Green Sourcing: Supplier Assessment and Selection Practices across Industries

Emmanuel D. Adamides () and Yannis Mouzakitis
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Emmanuel D. Adamides: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, GR26504 Patras, Greece
Yannis Mouzakitis: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, GR26504 Patras, Greece

Logistics, 2024, vol. 8, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Background : Over the last years, the assessment and selection of suppliers, based on the environmental performance of their products/services and their operations, has reached paramount importance and attracted the interest of many researchers and practitioners. Based on the prevailing perspective of supplier selection as a purely decision-making problem, this interest has been channeled towards the development of decision-support methods and tools. Other broader issues, such as whether there are converging or diverging green supplier evaluation and selection organizational processes across industries has not been addressed. Methods : Here, for the first time, we address this question by adopting a systems perspective and by considering green supplier evaluation and selection as an organizational sub-process of the broader sourcing process. We use activity theory to represent green supplier evaluation and selection as two interconnected activities, each comprising a set of organizational practices. Based on this representation, we developed a research instrument to carry out empirical research in a sample of 80 companies from five industries (pharmaceuticals, food processing, aquaculture, construction materials, waste management and recycling) in Greece. Results: The results of the survey suggest that green supplier evaluation and selection practices do not fully converge, but there are differences across industries. Conclusions : The cultural and historical context of industries influences the adoption of specific environmental supplier evaluation and selection practices.

Keywords: green procurement; environmental supplier evaluation; environmental supplier selection; activity theory; CHAT; industry context; Greece (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: 2024
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