The role of environmental cooperation and collaboration in supplier relationship management

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Background: This article aims to determine the role of environmental cooperation and collaboration in supplier relationship management. The following concepts are introduced: supplier relationship management, environmental cooperation and environmental collaboration. Supplier relationship management aims at building bonds with suppliers that exceed the transactional approach to market cooperation. Environmental cooperation and collaboration involve all operations that are performed with the active or passive involvement of suppliers and their clients. Firstly, the concept of supplier relationship management is described. Secondly, the characteristics of environmental cooperation and environmental collaboration are introduced. Next, the observations and findings are presented. Finally, the conclusions and recommendations for future research are described. Methods: The research method used is an analysis of Polish and foreign literature related to the subject of environmental cooperation and collaboration in the context of supplier relationship management. Results: The results concern the validity of considering environmental cooperation and collaboration as a significant field of supplier relationship management and developing a conceptual framework for environmental cooperation and collaboration in the context of building relationships with suppliers. Conclusions: The conclusions concern the types of environmental interaction and relationships with suppliers, taking into account the role of mutual trust, commitment and goal consistency between buyer and supplier.

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Sosnowski, P. C. (2019). The role of environmental cooperation and collaboration in supplier relationship management. Logforum, 15(3), 331–339. https://doi.org/10.17270/J.LOG.2019.345

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