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A sustainable supply chain is largely determined by its suppliers. Consequently, the importance of long-term partnerships with suppliers for achieving the sustainable development goals in global supply chains is steadily increasing. Three different practical examples are used to illustrate this increasing importance of buyer–supplier relationships. They represent three types of relationships – knowledge partnerships, standardization partnerships, and service partnerships – and serve as a basis for the development of an industry partnership model for global supply chains. The chosen industry examples (the chemical, automotive, and agricultural case) illustrate which subtargets of SDG 17 can be addressed to meet environmental and social challenges of a global supply chain.
Managing Supplier Sustainably Across Global Supply Chains
Challenges to sustainability in the global supply chain are becoming more and more evident. In 2017, France was the first country to enact a...
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Fröhlich, E., Baid, V., Lenz, J., Peters, S. (2020). Developing Partnerships Across Global Supply Chains. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9_89-1
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