Toward supply chain-wide sustainability assessment: A conceptual framework and an aggregation method to assess supply chain performance

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 822-835

  Schöggl, Josef Peter ^a   Fritz, Morgane M C ^a   Baumgartner, Rupert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Green supply chain management (GSCM); Sustainability assessment; Sustainability metrics; Sustainability performance measurement; Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PUBLIC RISKS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84969141500     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.035     Document Type: Article

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