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2021
Bateman, Alexis, Kellen Betts, Ken Cottrill, Jason Pang, and Aniruddha Suhas Deshpande; Ken Cottrill, Arthur Grau, and Daniel McCool, eds. State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, 2021. Link
Lee, Yinjin, Bateman, Alexis. (2021) The competitiveness of fair trade and organic versus conventional coffee based on consumer panel data. Science Direct. Link
Bateman, Alexis, Lee Yinjin, Supply Chain Brain Contributors. (2021) A Changed Role for Supply-Chain Sustainability. Supply Chain Brain. link
2020
MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. (2020) State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report 2020. link.
Banerjee, Saikat. (2020). E-Commerce-Based Closed-Loop Supply Chain for Plastic Recycling. link
Bateman, Alexis and Cottrill, Ken. (2020) Domestic Labor Issues Pose Hidden Supply Chain Risks. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Greene, Suzanne & Punte, Sophie. (2020) Closing the Logistics Emissions Disclosure Gap. Smart Freight Centre and CDP. link
Dame, Cat & Hefny, Abdelrahman. (2020) Decarbonizing Freight Transportation Using Carbon Offsets. Supply Chain Management Review. link
Mejia-Argueta, Chris. (2020) Localization is Seeding Innovation Produce Supply Chains. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Cannon, C., Greene, S., Koch Blank, T., Lee, J., and Natali, P. (2020) The Next Frontier of Carbon Accounting: A Unified Approach for Unlocking Systemic Change.” Rocky Mountain Institute. 2020. link
Bateman, Alexis. (2020) What Does Supply Chain Visibility Actually Mean? Supply Chain Brain. link
Greene, Suzanne and Harden, R. Dave. (2020) In troubled times, climate change is the ‘black elephant.’ The Hill. link
Lee, J., Bazilian, M., Sovacool, B., Hund, K., Jowitt, S.M., Nguyen, T.P., Månberger, A., Kah, M., Greene, S., Galeazzi, C., Awuah-Offei, K., Moats, M., Tilton, J., and S. Kukoda. (2020) Reviewing the material and metal security of low-carbon energy transitions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 124. link
Bateman, Alexis and Greene, Suzanne. (2020) How Sustainable Strategy Fits Into the Digital Revolution. Supply Chain Brain. link
Greene, Suzanne and Harden, R. Dave. (2020) Escaping the Hell’s kitchen of climate change. The Hill. link
Bateman, Alexis, Ponce, Eva, and Borrella, Inma. (2020) Linear to Circular: Reshaping Supply Chains for a Sustainable Future. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
2019
Bateman, A. (2019) What Supply Chain Transparency Really Means. Harvard Business Review. link
Greene, S. & Façanha, C. Carbon offsets for freight transport decarbonization. Nature Sustainability. (2019). link
Greene, S. & Lewis, A. (2019) Global Logistics Emissions Council Framework for Logistics Emissions Accounting Methodologies. Smart Freight Centre. link
Greene, S. (2019) How to Make CO2 a KPI for Freight Transportation. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Sheffi, Y. (2019) Corporate Hot Air No Substitute for Real Action on Climate Change. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Natali, P, Greene, S., & Toledano, P. How much carbon dioxide is actually in your products? MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Velázquez-Martínez, J., Gámez-Pérez, K. & Cottrill, K. An Alternative Route to a Fuel-Efficient Last Mile. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Chena,W., Kucukyazicib,B., Jesus Saenz, M. On the joint dynamics of the economic and environmental performances for collective take-back systems. International Journal of Production Economics 218 (2019) 228–244. link
Bateman, A. and Cottrill, K. (2019) Gov’t Shutdown May Drive Consumers to More Transparent, Trustworthy Food Brands. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
2018
Bateman, A. (2018). Fed Foot-Dragging on Food Regs Highlights Company Role. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Sheffi, Y. & Cottrill, K. Why We Need a New Manhattan Project to Combat Climate Change. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Sheffi, Y. (2018) Profits v. Planet: Can Big Business and the Environment Get Along? MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Sheffi, Y. (2018) Setting a Course for Viable Sustainability. MIT Supply Chain Blog. link
Pennekamp, F., Pontarp, M., Tabi, A., Altermatt, F., Alther, R., Choffat, Y., Fronhofer, E., Ganesanandamoorthy, P., Garnier, A., Griffiths, J., Greene, S., Horgan, K., Massie, T., Mächler, E., Palamara, GM., Seymour, M. and Petchey, O. Biodiversity increases and decreases ecosystem stability. Nature. 2018. link
Greene, S. (2018). What’s Missing? Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting in The Metals And Minerals Industry.” Matériaux & Techniques 105, 503. link
Sheffi, Y., & Blanco, E. (2018). Balancing Green. MIT Press. link.
