For the many not the few: introducing just transition for supply chain management

Karaosman, Hakan, Marshall, Donna and Irene, Ward 2024. For the many not the few: introducing just transition for supply chain management. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 10.1108/IJOPM-07-2023-0587 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Structured abstract Purpose: Just transition is a fundamental concept for supply chain management but neither discipline pays attention to the other and little is known about how supply chains can be orchestrated as socio-ecological systems to manage these transitions. Building from a wide range of just transition examples, this paper explores just transition to understand how to move beyond instrumental supply chain practices to supply chains functioning in harmony with the planet and its people. Design/methodology/approach: Building from a systematic review of 72 papers, the paper identifies just transition examples while interpreting them through the theoretical lens of supply chain management, providing valuable insights to help research and practice understand how to achieve low-carbon economies through supply chain management in environmentally and socially just ways. Findings: The paper defines, elaborates, and extends the just transition construct by developing a transition taxonomy with two key dimensions. The purpose dimension (profit or shared outcomes) and the governance dimension (government-/industry-led versus civil society-involved), generating four transition archetypes. Most transitions projects are framed around the Euro- and US-centric, capitalist standards of development, leading to coloniality as well as economic and cultural depletion of communities. Framing just transition in accordance with context-specific plural values, the paper provides an alternative perspective to the extractive transition concept. This can guide supply chain management to decarbonise economies and societies by considering the rights of nature, communities and individuals. Originality: Introducing just transition into the supply chain management domain, this paper unifies the various conceptualisations of just transition into a holistic understanding, providing a new foundation for supply chain management research.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Emerald
ISSN:	0144-3577
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	12 February 2024
Date of Acceptance:	11 February 2024
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2024 23:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166259

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