Green and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Comparative Literature Review

Abstract

The purpose of this literature review is to compare the difference between the concept of green supply chain management (GSCM) and sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) in relation to the factors of sustainable development and supply chain management in the literature. In order to achieve this objective, we proposed three factors of sustainable development and five factors of supply chain management. Based on these factors, the analysis of 20 definitions of GSCM and SSCM identified is performed. The results showed that the differences between the two concepts are that GSCM definitions are generally based on environmental factors. While the SSCM definitions are based on the three levers of Sustainable Development (SD) (environmental, economic and social) at the same time. However, the flow and the stakeholder factors present the similarities between the two approaches. Consequently, studying two approaches mutually can provide the companies the possibility to choose the implementation of GSCM or SSCM approach, which can help manufacturing practitioners in their decisions to increase their sustainable development goals.