International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 34 Issue 5

The diffusion of environmental management system and its effect on environmental management practices

Daniel Prajogo, Ailie K.Y. Tang, Kee-Hung Lai

The purpose of this paper is to examine the diffusion of ISO 14001-based environmental management system (EMS) on five key organisational functions, namely production…

The impact of environmental supply chain sustainability programs on shareholder wealth

L. Dam, B.N. Petkova

Multinationals are increasingly pressured by stakeholders to commit to environmental sustainability that exceeds their own firm borders. As a result, multinationals have started…

Social sustainability in developing country suppliers: An exploratory study in the ready made garments industry of Bangladesh

Fahian Anisul Huq, Mark Stevenson, Marta Zorzini

The purpose of this paper is to investigate why developing country suppliers are adopting socially sustainable practices and how the implementation process is both impeded and…

Supply chain collaboration and sustainability: a profile deviation analysis

Constantin Blome, Antony Paulraj, Kai Schuetz

There is only limited knowledge about the performance benefits of the alignment of sustainability-related upstream and downstream collaboration. The purpose of this paper is to…

Sustainable supply chains: a framework for environmental scanning practices

Nathalie Fabbe-Costes, Christine Roussat, Margaret Taylor, Andrew Taylor

The purpose of this paper is to explore the empirical reality of environmental scanning (ES) practices in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) contexts. In particular it…

Reputational risks and sustainable supply chain management: Decision making under bounded rationality

Jens K. Roehrich, Johanne Grosvold, Stefan U. Hoejmose

This paper aims to apply the logic of bounded rationality to corporate reputation management and explores how constraints posed by bounded rationality impact on firms’…

Sustainable operations management: recent trends and future directions

Professor Helen Walker, Professor Stefan Seuring, Professor Joseph Sarkis, Professor Robert Klassen