Literature Review of Drivers of Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Saeed, MA and Waseek, Ishfaq and Kersten, Wolfgang Literature Review of Drivers of Sustainable Supply Chain Management. In: Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL).

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Abstract

The incremental awareness regarding social and environmental issues has pushed
organizations to adopt sustainable practices. Over the last few years, organizations are considered to be responsible for their business activities that affect the
environment, society, and the economy of their own business as well as their
supply chain participants. Different stakeholders pressurize organizations and
their supply chains to follow sustainable actions in order to achieve sustainable
supply chain management (SSCM) goals. However, not all stakeholders have the
ability to force organizations to take sustainability initiatives. Some of them help
organizations at least to be aware of sustainability issues such as media/press
while others emphasize to adopt a certain level of commitment and implement
sustainability goals such as NGOs, customers, government, shareholders, community activists, global competition, etc. This research paper aims to identify drivers
that push organizations towards achieving sustainability in their operations. The
systematic literature review of scientific journal articles has identified ”regulatory
pressures” and ”market pressures” as the most frequently cited drivers for the
implementation of sustainability initiatives.

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