Is Supply's Actual Contribution to Sustainable Development Strategic and Operational? |
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| Authors: | André Tchokogué Jean Nollet Nathalie Merminod Gilles Paché Véronique Goupil |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Logistics and Operations Management, HEC Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada;2. Aix‐Marseille Université, CRET‐LOG, Aix‐en‐Provence Cedex, France;3. Human Resources and Finance Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada |
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| Abstract: | This paper addresses the issue of how sustainable supply practices are actually used as a leverage for sustainable development (SD). In order to assess the level of sustainable supply management within an organization, the authors have reviewed the literature extensively and then developed a five‐step maturity model around five management dimensions. A qualitative exploratory approach based on two detailed case studies of organizations whose reputation for SD is recognized internationally has been used. This methodology allowed us to show (1) how sustainable supply practices could be used as a leverage for an organization's sustainable development approach and (2) that sustainable supply practices still have quite a distance to go with regards to the maturity model for sustainable supply, even in organizations that are often mentioned as leaders in the SD area. In these organizations, managers still emphasize environmental considerations, while neglecting practices that would make it possible to reach the three SD objectives simultaneously. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment |
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| Keywords: | sustainable supply practices sustainable supply management sustainable development |
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