A framework for assessing corporate sustainability risks along global supply chains

An application in the mobile phone industry

Bibliographic Data

ID21600254
AuthorsElena Escrig‐Olmedo (0000-0001-9135-1276, Sustainability of Organizations and CSR Management Research Group-IUDESP, Department of Finance and, Accounting University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain, corresponding author), María Ángeles Fernández Izquierdo (0000-0001-5048-956X, Sustainability of Organizations and CSR Management Research Group-IUDESP, Department of Finance and, Accounting University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain), Idoya Ferrero‐ferrero (0000-0002-0964-9223, Sustainability of Organizations and CSR Management Research Group-IUDESP, Department of Finance and, Accounting University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain), Juana María Rivera‐Lirio (0000-0002-8434-6222, Sustainability of Organizations and CSR Management Research Group-IUDESP, Department of Finance and, Accounting University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain), María Jesús Muñoz Torres (0000-0002-7500-0617, Sustainability of Organizations and CSR Management Research Group-IUDESP, Department of Finance and, Accounting University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain)
Year2024
Volume67
Issue13
Pages3244-3275
Publication date2024-11-09
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Environmental Planning and Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-0568 • E-ISSN: 1360-0559
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09640568.2023.2219828
OpenAlexW4383264599
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited64

In today’s globalized world, characterized by complex supply chain networks, integrating sustainability supply chain risks into the corporate assessment models seems crucial. To tackle the global challenges this paper presents a Sustainability Risk Assessment Framework that allows measurement of environmental and social risks upstream and downstream, along global supply chains, using a combination of quantitative methods (environmental and social footprint computing tools) and qualitative methods (hotspots analysis) from three dimensions (by scenarios, by product components, by lifecycle stage). To test this framework this study focuses on the mobile phone industry, due to the importance of its environmental and social impacts. The results show the low impact of recycling strategies in environmental terms and social terms on the mobile phone industry. Fostering re-use strategies by companies will substantially improve their impacts. This framework overcomes some of the weaknesses of the corporate sustainability risk assessment methodologies, combining quantitative methods and qualitative methods

Business · Carbon Footprint · Ecological footprint · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Greenhouse gas · Mobile phone · Phone · Process management · Supply chain · Sustainability · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques · Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Marketing

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