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  • Essay / Towards green supply chain management

    Introduction: Nowadays, environmental consciousness is growing in the minds of every individual in the world. People are aware of global environmental problems such as global warming, the use of toxic substances and insufficient resources. Governments are taking many proactive measures, such as campaigns to promote this issue to everyone around the world. Several companies have responded to this by applying green principles to their business, such as using environmentally friendly raw materials, reducing the use of petroleum energy and using recycled papers for packaging, etc. Green supply chain management is one of the emerging technologies in recent years that focuses on an environmentally friendly way of manufacturing products from the first to the last stage of its life cycle, i.e. that is, from product design to recycling. This short article is about the implementation of this GREEN supply chain management and its impact on the environment for the well-being of all human beings. Ignorance of Supply Chain Managers: The reality is that often managers are given information that overlooks or detracts from the financial consequences of considering the impact of the environment in their decision-making. Most managers don't know that going green means in other words reducing waste disposal and eliminating training costs, paying less in environmental permit fees, and reducing material costs. Thinking about the company's value chain activities from purchasing, planning and managing the use of materials to the shipping and distribution of final products from an environmentally friendly perspective leads to savings. Despite all this, environmental performance is too often forgotten by supply chain managers.What Supply Cha...... middle of paper ......d new business operations. Adding green activities to supply chain management means strengthening the relationship between the business and the natural environment. Nowadays, environmental protection has become part of all business processes, which has contributed to the success of green SCM. It is now the responsibility of every business to sustain itself in an eco-friendly manner, be environmentally friendly and care about making a profit, because businesses can only sustain themselves if the environment does. ! Works cited1. http://www.mhia.org/news/industry/7056/the-green-supply-chain2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/7319203/Green-Supply-Chain-Management-Draft3. http://www.conservation.org/FMG/Articles/Pages/from_source_to_shelf_supply_chain.aspx?gclid=CNKD8I-z9KICFcpd2godQVIziQ4. www.greensupplychain.org5. http://logistics.about.com/od/greensupplychain/a/green_intro.htm