气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Impact pathways: a call for impactful research in supply chain GHG emissions reduction

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DOI	10.1108/IJOPM-07-2023-0574
	Impact pathways: a call for impactful research in supply chain GHG emissions reduction
	Ellram, Lisa M.; Tate, Wendy L.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0144-3577
EISSN	1758-6593
英文摘要	Purpose-This impact pathway manuscript motivates and guides operations and supply chain management (OSCM) researchers to deeply consider the role of suppliers in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction. It prompts a reconsideration and update of their understanding of climate change in their research and the positive influence that research could have, specifically on reducing GHG emissions and slowing climate disasters. Design/methodology/approach-The authors use qualitative research methods, including a literature review, interviews with NGOs, focus groups with purchasing professionals and in-depth case studies. FindingsThe results provide insights into purchasing's role in the engagement of suppliers in GHG emissions reduction efforts as organizations begin to advance the sustainability journey toward suppliers' emissions reduction and their contribution to improvements in supply chain GHG emissions. The paper calls for more actionable academic research that can contribute to theory and practice. Research limitations/implicationsThis impact pathway article discusses how the topic of GHG supply chain emissions reduction is viewed in both research and practice. The current dire state of the environment and purchasing and supply chain involvement in GHG emissions reduction initiatives points to the need to develop impactful research. The paper closes with guidance on potential future research opportunities. Practical implicationsThe pressure on companies to reduce their GHG emissions has never been more significant, and companies have never before made as many public commitments to reduce their GHG emissions both internally and across the supply chain as they are making today. Managers must truly understand their role in reducing GHG emissions and their supply chain implications. Social implicationsGHG emissions reduction and associated climate change are top issues on the global climate agenda. Reducing emissions (and related climate change) has important positive implications for human health. This is especially true among underrepresented communities, which tend to be disproportionately impacted by living and working in weather-exposed climates with poor air quality. Originality/valueThe authors aim to stimulate new research and discussion through this pathway paper. The climate crisis is real, and the world is missing its GHG reduction targets. If companies limit their efforts and continue to make excuses, the world will continue its path to climate disaster.
英文关键词	Sustainability; Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Suppliers; Scope 3 emissions; Sustainable operations and supply chain management
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics
WOS类目	Management
WOS记录号	WOS:001214941500001
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/309972
作者单位	University System of Ohio; Miami University; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ellram, Lisa M.,Tate, Wendy L.. Impact pathways: a call for impactful research in supply chain GHG emissions reduction[J],2024.
APA	Ellram, Lisa M.,&Tate, Wendy L..(2024).Impact pathways: a call for impactful research in supply chain GHG emissions reduction.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT.
MLA	Ellram, Lisa M.,et al."Impact pathways: a call for impactful research in supply chain GHG emissions reduction".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT (2024).