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Going green? Investigating the relationships between proactive environmental strategy, GSCM practices and performances of third-party logistics providers (TPLs)

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  • Issam Laguir

    (Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School)

  • Rebecca Stekelorum

    (ICN Business School, CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine)

  • Jamal El Baz

    (Université Ibn Zohr [Agadir])

Abstract

This study investigates how green supply chain management (GSCM) practices help translate the proactive environmental strategies (PES) of third-party logistics providers (TPLs) into enhanced economic and environmental performances. The survey data from 232 French TPLs suggest that the positive influence of PES orientations on environmental performance depends on the types of GSCM practices that are mobilised. More specifically, the study reveals that environmental performance is positively influenced by both eco-efficiency and eco-branding orientations through three main GSCM practices: distribution and transport, warehousing and green building, and reverse logistics. However, neither of these orientations influence environmental performance through two other GSCM practices: cooperation with customers and eco design and packaging, and only eco-efficiency orientations positively influence environmental performance through green supply. The study further suggests that an improved environmental performance helps TPLs increase their economic performance. Overall, this study offers interesting insights into the role of GSCM practices in managing TPLs' PES orientations to improve their performances.

Suggested Citation

  • Issam Laguir & Rebecca Stekelorum & Jamal El Baz, 2020. "Going green? Investigating the relationships between proactive environmental strategy, GSCM practices and performances of third-party logistics providers (TPLs)," Post-Print hal-02973132, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02973132
    DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2020.1784483
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    1. Stekelorum, Rebecca & Laguir, Issam & Lai, Kee-hung & Gupta, Shivam & Kumar, Ajay, 2021. "Responsible governance mechanisms and the role of suppliers’ ambidexterity and big data predictive analytics capabilities in circular economy practices improvements," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    2. Stekelorum, Rebecca & Laguir, Issam & Gupta, Shivam & Kumar, Sameer, 2021. "Green supply chain management practices and third-party logistics providers’ performances: A fuzzy-set approach," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
    3. Sumit Maheshwari & Amrina Kausar & Ahmad Hasan & Chandra K. Jaggi, 2023. "Sustainable inventory model for a three-layer supply chain using optimal waste management," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 14(1), pages 216-235, March.
    4. Abdelghani Bekrar & Abdessamad Ait El Cadi & Raca Todosijevic & Joseph Sarkis, 2021. "Digitalizing the Closing-of-the-Loop for Supply Chains: A Transportation and Blockchain Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-25, March.
    5. Juhi Kamra & Ambica Prakash Mani & Manu Sharma & Sudhanshu Joshi, 2024. "The Nexus between Green Supply Chain Management and Sustainability Performance in the Past Decade," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-33, August.

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