Green Supply Chain Practices: a comprehensive and theoretically multidimensional framework for categorization

Abstract

Paper aims

The main objective of this work is to integrate a typology of green supply chain management practices with organizational theories.

Originality

We provide a comprehensive typology of GSCM practices based on empirical evidence and conceptual arguments.

Research method

Through a systematic review we identified 435 GSCM’s practices that were organized into categories according to their theoretical conception, organizational context and characteristics.

Main findings

We identified three organizational context dimensions (innovation, performance and management) and proposed a conceptual model of theory-practice-context congruence, to guide the selection of theories for the design of research and analyses of GSCM practices.

Implications for theory and practice

Our main contribution is the alignment of each category of practices and organizational dimension with the selected theoretical lenses that can help future investigations to deepen the analysis of GSCM practices. Besides the theoretical contributions, we believe this contribution can also achieve practitioners.

Keywords
Environmental issues; Sustainability; Practice; GSCM