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Best practices and future trends one inescapable fact dominated the discussion at a recent conference organized by the initiative for global environmental leadership at pennwharton igel entitled, greening the supply chain. Green issues are a major concern for business decision makers. Underlying the relatively easy steps some companies are taking to green their supply chains are a few core principles. Best practices in green supply chain management final. This book focuses on the need to develop sustainable supply chains economically, environmentally and socially. Green supply chain management model for sustainable. The issue of sustainability and specifically sustainable business is of increasing interest and importance to students of business and also students in the sciences, government, public policy, planning and. Braunscheidel et al, 2011, and supply chain managementgreen supply chain management zhu et al, 2005, zhu et al, 2010. Drivers and obstacles for creating sustainable supply.
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Master thesis rotterdam school of management, erasmus. Sandip kadam slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The factors driving the com petitive advantage through environmental performance have been identified as market expectations, risk management, regulatory compliance and business efficiency 4. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. This is my master thesis, my conclusive work for the master in supply chain management at the rotterdam school of management, erasmus university.
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