Exploring Circular Supply Chains in B-corps: The Role of Flows and Capabilities

Lydia Bals; Kelsey M. Taylor; Eugenia  Rosca

Exploring Circular Supply Chains in B-corps: The Role of Flows and Capabilities

Lydia Bals, Kelsey M. Taylor, Eugenia Rosca

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Abstract

Research on sustainable supply chain design has highlighted that all three – material, information and financial flows – are needed in order to arrive at sustainable supply chain designs with sustainable outputs and outcomes (Rosca et al., 2022; Bals and Tate, 2018). Current SCM practice contains mostly additive, corrective and symbolic practices regarding sustainability, while very few firms engage in substantial sustainability-driven supply chain modifications (Busse, Meinlschmidt and Foerstl, 2017). In order to study radical changes toward sustainable supply chains, large firms with exceptional environmental orientation are particularly promising suitable. B-Corps have been used in previous literature as a sample of firms with exceptional sustainability missions and performance (e.g., Gamble, Parker, and Moroz, 2020). This research presents the results of a study on supply chain designs in exceptionally sustainability-driven firms (B-Corps) and the role of capabilities for enabling restorative and/or regenerative supply chains (Batista et al., 2018) in the context of a circular economy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum 2023 : Book of Abstracts
Number of pages	2
Place of Publication	Brussels
Publisher	EUROMA, European Operations Management Association
Publication date	2023
Pages	122-123
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	The 10th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum 2023 - Kuehne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany Duration: 20 Mar 2023 → 23 Mar 2023 Conference number: 10 https://euroma-sustainabilityforum.org/the-10th-euroma-forum/

Conference

Conference	The 10th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum 2023
Number	10
Location	Kuehne Logistics University
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	20/03/2023 → 23/03/2023
Internet address	https://euroma-sustainabilityforum.org/the-10th-euroma-forum/

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Circular economy
Sustainable supply chain management
Supply chain design

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Bals, L., Taylor, K. M., & Rosca, E. (2023). Exploring Circular Supply Chains in B-corps: The Role of Flows and Capabilities. In EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum 2023: Book of Abstracts (pp. 122-123). EUROMA, European Operations Management Association. https://euroma-sustainabilityforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EurOMA_Sustainability_Forum_2023_BookofAbstracts.pdf

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Exploring Circular Supply Chains in B-corps: The Role of Flows and Capabilities. / Bals, Lydia; Taylor, Kelsey M.; Rosca, Eugenia .
EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum 2023: Book of Abstracts. Brussels: EUROMA, European Operations Management Association, 2023. p. 122-123.

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