Analysing the risks of adopting circular economy initiatives in manufacturing supply chains

Ethirajan, Manavalan, Arasu M., Thanigai, Kandasamy, Jayakrishna, K.E.K., Vimal, Nadeem, Simon Peter and Kumar, Anil (2021) Analysing the risks of adopting circular economy initiatives in manufacturing supply chains. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30 (1). pp. 204-236. ISSN 1099-0836

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The concept of circular economy (CE) has proven its worth due to the scarcity of natural resources and huge amounts of wastage which impacts the environment. Thus, the adoption of the CE concept in the supply chain becomes critical. However, due to the complex nature of processes/activities in the circular supply chain (CSC), managing risk has become a priority to avoid disruption. In current literature, no discussion has been conducted on how to analyse the risks in the context of CSC. Therefore, to fill this literature gap, this study concentrates on identifying and analysing the risks to promote effective circular initiatives in supply chains in the context of the manufacturing industry, thus minimising the negative environmental impact. A total of 31 risks were identified through an extensive literature review and discussions with experts. A grey‐based decision‐making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method is applied by incorporating the experts' knowledge to compute prominence and cause/effect scores to develop an interrelationship map. Finally, a vulnerability matrix for risk categories is developed using the average of prominence and cause/effect scores of risks. The results show that transparent process is the most prominent risk and branding is the least significant risk. By using the average prominence and cause/effect score, a risk category, namely, financial risk, is identified as most vulnerable to CSC. These findings will help industry managers not only to prepare business strategies in the adoption of CE initiatives in supply chains by eliminating risks but also in minimising negative environmental impact.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	business strategy; circular supply chain; environment; grey-DEMATEL; risk; vulnerability analysis
Subjects:	600 Technology > 650 Management & auxiliary services
Department:	Guildhall School of Business and Law
SWORD Depositor:	Pub Router
Depositing User:	Pub Router
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2021 11:33
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2022 12:32
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/6300

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