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    The role of collaboration in the UK green supply chains: an exploratory study of the perspectives of suppliers, logistics and retailers

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    Authors
    Ramanathan, Usha
    Bentley, Yongmei
    Pang, Gu
    Affiliation
    University of Bedfordshire
    Newcastle University
    Issue Date
    2014-05
    Subjects
    supply chain
    environmental sustainability
    CO2 emissions
    collaboration
    supply chain collaboration
    
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    Abstract
    Many companies around the world have started to realise that working alone will not be sufficient in their move towards a greener supply chain (SC). More specifically, recent UK government regulations on implementing strict CO2 reduction encourage SC operators to work collaboratively, in production and logistics and in other operations, to achieve their green objectives. In this research, we look at some underlying factors of SC collaboration, focussing on suppliers, logistics and retailers, for the purpose of improving the environmental sustainability of companies' SCs. To facilitate our study, we conduct case studies in two overseas supplier companies with the aim of providing a better understanding of how green issues imposed by European and UK customers influence the companies' actions to meet agreed environmental goals. Then, staff in middle-management and related roles in sixteen companies operating in the UK are interviewed to understand their business practices in achieving the goal of CO2 reduction. Finally, drawing upon the information from company reports and websites, a number of UK leading retailers' actions to reduce CO2 emissions are investigated. We develop a conceptual framework of three levels of SC collaboration for environmental sustainability to help companies improve their level of collaboration between suppliers and buyers in terms of meeting their environmental objectives. The proposed framework will serve as a base model for the companies using or considering SC collaboration to achieve their environmental agendas, in line with governmental green regulatory requirements.
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    Ramanathan, U., Bentley, Y., and Pang, G. (2014) 'The role of collaboration in the UK green supply chains: An exploratory study of the perspectives of suppliers, logistics and retailers'.Journal of Cleaner Production, 70, pp:231-241
    Publisher
    Elsevier
    Journal
    Journal of Cleaner Production
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/579470
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.026
    Additional Links
    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S095965261400170X
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    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0959-6526
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.026
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