Greening across supply chain – analysis of the empirical studies

Abstract

The environmental pressures and accompanying market trends require chain managers to reorient their approach to chain construction and management. New business models are gaining popularity, but interesting from a research point of view is whether organizations are aware of the greening of the environment in which pro-environmental aspects are implemented, or whether there is a difference between the assessment of supply chain performance depending on the extent of the environmental aspects being implemented. The results of the research indicate that there is a gap in both research and practical aspects. The difficulty is ignorance of how the chain can be assessed, in terms of its greening, often the awareness of the importance of problems is not used in relation to the environment. It is important to pursue further research in this area and implement solutions to economic practice, since only in this way will environmental aspects really change the supply chain. Paper type: Research Paper Published online: 31 January 2018 Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 53–66 DOI: 10.21008/j.2083-4950.2018.8.1.4 ISSN 2083-4942 (Print) ISSN 2083-4950 (Online) © 2018 Poznan University of Technology. All rights reserved.