The role of Supplier Relationship Management in reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions from food supply chains: Supplier engagement in the UK supermarket sector

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 3294-3305

  Tidy, Martin ^a   Wang, Xiaojun ^a   Hall, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon Management; Food supply chains; Greenhouse gas emissions reduction; Supplier engagement; Supplier Relationship Management; Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RETAIL STORES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT; SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENTS; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84958101973     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.065     Document Type: Article

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