1.1 The research problem The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, which is an updated version of the Stockholm Declaration of 1972, published general principles for future international action on environment and development. The agenda 21 of the Earth Summit, 1992 lays down an action plan for the next hundred years along with a framework for dealing with the environment and development issues (Barrow, 1999). Accordingly, Global warming has raised alarming concerns all over the world due to the adverse effects it has been having on the environment. Nations all over the world are posed with the immediate issue of reducing this adverse impact on the environment which is predominantly due to the anthropogenic activities (Asian Productivity Organization’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Estimation and Reduction (2009). Supply chains are also not free from these anthropogenic activities. Hence, activities of supply chains need to be managed in order that they do not adversely impact the environment. Activities aimed at achieving this goal are termed as green supply chain practices. The research problem here is to identify the order in which the components of various Green Supply Chain Practices jointly impact the individual component measures of Green Supply Chain Performance using an appropriate methodology.
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