Green Supply Chain Management: Indian Perspective

Abstract

The supply chain consists of those activities associated with manufacturing from raw material acquisition to final product delivery. Because of the recently changed environmental requirements that affect manufacturing operations and transportation systems growing attention is given to the development of environment management strategies for supply chains. A green supply chain aims at confining the wastes within the industrial system so as to conserve energy and prevent the dissipation of harmful materials into the environment. This is one of the recent buzz world in the industrial enterprises in India for the enhancing the capabilities of their supply chain management through sustainability. Industries are more interested in profit making due to sustainable supply chain activities rather than to save environment. In this research, we aim to study the various activities involved in the supply chain processes of the various Indian manufacturing industries & finds how much eco-friendly they are in their logistics as well as supply chain activities by taking into account from the procurement of the raw material to the transportation of the end product. This study will serve the purpose of analyzing the performance of the Indian  industry which includes both small scale as well large scale industrial houses. The major six activities of the supply chain - green procurement, green manufacturing, green warehousing, green distribution, green packaging, green transportation are being covered throughout the research from these above process activities, we measured the performance of the various Indian manufacturing industries with the help of various crucial performance indicators & their sub-indicators. In this study, we discuss the various environment factors affecting in the manufacturing sectors while greening the supply chain.