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Volume: 05 Issue: 11 | Nov 2018
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GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A REVIEW Maneesha Benny1, Annie Joy2 1PG
student, Civil Department, Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Kerala, India Professor, Civil Department, Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Kerala, India --------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------2Asst.
Abstract - Environmental pollution and climate change
production process such as design, raw material purchasing, manufacture, delivery and, after its useful life, end-of-life management of the product. Instead of simply attempting to diminish the environmental impact of the supply chain, GSCM involves driving value creation throughout the supply chain organisations to reduce total environmental impact. While the specific goal of GSCM is the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, it also have other tangible benefits for an organization which includes greater efficiency of assets, less waste production, greater innovation, reduction of production costs, increased profitability, reuse of raw materials perception of added value to the client base and so on. GSCM also shows consideration for the owner’s or customer’s demand based on green construction theory and supply chain management technology. It involves designers, contractors, suppliers and other entities. The purpose is to make the building products from the design, material acquisition and construction, use to scrap processing during the entire supply chain process, the negative effects on the environment the smallest and highest efficiency of resources.
have turned out to be one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century, which have constrained governments and businesses alike to assess the environmental impacts of their activities. The need to green the construction sector has therefore turn out to be critically important. Green supply chain management (GSCM) is considered as an environmental innovation in construction industry. GSCM aims to integrate environmental parameters within the supply chain management. It also helps to reduce carbon emissions and improve environmental performances of organisations. As a result, GSCM has been integrated into the strategic planning of most of the construction organisations. In this paper, a literature review was conducted to study the necessity of green and green concepts on construction industry. Key Words: Green supply chain management, construction industry, green practices, drivers, barriers, etc
1. INTRODUCTION
3. GREEN PRACTICES
The construction industry practices are criticised mainly due to its negative impacts on the environment such as high energy usage, greenhouse gas emission and waste generation. Subsequently, it is important to reduce the negative impacts of construction activities on the environment reconsidering its traditional supply chain management (SCM) practices. Thus, green supply chain management (GSCM) can be recognized as one of the best solution to resolve the above mentioned issues. Green supply chain management is defined as incorporation of environmental thinking into SCM which includes the product design, material sourcing and selection, manufacturing practices, delivery of the final products to the consumers, and end-of-life management of the product after its proposed life. As a result of increase in competitive and marketing demands and regulatory pressures for environmental concerns, organisations tend to provide green practices in their work practices. Barriers or challenges are also expected to be present in the process of all radical innovations.
These are practices that are carried out by firms to minimize the negative environmental impacts associated with their activities. The main objective is to identify the relevant green practices related to each of the supply chain stakeholders. 3.1 Green design Green design is the most important stage, as conclusions made in the design phase will have a serious effect on the lifecycle environment of the project system. The concept of green design diminishes the environmental impact resulting from the establishment of construction design and construction processes. The purpose of green design is to design construction projects in environment friendly
manner.
3.2 Green Materials Management Green materials management refers to the elimination of potentially hazardous activities or materials with more environmentally friendly ones. It is divided into two processes which are green materials procurement and green materials selection. The major criteria in materials selection that can be processed in green materials management
2. GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Green supply chain management (GSCM) is defined as incorporation of environmental thinking into supply chain management (SCM). It includes all the stages of the
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