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Barriers in green supply chain management: a systematic review of the literature

Efrain De La Hoz Granadillo
Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
Gheska Caraballo Arevalo | Bio
Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
Dioser Ladeuth Narváez
Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia
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Objective: Identify the barriers in the management of the green supply chain in organizations. Methodology: A research scheme was systematized that included a search equation and exclusion criteria. The SCIENCE DIRECT database was used, where 1052 articles were found, of which 27 research articles were selected after applying the exclusion criteria and carrying out the review and selection process of these. Results: 57 barriers that occur in the different industries and organizations were characterized when implementing the green supply chain management, which were classified into 8 categories: financial, administrative or managerial, knowledge, technology and innovation, suppliers and customers , governmental, legislative and social and infrastructure; having as main barriers and more frequently the lack of commitment on the part of senior management, the information gap, insufficient social pressure, deficient legislation, costs and financial limitations that directly impact the management of the green supply chain. Conclusions: Based on the results of the research, it is concluded that there are multiple barriers to implement sustainable practices in the supply chain, which indicate the complex path to sustainability and that requires the effort and participation of all the actors involved in the supply chain. supply directly and indirectly, as well as external actors to organizations such as governments. Likewise, this research contributes to reducing uncertainty in the process of applying sustainable practices.

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E. De La Hoz Granadillo, G. Caraballo Arevalo, and D. Ladeuth Narváez, “Barriers in green supply chain management: a systematic review of the literature”, Investigación e Innovación en Ingenierías, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 140–159, May 2022.

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