain management; stochastic models
Interests: green supply chain management; low-carbon economy; service operations and management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Green supply chain and sustainability have received increasing attention by both governments and enterprises over the last several decades. Governments around the world “placed global warming and greenhouse-gas reduction as one of highest priorities” (Pelosi, 2007), and business executives placed issues related to the environment at the top of their agendas (Krass et al. 2013). For example, as the biggest developing country, the Chinese government has committed to achieving “carbon neutrality” in 2060; Apple Inc. takes great responsibility for environmental protection, and effort has been devoted to realizing “carbon neutrality” for every single product by 2030. Concerning environmental sustainability, operational issues in supply chains have been widely studied.
Traditional research topics in green supply chain management include green supply chain network design, low-carbon operations under emission regulations, green manufacturing and remanufacturing in closed-loop supply chains (Chang et al. 2015, Liu et al. 2015), etc. At present, emerging technologies and the current industry context give rise to new perspectives about sustainable operations for green supply chains (Choi 2019, Choi et al., 2020; Kouhizadeh et al., 2020). For example, digital technology such as blockchain may improve the transparency of green products and thus accelerate green consumption, the management of omni-channel supply chains including both offline and online retailing require more consideration about platforms’ characteristics (Xu et al. 2021), the COVID-19 pandemic reduces the stabilization of supply chains, etc.
Hence, the objective of this Special Issue is to encourage research that will advance the managerial implications for strategic, operational decisions regarding green supply chain, considering emerging technologies, current industry background, consumer behavior, and governance schemes to promote sustainability. We do not have preference regarding the research methods; papers utilizing modelling, optimization, simulation, game theory, machine learning, and decision analysis are all encouraged. Manuscripts which utilize modelling techniques incorporating real data from case companies and validation are most welcome.
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This Special Issue aims to collate recent and original research dealing with operational management about green supply chain for sustainability—especially that closely related to the current industry context, such as the application of emerging digital technologies, big data, renewable or energy-saving technologies, supply chain optimization to promote “carbon neutrality”, and green supply chain management during the COVID-19 pandemic. All papers should adhere to the scope and publication criteria of Sustainability. We stress that all papers should clearly show that the focal point is related to green supply chain management.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Green product innovation and manufacturing in supply chains;
- Application of emerging technologies (e.g., Internet of Things, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data) in supply chains for sustainability;
- Consumer behavior in green supply chain management;
- Data-driven supply chain operations for sustainability;
- Supply chain management considering low-carbon manufacturing, warehousing and transportation;
- Operational strategies of supply chains towards “carbon neutrality”;
- Digital twin technology for sustainable supply chains;
- Recycling economy and closed-loop supply chains in promoting sustainability;
- Governance and regulation scheme design in low-carbon supply chain management;
- Supply chain design and redesign with renewable energy or energy-saving technologies;
- Sustainable operations in platform-based supply chains;
- Green supply chain operations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Lijun Ma
Dr. Guowei Dou
Dr. Meiyan Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supply chain
- operation management
- low-carbon manufacturing
