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Unveiling Barriers and Overcoming Strategies to Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review

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  • Hugo Gonçalves

    (Univ Coimbra)

  • Vanessa S. M. Magalhães

    (Univ Coimbra)

  • Luís M. D. F. Ferreira

    (Univ Coimbra)

  • Amílcar Arantes

    (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa)

Abstract

Organizations strive to implement sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices and technologies to improve their economic, social, and environmental impacts. However, implementing SSCM is challenging. Therefore, it becomes crucial to understand how organizations may overcome these challenges and enable successful implementation and adoption of SSCM. This study reviewed literature to identify the barriers hindering SSCM implementation and their subsequent overcoming strategies. Overall, 80 barriers, divided into nine categories, were encountered. These comprise technological, economic and financial, supplier-related, information-related, market and networking, human resources, social and cultural, regulatory and institutional, and organizational barriers. Moreover, 40 strategies that can help overcome these barriers were reported and resumed in this study.

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  • Hugo Gonçalves & Vanessa S. M. Magalhães & Luís M. D. F. Ferreira & Amílcar Arantes, 2025. "Unveiling Barriers and Overcoming Strategies to Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics,, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-031-72490-9_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72490-9_19
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