Analysis of supply chain (green) management: Issues and challenges

In recent times, climate changes such as global warming have been a topic that has attracted a lot of interest world over. Such changes have necessitated the need to identify the causes and solutions to these climatic changes. In an effort to mitigate these changes, legislations and environmental requirements have been put forward by governments and environmental agencies. The demand for environmentally friendly products has increased in the last two decades and the loyalty of the customers is also shifting in the same proportion. In order to develop new products and offer new services the need of energy is increasing, but as a matter of fact the cost of such energy is also increasing, hence the organizations are compelled to identify the methods in which the consumption of energy is less. Any given supply chain can be identified to havesome or the other adverse affect on the physical and natural form of the environment, and they are even receiving pressure from the internal and external stake, so as to, go for alternative strategies which are green in nature, and supply chain as being one of the most significant activity needs a kind of renovation. This paper attempts to explore the most appropriate methods which can be applied to supply chain to make it more effective or that can develop a Supply Chain (Green) at the most effective cost structure.