The Routledge Companion to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is an expansive subject. Climate science shows that our planet's carbon budget will be exhausted swiftly and we are amid an exceptionally rapid and human-induced biodiversity loss. Supply chains historically tend to be operated without much concern for their broader contextual environment; however, recent years have been characterised by increasing care for supply chains' ecological and social implications. This comprehensive volume provides an overview of current and future research within SSCM, aligned with the UN SDGs.Bringing together esteemed international contributors from academia and industry, the book follows a unique framework of micro, meso and macro levels. At the micro level, contributors consider the supply chain and its stakeholders. At the meso level, chapters consider the political and economic decisions affecting societal stakeholders. And at the micro level, the book addresses planetary stakeholders, going beyond supply chains or countries to consider the implications of activities for the sustainability of the Earth.This prestigious reference work is the definitive resource for researchers and students seeking convenient access to a vast area of research and practice within supply chain management, logistics, operations and sustainability.

About the Author

Lorenzo Bruno Prataviera is Assistant Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Department of Management of University of Verona, Italy.

Hendrik Reefke is an academic in operations and supply chain management and Director of the full‑time MSc in Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management at Cranfield School of Management, UK.

Emel Aktas is Professor of Supply Chain Analytics at Cranfield University Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, UK.

Michael Bourlakis is Director of Research for the Faculty of Business and Management and the Director of the Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management at Cranfield University, UK.