Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains in an Era of Digital Transformation

Edited by Pietro Evangelista, Director of Research in Logistics and SCM, Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean (ISMed), National Research Council (CNR), Italy, Jukka Hallikas, School of Business and Management, LUT University, Finland and Mohamad Y. Jaber, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Contents:

Prefacexiii
1Digitalisation and sustainable supply chain management: past
development and future significance1
Pietro Evangelista, Jukka Hallikas and Mohamad Y. Jaber
2Experimental logistics development for environmentally responsible
supply chains18
Mats Abrahamsson and Erik Sandberg
3A multi-stakeholder digital ecosystem perspective for sustainability
and resilience of supply chains35
Marilyn M. Helms, Aref Hervani, Santosh Nandi and Joseph Sarkis
4Circular economy performance evaluation with blockchain technology56
Mahtab Kouhizadeh, Qingyun Zhu and Joseph Sarkis
5Digital supply chain technologies and sustainability77
Jestin Johny and Amulya Gurtu
6Green distribution alternatives: actors, roles and responsibilities101
Uni Sallnäs, Maria Huge-Brodin, Maria Björklund and Fredrik Eng-Larsson
7The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sustainable and innovative last-mile deliveries in the e-commerce market: lessons learned from
Brazil and Poland119
Maja Kiba-Janiak, Katarzyna Cheba, Jakub Marcinkowski, and Leise Kelli de Oliveira
8Unveiling the supply chain: the interaction of sustainability,
transparency and digital technologies136
Alexander Bloemer and Stefan Minner
9Measuring and assessing supply chain environmental performance through digitalization: the need to consider SC traceability, visibility
and transparency160
Nathalie Fabbe-Costes, Lucie Lechaptois and Benyamin Shajari
10Digitalization to make environmental information accessible to consumers: the ‘barcode for the environment’ project
Francesco Testa, Roberta Iovino and Fabio Iraldo 184
11Contribution of digitalization to reducing the environmental footprint of freight transportation: challenges and levers
Eric Ballot, Mariam Lafkihi and Shenle Pan 201
12Nexus of industry 4.0 and circular economy in solid waste management supply chains: a literature review
Hamid Afshari and Amulya Gurtu 213
13Supply chain 4.0 and the transition toward a circular economy
Malahat Ghoreishi, Alessio Franconi, Orsolya-Anna Mate, Janet Godsell and Mikko Pynnönen 232