WWF. “Transport Science-Based Target Setting Guidance.” Greene, S., Ed. WWF. 2018.
2017
Bateman, A. & K. Setavoraphan (2017). Urban Adaptations and Innovations in Bangkok, Thailand: A Case Study of 7-Eleven. In Reaching 50 Million Nanostores: Retail Distribution in Emerging Megacities. Edited by E. Blanco & J. Fransoo.
Bateman, A. (2017). Digital Audits as a Tactical and Strategic Management Resource. Sloan Management Review.
Bateman, A. (2017). A Clearer Picture of Supply Chain Transparency. Supply Chain Management Review.
Bateman, A. (2017). Why Most Supply Chain Management Risk Management Strategies Don’t Hold Water. Sloan Management Review.
Bozic, D. & A. Bateman (2017). Social Transparency in Global Apparel Supply Chains: Legal and Technological Influences. In Eco Friendly and Fair: Fast Fashion and Consumer Behavior. Greenleaf Publishing.
Brennan, M., Goentzel, J., Gooding, E., Green J., and Spielberg, J. (2017). Scaling Adoption of Hermetic Post-harvest Storage Technologies in Uganda. MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation. link
Correll, D.H.C., Suzuki, Y. and Martens, B.J. (2017). The diversity-logistics hypothesis: how animals and manufacturers stand to reduce inbound logistics and inventory costs through diversity, Progress in Industrial Ecology – An International Journal, Vol. 11.
Greene, S. (2017). Logistics Emissions Move Into the Spotlight. UPS Longitudes.
Greene, S. (2017). Black Carbon Methodology for the Logistics Sector. UN Climate and Clean Air Coalition. link.
Leenders, B.P.J., Velázquez-Martínez, J.C., Fransoo, J.C. (2017). Emissions Allocation in Transportation Routes. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
Bozic, D. & A. Bateman (2017). Social Transparency in Global Apparel Supply Chains: Legal and Technological Influences. In Eco Friendly and Fair: Fast Fashion and Consumer Behavior. Greenleaf Publishing.
Major contributor to: Sheffi, Y., & Blanco, E. (2017). Balancing Green. MIT Press.
Bateman, A. & K. Setavoraphan (2017). Urban Adaptations and Innovations in Bangkok, Thailand: A Case Study of 7-Eleven. In Reaching 50 Million Nanostores: Retail Distribution in Emerging Megacities. Edited by E. Blanco & J. Fransoo.
Bateman, A. (2017). Digital Audits as a Tactical and Strategic Management Resource. Sloan Management Review.
Bateman, A. (2017). A Clearer Picture of Supply Chain Transparency. Supply Chain Management Review. January 2017.
Bateman, A. (2017). Why Most Supply Chain Management Risk Management Strategies Don’t Hold Water. Sloan Management Review. January 2017.
2016
Bateman, A., Blanco. E., & Y. Sheffi (2016). Disclosing and Reporting Environmental Sustainability of Supply Chains. In Sustainable Supply Chains. Springer. Edited by Y. Bouchery, T. Tan., J. Fransoo, & C. Corbett.
Bateman, A. & Y. Sheffi. (2016). How a Lack of Systemic Thinking Threatens a Sustainable U.S. Energy Policy. Sloan Management Review.
Bateman, A. (2016). New Supplier Strategies Raise Important Corporate Questions. Wall Street Journal.
Acimovic, J., and Goentzel, J. (2016) Models and metrics to assess humanitarian response capacity. Journal of Operations Management, Volume 45, Pages 11 – 29, July 2016. link.
Bateman, A., Blanco. E., & Sheffi, Y. (2016). Disclosing and Reporting Environmental Sustainability of Supply Chains. In Sustainable Supply Chains. Springer. Edited by Y. Bouchery, T. Tan., J. Fransoo, & C. Corbett.
Bateman, A. & Y. Sheffi. (2016). How a Lack of Systemic Thinking Threatens a Sustainable U.S. Energy Policy. Sloan Management Review.
Bateman, A. (2016). New Supplier Strategies Raise Important Corporate Questions. Wall Street Journal.
Carland, C., and Goentzel, J. (2016). Evaluating Business Criteria for Scaling Stock of Malaria Rapid Diagnostics. MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation. link.
Greene, S. and Lewis, A. (2016). A Harmonized Approach for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transportation. Environmental Management.
Sheffi, Y. and Blanco, E.E. (2016). Green Logistics. In Sustainable Supply Chains. Edited by Y. Bouchery, T. Tan., J. Fransoo, & C. Corbett. Springer.
