Identification of decision making modes towards green supply chain

Abstract

As global warming becomes more prevalent and resource scarcity and oil prices continue to rise, a green business strategy has become of greater importance and necessity. Societies and governments have become more sensitive about issues regarding the environment. That is why companies need to react on the challenges of green issues by implementing sustainable or green supply chain management (GSCM). To focus on their competences, a lot of companies outsource their logistics activities to third-party logistics providers. Hence, on the way to green supply chain, not only the companies as outsourcers have impacts, but also the logistics service providers. The main aim of this paper is to identify the different decision making modes towards green supply chain. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.