Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark

This special section addresses the integration of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into operations research and supply chain management. Organizations worldwide need to align their strategies with sustainability objectives to address resource depletion, pollution, and poverty. The collection seeks research that applies advanced operations research methods—such as multi-attribute and multi-objective decision making—to analyze and implement SDGs within supply chain environments at macro and organizational levels.

The special section welcomes contributions exploring three main themes: stakeholder-driven policy and design for SDGs; innovative strategies and practices for implementing sustainable supply chain management; and monitoring supply chain governance with respect to SDG targets. Research should demonstrate how optimization models and algorithms can improve data-driven decision-making, promote resource conservation, and support transitions toward more sustainable futures while addressing economic, environmental, and societal dimensions of supply chains.

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Potential topics

• Sustainable development goals (SDGs) implementation
• Supply chain optimization
• Multi-attribute decision making (MADM)
• Multi-objective decision making (MODM)
• Green supply chain management
• Lean supply chain approaches
• Sustainable policy and design with stakeholder perspectives
• Sustainable indicator strategies
• Resource conservation and efficiency
• Supply chain governance and monitoring
• Environmental and societal impact reduction
• Circular economy transitions
• Supplier sustainability and resilience
• Reverse logistics and remanufacturing
• Carbon emissions reduction
• Humanitarian and green logistics

Timeline

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