Ecologically Friendly Sourcing in Developing Countries: A Non-Food Case Study

Sander De Leeuw, Wout Dullaert and Abderrahim Ouaderzan
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Sander De Leeuw: School of Economics and Business, Department of Information, Logistics & Innovation, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
Wout Dullaert: School of Economics and Business, Department of Information, Logistics & Innovation, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
Abderrahim Ouaderzan: School of Economics and Business, Department of Information, Logistics & Innovation, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands

Logistics, 2017, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how nearby sourcing versus long-distance sourcing affects the ecological friendliness—operationalized in terms of energy efficiency—of a supply chain for a non-food item in a developing country. Using case research, we show that the average energy needed to supply a pair of imported shoes to a retailer in Morocco is less than the average energy needed to supply a pair of locally produced shoes. These findings highlight the need to assess the true total energy effects of nearby sourcing versus long-distance sourcing since the outcomes of such assessments may be more complicated than they appear upon first glance, particularly in developing countries.

Keywords: energy consumption; supply chains in emerging markets; developing countries; sustainable supply chains (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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