4. Conclusion

Sustainable supply chain management is the management of all supply chain activities taking into account the three pillars of sustainable development, as well as stakeholder requirements. Laws and standards, such as ISO 26000 and the NRE law, provide a framework for this management. To meet these new challenges, companies need to analyze their activities and their sustainable impacts in order to make their supply chain more sustainable. Supply chain activities are described, together with their sustainable impacts. A benchmark of best sustainable practices has been drawn up. This enables companies to position themselves according to their sector of activity.

Then, they need to assess the current level of sustainability, but also need to know the level of sustainability of their future decisions concerning this supply chain. For this, companies need indicators. These...