Sustainable supply chain management through enterprise resource planning (ERP)*: A model of sustainable computing

Purpose: Green supply chain management (GSCM) has become the driver of sustainable strategy. This topic has been gaining increasing attention within both academia and industry for making the industry competitive. With the ever increasing demand for reducing carbon foot prints and green house gas emission, there is a need to study the various parameters and drivers of sustainable development, especially in supply chain management. The need for developing the sustainable model including the drivers of sustainability needs to be designed. Methodology: Using resource based theory and value chain analysis; we have developed a model for sustainable strategy. The data was collected and analyzed to find the key drivers of sustainability. The data was analyzed with the help of regression and correlation analysis. Findings: After providing a background discussion on GSCM, we categorize and review recent GSCM literature under three broad categories, with a special emphasis on investigation of adoption, diffusion and outcomes of GSCM practices. Within this review framework, we also identified GSCM research questions that are worthy of investigation. The study suggests that the main drivers of GSCM include the environmental policy and the green human resource management by providing them training for adopting sustainability practices. Besides this, another key driver is the sustainability criteria in supplier selection which was found to be enhancing the outcomes of sustainability. Managerial implications and research implications: The model suggests that we need to have management support for implementing the sustainability strategy in the organization. The study guides the managers for implementing sustainable supply chain management practices in the organization.