Supply Chain Sustainability Drivers: Identification and Multi-Criteria Assessment

Nikita Osintsev and Aleksandr Rakhmangulov ()
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Nikita Osintsev: Mining Engineering and Transport Institute, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, 455000 Magnitogorsk, Russia
Aleksandr Rakhmangulov: Mining Engineering and Transport Institute, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, 455000 Magnitogorsk, Russia

Logistics, 2025, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-46

Abstract: Background: Supply chains operate under the changing influences of multiple external and internal factors. Sustainable supply chain development requires an assessment of these factors, as well as drivers and barriers. Various sustainability assessment criteria, methods, and models based on the consideration of the influence of different factors are used depending on the type and structure of the supply chain. Methods: The combination of DEMATEL and CRADIS multi-criteria methods is applied to rank the efficiency of drivers for achieving sustainable development goals, both for the supply chain as a whole and for each of its structural elements. Results: This study proposes a system of drivers for sustainable supply chain development. The peculiarity of the used supply chain model is the universality of its structure, which ensures the realization by the structural elements of the chain of all known functional areas of logistics. A framework for sustainable supply chain drivers’ multi-criteria assessment based on the use of the original two-level system of drivers’ assessment criteria is developed. Conclusions: The results of the supply chain sustainability drivers’ ranking and the framework developed by the authors are intended to justify decisions on the green logistics methods and instrument selection.

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable supply chain; drivers; factors; barriers; MCDM; DEMATEL; CRADIS; green logistics (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: 2025
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