This document summarizes a research article that examines IKEA's sustainable supply chain management practices through a case study. The article analyzes how IKEA has successfully integrated sustainability into managing its entire global supply chain. It focuses on IKEA's sustainability efforts related to inbound functions like purchasing, operations/production functions like design/manufacturing, and outbound functions like packaging/reverse logistics. The case study finds that IKEA achieved positive environmental and social impacts while still promoting strong economic performance by taking a holistic approach to sustainability across all three pillars of environmental, social and economic concerns.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Case Study at IKEA: Transnational Corporations Review November 2017 PDF

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