Supply Chain Risk Management in Sustainable Sourcing: Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainable Requirements in Purchasing

Abstract

Sustainability requirements are of growing importance and must be considered by companies. Since supply chains ultimately range from raw material suppliers to consumers, all value-adding members must meet social and environmental commitments, which lead to specific sourcing challenges. However, sustainable sourcing faces a variety of risks. The purpose of this paper is to examine these risks and give insights about supply chain risk management in sustainable sourcing.