Abundance of data

, 45

Affordability

, 4

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

, 65, 66, 73, 74

Arithmetic mean

, 62

Bender’s decomposition

, 120–122

Benders algorithm

, 122

Business performance

ANOVA analysis

, 65

hypothesis testing

, 65

Climate control

, 9

Conservation of energy

, 9

Data analysis

Bartlett’s test

, 63

demographic data

, 61–62

multivariate model building

, 62–63

principal component analysis

, 63–64

rotated component matrix

, 64

Delphi method

, 76, 79f

definition

, 81

first phase results

, 86

objectives

, 84

panel experts selection

, 82

questionnaire development

, 82–86

second round results

, 86–88

uses

, 83

Developing countries

green supply chain management

, 13

literary works

, 36

research

, 34, 36

sustainability practices

, 34-35

sustainable development

, 4–6, 7

Drivers, sustainable supply chain management

external

, 28, 29–30

internal

, 28, 29

regulatory

, 28, 30

social drivers

, 29

Economic resource utilization

, 33

Economic well-being

, 10

Electrical generation systems

, 76

Energy saving

, 33

Environmental performance

ANOVA analysis

, 66

hypothesis testing

, 66

Environmental sensitization

, 33

Environmental well-being

, 10

Feasibility

, 4

Global warming

, 9

Green practices

CSR

, 66

drivers

, 27

environmental performance

, 49

factors/dimensions

, 51

focus of

, 26

manufacturing firms

, 65, 68

organizations

, 50, 61

supply chains

, 27, 49

Green supply chain

, 13

drivers

, 27–28

environmental performance measurement model

, 62

financial and operational benefits

, 107

Indian manufacturing sector

, 48

multiple analytical/numerical models

, 46

practices

, 26, 27

research

, 47

Green supply chain management (GSCM)

Mexican industry

, 113–126

political factors, industrial growth

, 6–7

qualitative analysis

, 75–89

regional factors, industrial growth

, 6

research implications

, 17–36

sustainability

, 2–6, 37–74

Hypothesis testing

, 66

Indian manufacturing sector

, 48

Infosys Technology

, 58

Literature review

, 35, 55, 77–78, 114–115

Mathematical model

, 115–120

Mixed-integer programming

, 114

Model building

, 38, 45, 62, 63

Multivariate analysis

, 45, 46, 47

National capital region (NCR)

, 44, 95

National Center for Energy Control

, 78

National Electrical System

, 81

Organization

ethics

, 33–34

operations

, 95–96

regional complications

, 95

sample identification

, 59

values

, 33–34

Partial least square regression

, 64, 65

Pollutant emissions, reduction of

, 33

Qualitative method

case studies

, 95–112

data analysis

, 38–47

electricity generation, Mexico

, 75–89

limitations

, 68

recommendations

, 67–68

research approaches

, 39–45

Quantitative method

data analysis

, 61–64

Delphi method

, 84

green approaches

, 50–51

green logistics

, 52–53

green procurement

, 51–52

regression model

, 64–66

regulatory frameworks

, 54

research approaches

, 39–45

research framework

, 55–61

Regional factors

, 5

Regression

, 46, 60

ANOVA analysis

, 65

coefficients

, 73, 74

hypothesis testing

, 65

model proposition

, 64

partial least squares regression modelling

, 65

Research framework

assumptions

, 55

data codification

, 60

data collection

, 59

hypothesis

, 55–56

industrial growth factors

, 57–58

instrument development

, 56

measurement

, 56

nonresponse bias test

, 59–60

objectives

, 55

questionnaire design

, 56

sample organizations identification

, 59

Sample area selection

, 57

Socially responsible sourcing

, 31

Social well-being

, 10

Supply chain

drivers

, 27–28

practices

, 27

measuring sustainability

, 37–74

electricity generation, Mexico

, 75–77

three-echelon supply chain

, 116, 122

Mexican supply chain

, 123

challenges

, 1–2

issues

, 11–12

Sustainability

Alpha Tires

, 107–108

definition

, 2

economic development

, 3

environmental protection

, 7

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

, 114

industrial growth

, 6–7

literature

, 17–26

origin

, 3

principles

, 2

social development

, 7–8

supply chains

, 37–74

Sustainable development

business

, 10–11

buyer–supplier collaboration

, 36

climate control

, 9

conservation

, 9–10

definition

, 2

developing countries

, 4–6

economic growth

, 30

education

, 8–9

energy

, 9–10

global warming

, 9

sustainable society

, 10

technology

, 10

Sustainable design

, 31–32

Sustainable inventories

, 76, 78, 89

Sustainable practices

China

, 35

economic resource utilization

, 33

education

, 33

emission

, 32–33

employees training

, 33

energy saving

, 33

environmental sensitization

, 33

implementation

, 17

India

, 35

organization’s ethics

, 33–34

organization’s values

, 33–34

socially responsible sourcing

, 31

sustainable design

, 31–32

sustainable distribution/logistics

, 32

Sustainable supply chain

, 13–15

Technological development

, 10

Tire industry, case studies

challenges

, 106–107

environmental concerns

, 106–107

global tire industry

, 104–105

India

, 105–106

quality

, 106

sustainability

, 107–108

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

, 7

United Nations development programs

, 3

Variability

cost

, 125

green logistics

, 53

observed variables

, 62

regulatory framework

, 54

Viability

, 4

World War II

, 3