Exploring the challenges in implementing supplier environmental performance measurement models: a case study

Abstract

This study aims to explore the challenges associated with implementing supplier environmental performance measurement models in context of a global supply chain. After a thorough literature review on the topic, a case study-based research methodology is adopted to investigate the real-life perspective of the issues encountered while evaluating the supplier performance in a sustainable supply chain. An in-depth study of one of the biggest fast-moving consumer goods companies in UK is discussed and analysed in this paper. Findings of this research will pave the way for developing a robust, efficient and usable environmental performance measurement framework in a supply chain.

Keywords:

• green supply chain
• performance measurement
• supplier evaluation
• case study

Notes

1. Ecoinvent: is a non-profit entity, which was created in 1997. The ecoinvent Centre (originally called the Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories) is a Competence Centre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Lausanne, the Paul Scherrer Institute, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa), and the Swiss Federal Research station Agroscope Reckenholz-Tanikon. It is the world’s leading database with consistent and transparent, up-to-date Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data. With more than 4000 LCI datasets in the areas of agriculture, energy supply, transport, biofuels and biomaterials, bulk and speciality chemicals, construction materials, packaging materials, basic and precious metals, metals processing, ICT and electronics as well as waste treatment. Source: Ecoinvent (2007).