Velázquez-Martínez, J.C., Fransoo, J.C.,Blanco, E.E., Valenzuela-Ocaña, K. (2016). A New Statistical Method of Assigning Vehicles to Delivery Areas for CO2 Emissions Reduction. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
Velázquez-Martínez, J.C., Fransoo. J.C. (2016). Green Facility Location. In Sustainable Supply Chains. Edited by Y. Bouchery, T. Tan., J. Fransoo, & C. Corbett. Springer.
2015
Goentzel, J., and Heigh, I. (2015) Supply Chains in Crisis. Inside Logistics, Pages 16 – 18. link.
Bateman, A. (2015). Tracking the Value of Traceability. Supply Chain Management Review. November 2015.
Bateman, A. (2015). Labeling Aside, Companies Need Transparent Supply Chains. Wall Street Journal.
Greene, S. and Lewis, A. (2015). Global Logistics Emissions Council Framework for Logistics Emissions Methodologies. Smart Freight Centre. link.
Kirchain, R., Olivetti, E., Miller, TR, and Greene, S. (2015). Sustainable Apparel Materials. MIT Materials Systems Laboratory. link.
Jairo R. Montoya-Torres, Edgar Gutierrez-Franco & Edgar E. Blanco (2015) Conceptual framework for measuring carbon footprint in supply chains, Production Planning & Control, 26:4, 265-279
Velázquez-Martínez, J.C., Blanco, E.E., Fransoo, J. C., Mora-Vargas, J. (2015). Transportation Cost and CO2 Emissions in Location Decision Models. Beta Research School for Operations Management and Logistics/ TU/e. Working Paper series 451.
Chen, W., Kucukyazici, B., Verter, V., Jesús Sáenz, M. Supply chain design for unlocking the value of remanufacturing under uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 247, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 804-819. link
Bateman, A. (2015). Tracking the Value of Traceability. Supply Chain Management Review. November 2015.
Bateman, A. (2015). Labeling Aside, Companies Need Transparent Supply Chains. Wall Street Journal.
2014
Bateman, A. (2014). A meta-analysis of global eco-labels. MIT Engineering Systems Working Paper.
Bateman, A. (2014). A meta-analysis of global eco-labels. MIT Engineering Systems Working Paper.
Blanco, E.E. and Cottrill, K. (2014). Closing the loop on a circular supply chain. Supply Chain Management Review.
Blanco, E.E. and Cottrill, K.(2014). Delivering on the promise of green logistics. MIT Sloan Management Review.
Correll, D.; Suzuki, Y. and Martens, B.J., (2014). Biorenewable fuels at the intersection of product and process flexibility: A novel modeling approach and application. International Journal of Production Economics.
Correll, D.; Suzuki, Y. and Martens, B.J. (2014) .Logistical supply chain design for bioeconomy applications. Biomass & Bioenergy 66, pp. 60-69.
Juan, A., Goentzel, J. and Bektas, T. Routing Fleets with Multiple Driving Ranges: is it possible to use greener fleet configurations? Applied Soft Computing, Volume 21, pages 84–94. link.
Velázquez-Martínez, J.C., Fransoo, J.C., Blanco, E.E., Mora-Vargas, J. (2014). The Impact of Carbon Footprinting Aggregation on Realizing Emission Reduction Targets. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 1-25.
2009 - 2013
2013
Craig, A., Blanco E.E., and Sheffi,Y. (2013). Estimating the CO2 intensity of intermodal freight transportation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 22, 2013, Pages 49-53.
Efendigil, T. Modelling Product Returns in a Closed-Loop Supply Chain Under Uncertainties: A Neuro Fuzzy Approach. Journal of multiple-valued logic and soft computing 23(3):407-426, 2013.
2012
Sullivan, E., Goentzel, J., and Weintraub, R. (2012) The Global Health Supply Chain. Concept Note GHD-C01, Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston. link.
Ponce, E. & González-Manteca, J. Impact of Emerging Environmental Regulations on the Reverse Logistics System for Portable Batteries in Spain. Environmental Issues in Supply Chain Management: New Trends and Applications. 2012. link
Carrasco-Gallego, R., Ponce-Cueto, E. & Dekker, R. Closed-loop supply chains of reusable articles: a typology grounded on case studies. International Journal of Production Research, 50:19, 5582-5596. link
2011
Greene, S., Adames, J., Alonzo, A., and Forterre, D. (2011) Business Decisions Around Carbon Offsets: Examining the Drivers of Value and Sources of Uncertainty.” MIT Leaders in Environmental Assessment and Performance. link
2009
Craig, A. and Blanco, E.E. (2009) The Banana Carbon Footprint Case Study. MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. link.
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