CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Malik, Sahar Sajjad |
|---|---|
| Title | Building Sustainable Timber Supply Chains Evaluating the Role of European Union Timber Regulation in Enhancing Sustainability in Timber Supply Chains of Swedish Companies |
| Summary | The aim of this research is to contribute to the understanding of the role of European Union Timber Regulation, introduced to combat illegal logging, in enhancing sustainability in timber supply chains. With the help of content analysis of 23 sustainability reports, 7 sustainability policies and transcribed interviews of five Swedish companies, sourcing timber or timber products as raw materials, this research presents the enablers of sustainable supply chain management in timber sector. The results show that environmental management, supply chain collaboration, social dimensions, and corporate strategy are of utmost importance. The coding of interviews show that strong sustainability agenda of a company, legal compliance, customer requirements, and sustainability reporting are key drivers of sustainability integration in supply chains. Whereas lack of sustainability knowledge, culture and top management commitment, lack of trustful relationships between suppliers and the companies, cost of conducting audits and hiring sustainability professionals are some of the major barriers and challenges they face. The analysis of contents of the regulation presents the reference to sustainable supply chain management enablers. The regulation repeated themes related to information management the most. Analysis of interviews based on sentiment coding gives the perceptions of companies with regards to the role of regulation in building sustainable supply chains. All of the companies believe that the regulation has an important role in building sustainable supply chains but they have some concerns related to laws in the country of origin, the definition of sustainability and that it will take some time see the change. |
| Supervisor | Naoko Tojo |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/malik_sahar-sajjad.pdf |
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