CO₂ Calculations of Complex Supply Chain Networks

Structured collection of emission data based on the SCOR model

Dieter Uckelmann ORCID Icon, Johannes Tonio Alt, Isabel Andujo
JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 35, 2019, Edition 6, Pages 16-20
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_19-6_S12-16
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Abstract

As a result of the progressively climate change, the environmental impact of corporate activities is becoming the focus of internal and external shareholders. At the same time more complex supply chain networks are being developed in the industry. The majority of the processes involved in a supply chain network are executed by globally spread partners. This trend makes it difficult to quantify the impact of individual corporate-level activities on the overall ecological performance of the supply chain. The following document evaluates the scope of application on the SCOR model for a structured range of data emissions from global supply chains, based on a detailed literature research.

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