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Green supply chain management: the development of supply chain carbon maps

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  • Adolf A. Acquaye
  • Paul Barratt
  • Corrado Topi
  • David Glew
  • Johan Kuylenstierna
  • S.C. Lenny Koh
  • John Barrett
  • Simon McQueen-Mason

Abstract

In recent times, environmental thinking has become a prominent feature in the design of supply chain networks leading to the concepts of low carbon supply chains and green supply chain management. Understanding the sources and levels of emissions within the supply chain is the first step needed to fully design a low carbon supply chain. This paper helps to develop the concept of supply chain carbon map which provides a visual representation of the sources, levels of emissions and hotspots at a whole supply chain level. This is developed within an extended system framework using the hybrid lifecycle assessment methodology to generate carbon emissions for a mono crystalline silicon PV system and using a multi-regional input-output model to ensure system boundary completeness. The paper also discusses how the development of a whole supply chain perspective of carbon maps ensures that collaborative supply chain networks of firms can be mapped hence firms can gain a better understanding of their supply chain impacts and therefore help its sustainable management.

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  • Adolf A. Acquaye & Paul Barratt & Corrado Topi & David Glew & Johan Kuylenstierna & S.C. Lenny Koh & John Barrett & Simon McQueen-Mason, 2012. "Green supply chain management: the development of supply chain carbon maps," International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(3), pages 175-192.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijemec:v:3:y:2012:i:3:p:175-192
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    Cited by:

    1. Qingjian Zhao & Zuomin Wen & Anne Toppinen, 2018. "Constructing the Embodied Carbon Flows and Emissions Landscape from the Perspective of Supply Chain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-17, October.
    2. Genovese, Andrea & Acquaye, Adolf A. & Figueroa, Alejandro & Koh, S.C. Lenny, 2017. "Sustainable supply chain management and the transition towards a circular economy: Evidence and some applications," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 66(PB), pages 344-357.

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