ABSTRACT
Literature shows that a wide variety of reactive and proactive sustainable supply chain management (SCM) practices exists. To the best of our knowledge, however, no comprehensive, multisectoral review has been performed. This chapter aims to fill this gap in the literature and thereby to structure this field and to provide companies with an overview of tools, enablers, and (best) practices in sustainable SCM. Sustainability is commonly being defined by three core pillars — social, economic, and environmental sustainability — each of which is largely affected by SCM practices. Sustainable practices can assure the competitiveness of the company and support the achievement of sustainability. Benefits of sustainable SCM practices have been extensively analyzed. Laosirihongthong et al. classify sustainable SCM practices as reactive or proactive, where the first are guided by legislative and normative pressures and the second are voluntarily promoted by the companies.
