SDG-Oriented Supply Chains: Business Practices for Procurement and Distribution

Antonello Cammarano, Mirko Perano, Francesca Michelino, Claudio Del Regno and Mauro Caputo
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Antonello Cammarano: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Mirko Perano: Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Francesca Michelino: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Claudio Del Regno: Department of Management, Reald University College, 9400 Vlorë, Albania
Mauro Caputo: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-25

Abstract: This paper aims at analyzing sustainable practices that can be implemented within supply chains, linking them to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to show the performance achieved by SDG-oriented supply chains. Sustainable practices were collected from the repository “Business Process Framework for Sustainability” owned by the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Salerno (Italy). By using literature research and descriptive statistics, there emerges a positive relationship between sustainable development and SC performance enhancement. From the study of the practices that can be implemented for cooperation activities with upstream and downstream supply chain partners, it emerges that companies have many opportunities of both supporting the 2030 Agenda and enhancing their market and organizational performance. The research demonstrates that both procurement and distribution processes could be reengineered by implementing sustainable approaches considering all three dimensions of sustainability. Differences emerge in terms of number of opportunities, depending on motivations for implementing them, industry and supply chain processes, performance achieved, and SDGs pursued.

Keywords: supply chain; Sustainable Development Goals (SDG); sustainability; distribution; procurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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