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Supply chain activities mainly impact the environment in two ways: natural resource depletion and/or production of harmful pollutants. These impacts have further implications for the natural world, leading to biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, soil degradation, and disruption of natural cycles. [9]
Supply-chain sustainability is the management of environmental, social and economic impacts and the encouragement of good governance practices, throughout the lifecycles of goods and services. [1] There is a growing need for integrating sustainable choices into supply-chain management .
“GSCM is the integration of environmental concerns in the inter-organizational practices of supply chain management” [4] Srivastava (2007) defines the scope of GSCM as ranging "from reactive monitoring of general environmental management programs to more proactive practices implemented through various Rs (Reduce, Re-use, Rework, Refurbish ...
Footprint calculation based on completely allocates the environmental impacts to the final consumers. This is called Consumer-based responsibility. This is called Consumer-based responsibility. An alternative way of allocation is one based on direct impacts, F x j {\displaystyle Fx_{j}} , where the impacts are allocated to the producers.
Lifecycle analysis, a technique that meshes together a wide range of different environmental criteria including emissions and waste, is a more holistic way of assessing the real environmental impact of the food we eat. The technique accounts for energy input and output involved in the production, processing, packaging and transport of food.
HGTV home renovation stars Jonathan and Drew Scott – best known as the Property Brothers – are fearful that Trump’s proposed tariffs could send construction costs soaring. The brothers ...
Hailing from Japan, these digital pets were all the craze in the ’90s. By enabling users to care for a virtual pet, the pocket-sized devices mimicked all the responsibilities of real pet ...
This involves increased use of life cycle inventory (LCI) and life cycle assessment (LCA) [3] [4] to help guide the use of packaging which reduces the environmental impact and ecological footprint. It includes a look at the whole of the supply chain : from basic function, to marketing, and then through to end of life (LCA) and rebirth. [ 5 ]