ROBERTSON, Ben and DUFFY, Marc (2020). Implementing the Triple Bottom Line in Supply Chains? 'I think a few us had to Google it.' The case of a UK high street retailer. In: EURAM 2020 20th online Conference. The Business of now: the future starts here. European Academy of Management, p. 87.
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Abstract
Purpose: The growing pressures from stakeholders for firms to be fully accountable for their
actions are intensifying (Hartmann & Moeller, 2014). As such, the study of sustainable supply
chain management (SSCM) has emerged as an emergent strategy to improve sustainable
performance across the three pillars of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) (Elkington, 1999). This
paper seeks to explore the challenges associated with implementing the TBL within a
traditional organisation from the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goal 12 -
'Responsible Consumption and Production'
Literature Review: This paper explores the notions of sustainability, supply chain
management, sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), strategic implementation and
the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) in order to broaden perspectives on current literature, whilst
identifying areas for further study.
Methodology: An inductive, qualitative, case based enquiry was conducted within the
sustainability department of a major UK retailer. The analysis was carried out in the thematic
analysis tradition, resulting in three major themes.
Findings: The three themes of Technology & Infrastructure, Collaboration & Engagement
and External Policy were identified as being relevant to the implementation of the TBL within
supply chains.
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