The Development of a Strategic Prioritisation Method for Green Supply Chain Initiatives.

ABSTRACT: To maintain a competitive position, companies are increasingly required to integrate their proactive environmental strategies into their business strategies. The shift from reactive and compliance-based to proactive and strategic environmental management has driven companies to consider the strategic factors while identifying the areas in which they should focus their green initiatives. In previous studies little attention was given to providing the managers with a basis from which they could strategically prioritise these green initiatives across their companies' supply chains. Considering this lacuna in the literature, we present a decision-making method for prioritising green supply chain initiatives aligned with the preferred green strategies alternatives for the manufacturing companie

SUBMITTER: Masoumik SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4664245 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature