Green supply chain management

Today, one of the top priorities of an organisation's modern corporate strategy is to portray itself as socially responsible and environmentally sustainable.

As a focal point of sustainability initiatives, green supply chain management has emerged as a key strategy that can provide competitive advantages with significant parallel gains for company profitability.

In designing a green supply chain, the intent is the adoption of comprehensive and cross-business sustainability principles, from the product conception stage to the end-of-life stage.

In this context, green initiatives relate to tangible and intangible corporate benefits.

This book provides a strategic overview of sustainable supply chain management, shedding light on the theoretical background and key principles of the topic.