Low Carbon Supplier Selection in the Hotel Industry

Chia-Wei Hsu, Tsai-Chi Kuo, Guey-Shin Shyu and Pi-Shen Chen
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Chia-Wei Hsu: Department of Travel and Eco-tourism, Tungnan University, New Taipei City 22202, Taiwan
Tsai-Chi Kuo: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li 32023, Taiwan
Guey-Shin Shyu: Department of Travel and Eco-tourism, Tungnan University, New Taipei City 22202, Taiwan
Pi-Shen Chen: Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei City 106, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2014, vol. 6, issue 5, 1-27

Abstract: This study presents a model for evaluating the carbon and energy management performance of suppliers by using multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM). By conducting a literature review and gathering expert opinions, 10 criteria on carbon and energy performance were identified to evaluate low carbon suppliers using the Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM). Subsequently, the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method was used to determine the importance of evaluation criteria in selecting suppliers and the causal relationships between them. The DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP) and VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) were adopted to evaluate the weights and performances of suppliers and to obtain a solution under each evaluation criterion. An illustrative example of a hotel company was presented to demonstrate how to select a low carbon supplier according to carbon and energy management. The proposed hybrid model can help firms become effective in facilitating low carbon supply chains in hotels.

Keywords: supplier selection; carbon management; hotel industry; FDM; DANP; VIKOR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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