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Introduction

Introduction

This free course, Supply chain sustainability, will define what is meant by a sustainable
supply chain. This is important, because most of us will immediately (and often only) think
of issues related to the environmental impact of the production and distribution of goods
and services. Whilst the environmental perspective is certainly very important, it is not the
only perspective. To get a holistic overview of supply chain sustainability, all the
perspectives of supply chain sustainability should be considered. Once you have a
general understanding of the supply chain sustainability, you will look at the
environmental, the financial, the social, and the external stakeholder or network
perspectives.
This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course
BB849 Supply chain management.

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