Within recent years, various concepts have arisen in environmental management that directly address the flow of material (and information) along life cycles or supply chains and thereby relate to inter-organizational management aspects. These include industrial ecology (IE), life-cycle management, closed-loop supply chains, integrated chain management and green/environmental or sustainable supp...

In the search of sustainable process and products, ecofriendly policies have been developed over years, aiming at reducing environmental impacts as a step toward sustainability. Among impacts, alternatives to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions - GHG stand out due concerns with climate change. Then, development use renewable resources become relevant. Considering that supply chains are intense in...

The increasing importance of sustainability gives rise to the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). To help organizations develop their SSCM capabilities with IT support, this paper proposes an IT-enabled capability maturity model (SSCM CMM). Based on previous literature, seven and four dimensions are identified. A five-level is then defined based these two domains. preliminarily examined...

This paper presents results of a pilot study completed as part of the BestLog (Best Practices in Logistics) project. BestLog (www.bestlog.org) is a research project initiated by the European Commission (EC) and financed from the 6 Framework Programme. One of the project goals is to identify and promote best sustainable practices in logistics and supply chain management. This paper focuses on th...