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A significant proportion of the population in sub-Saharan Africa live in the rural areas, with the majority living on less than US$1 per day. Access to electricity is considered an essential element in the sustainable development of rural areas and an enabler for countries to achieve their...
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Purpose – Sustainability and environmental issues are among the most pressing concerns for modern humanity, governments … to promote organizational sustainability. Green supply chain management is evolving into an important approach for …
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depth in the scope of sustainability scanning practices of the respondent group and provides evidence of multi … about the boundaries of the scanning process. Practical implications – The results provide managers with concrete guidance … managers with the organization and prioritization of their ES activities. Originality/value – The paper is among the first to …
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. Originality/value – The editorial highlights the challenges of sustainability and energy in the context of logistics and SCM …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among green, lean, and global supply chain strategies as found in the literature, with emphasis on the concurrent implementation of these three strategic initiatives, in order to develop a research agenda to guide theoretically...
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applies yet changes in fuel prices and the importance of sustainability initiatives (also from a marketing point of view) lead … environmental as much. Nuances need to be added to avoid marketing skewing the trade‐off away from sustainability over time if it … turns out that sustainability is a marketing/public relations fad that might go away. And the length of time for sustainable …
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to improve sustainability within the supply chain. Findings – Although government and industry recognize the importance … sustainability research now emphasizes the importance of considering interactions among economic, environmental, and social … implications – Supply chain managers should acquire skills for engaging with impoverished farmers lacking formal education …
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Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to analyse whether environmental issues form a supplier selection criteria of companies when sourcing third party logistics (3PL) services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a total of nine cases, where six buyers and three 3PL are...
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committed themselves to environmental sustainability goals. It also aims to examine the sustainability initiatives undertaken by … the impact of the global recession of 2008‐2009 not only on the commitment of the 3PL to their sustainability goals but … involved in the surveys have made substantial commitments to environmental sustainability goals during the past several years …
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usefulness and provide recommendations for managers. Practical implications – The paper proposes a scanning framework and a list …
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