Abstract: Das Thema Ressourceneffizienz erlebt eine neue Aufmerksamkeit. Staatliche Energie- und Materialeffizienzagenturen fördern betriebliche Effizienzberatungen und führen häufig zu nennenswerten Einsparungen der Material- und Energiekosten. Der Blick auf die Effizienz allein genügt...

Das vorliegende Buch analysiert den öffentlichen Beschaffungsprozess und untersucht, weshalb die öffentlichen Einkäufer auf Nachhaltigkeitskriterien oftmals keine Rücksicht nehmen. Florian Hepperle erforscht, welche Hemmnisse einem Mehr an Nachhaltigkeit in der öffentlichen Beschaffung im...

pt. I. Introduction. Introduction to green supply chains ; Impact on bottom line through green supply chains -- pt. II. Green supply chain planning. Green supply chain planning -- pt. III. Green procurement and sourcing. Green procurement -- pt. IV. Green supply chain execution. Green production...

This book is primarily intended to serve as a research-based textbook on sustainable supply chains for graduate programs in Business, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Industrial Ecology, but it should also be of interest for researchers in the broader sustainable supply chain space,...

This book is the result of several years of research activity on the topic of how to better link farmers, processors and retailers with each other in order to ensure and improve the supply of food products which meet consumer needs and wants. The book is structured in three parts. Starting with...

Conceptual aspects of voluntary sustainability initiatives in the context of proactive sustainability strategies for supply chains -- Theoretical aspects of designing voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains -- Initial framework: a resource-based view of institutional...

This book answers the following five fundamental questions: What are the tangible and intangible benefits of moving towards a Green Supply Chain? What are the costs, both direct, and indirect? What influence do we have over our suppliers, their suppliers and our customers that would allow us to...