Analysis of Sustainability and CSR via Green Supply Chain Management

This report delves into the critical relationship between sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and green supply chain management. It begins by outlining the problem statement, emphasizing the growing consumer and stakeholder consciousness regarding environmental and social issues, particularly within manufacturing industries. The report explores the aim and objectives, which include understanding how green supply chain management can facilitate CSR and sustainability, analyzing secondary data to gauge awareness, and identifying strategic alterations companies undertake. The research questions address the impact of green supply chain management on CSR and sustainability, the use of secondary data, strategic changes, supply chain planning for competitive advantage, cost-effective employee training, and recommendations for organizations. The methodology section details the use of secondary data sources, including government reports, journal articles, and company annual reports, employing a quantitative approach to transform recorded data into charts and graphs for better understanding. The report concludes by providing a comprehensive analysis of the topic.

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Sustainability and CSR through Green Supply Chain Management
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Table of Contents
1. Problem Statement.......................................................................................................................2
2. Aim and Objectives.....................................................................................................................3
3. Research Questions......................................................................................................................4
4. Methodology................................................................................................................................5
4.1 Literature Synopsis................................................................................................................5
4.2 Data Series and Surveys........................................................................................................5
Reference List..................................................................................................................................6

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1. Problem Statement
It has been observed in the current researches that consumers in the current time period
and the corporate stakeholders are becoming conscious in accordance to the society and the
environment. It is due to this fact that various business organizations, specially the companies
functioning in the manufacturing industry are looking for an effective way to take care of their
supply chain in order to socially responsible.
According to Hsueh, (2015), supply chain management needs to be taken care of in a
planned manner and needs to be placed in the core of the competitive assessment of an
organization. As the organizations are not able to attain the objective of lowering expenses or
enhancing the profit by managing their supply chain management with the help of their partners
and therefore they look to become competitive entirely within their industry by taking care of
their supply chain management.
The strategic importance of supply chain management even focuses on the fact that
supply chain management and its network is swiftly enhancing as the organizations and the
suppliers within the supply chain are working together very closely (Bhardwaj, 2016). Therefore,
green supply chain management is becoming a matter of inter-company more than a standalone
issue for any one company. The modern business environment that is competitive in nature is in
need of sustainability of the supply chain and product greenness.
It is due to this fact that most of the organizations have already undertaken strategic
alterations and movements towards green supply chain by redefining the product and service
concepts, redesigning the process of supply chain activities and product life cycle and
incorporate the current international standards (Paulraj et al., 2017).

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Furthermore, along with the pressure from the reduction cost, strong competition, various
organizations have created and altered their strategies of sourcing in order to stay competitive
and gain new capabilities.
The incorporation of the awareness of greenness within the supply chain management has
been one of the major problems that the companies are facing currently (Touboulic & Walker,
2015). In order to incorporate the concept, the companies have to change their policies and
standards and even train their employees that increase their costs in the short run and even
hamper their production facility. Hence, focus has to be given on this topic so that process of
supply chain management towards a greener environment can be incorporated.
2. Aim and Objectives
The main aim of this study is to understand the development of sustainability and CSR
with the help of green supply chain management.
The objectives, which justify the study, are:
 Understand how corporate social responsibility and sustainability can be attained with the
help of green supply chain management
 Collecting secondary data from several sources in order to understand the level of
awareness that is existent in the economy towards green supply chain management
 To understand the strategic alterations that are undertaken by the companies in order to
incorporate green supply chain management
 To conduct proper planning of supply chain management for assuring competitive
advantage

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 To find out the possible ways through which the organisations could provide proper
training to their employees by keeping the cost under control
 To provide appropriate suggestions that would help the business organisations in
ensuring corporate social responsibility and sustainability with the assistance of green
supply chain management
3. Research Questions
The research questions in accordance to this topic are:
Q1. How does green supply chain management have an impact on CSR and sustainability?
Q2. How can real time secondary data assist in understanding the significance of green supply
chain management and awareness among the companies?
Q3. What sort of strategic alterations are incorporated by the companies in order to effectively
maintain green supply chain management?
Q4: How planning of supply chain management could be made for ensuring competitive
advantage?
Q5: What are the possible ways through which the organisations could provide proper training to
their employees by keeping the cost under control?
Q6: What are the possible recommendations that would help the business organisations in
ensuring corporate social responsibility and sustainability with the assistance of green supply
chain management?

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4. Methodology
4.1 Literature Synopsis
In accordance to this topic secondary data source will be considered in order to have an
understanding of the selected topic. The significance of green supply chain management has
been studied by various previous researchers and hence those studies will be considered as well
in order to complete this research.
The secondary data will constitute of government reports, various journal articles,
government data and annual report of the companies.
4.2 Data Series and Surveys
In accordance to this topic secondary data will be considered as this sort of data is the
most ideal one with help of which the most effective results can be ascertained. Therefore,
quantitative approach will be considered where the recorded data will be transformed in charts
and graphical forms with the help of which sustainability and CSR with the help of green supply
chain management can be understood in a better way.

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Reference List
Bhardwaj, B. R. (2016). Role of green policy on sustainable supply chain management: a model
for implementing corporate social responsibility (CSR). Benchmarking: An International
Journal, 23(2), 456-468.
Hsueh, C. F. (2015). A bilevel programming model for corporate social responsibility
collaboration in sustainable supply chain management. Transportation Research Part E:
Logistics and Transportation Review, 73, 84-95.
Paulraj, A., Chen, I. J., & Blome, C. (2017). Motives and performance outcomes of sustainable
supply chain management practices: A multi-theoretical perspective. Journal of Business
Ethics, 145(2), 239-258.

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Touboulic, A., & Walker, H. (2015). Theories in sustainable supply chain management: a
structured literature review. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics
Management, 45(1/2), 16-42.