Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

RESPONSIBILITY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN – LOOKING AT STANDARDS, CERTIFICATIONS AND THE ROLE OF THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM A SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
Beatrice Kogg, Olga Chkanikova

Last modified: 2013-06-27

Abstract


This study focuses on the food and fashion retail sector and aims to analyze the role that sustainability standards and associated certification schemes play in the context of retailer’s Sustainable Supply Chain Management practices. The objective is to understand weather standards replace the buyers need for an, often costly, collaborative approach to supplier relationship management. In our study we find evidence that affirms standards role in reducing corporate necessity to coordinate sustainability issues upstream the supply chain. However, this is not the case when availability of certified goods is constrained.

Keywords


product chain; supply chain management; certification; retailers

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