Harnessing Technological Innovation for Managing Volatility and Advancing Sustainable and Regenerative Supply Chains

Éditeurs invités

  • Md Maruf Hossan Chowdhury, University of Technology Sydney
  • Shahriar Akter, University of Wollongong
  • Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, RMIT University
  • Kristijan Mirkovski, Deakin University

Synthèse

Supply chains face mounting pressures from climate change, geopolitical tensions, and pandemic risks, while stakeholders demand greater sustainability. Digital technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain offer solutions for enhancing visibility and improving environmental and social outcomes.

The integration of digital innovation with sustainability and resilience strategies enables supply chains to reduce systemic risks while strengthening their ability to recover from disruptions. However, significant gaps remain in understanding how these technologies influence ESG performance and interact with contextual factors.

This special issue seeks high-quality contributions exploring how digital and emerging technologies enable or constrain sustainable, resilient, and regenerative supply chain strategies, offering theoretical insights and practical implications for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

Thèmes proposés

  • Emerging digital technologies for sustainability and resilience in supply chain management
  • Data-driven decarbonisation strategies and emissions transparency
  • Digital enablers of circular supply chains and closed-loop systems
  • Digital transformation and sustainable supply chain risk management
  • Technology-enabled supply chain resilience capabilities
  • Blockchain-based traceability and ethical sourcing
  • Digital product passports and lifecycle data integration
  • Governance, ethics, data integrity, and cybersecurity in digital supply chains
  • Institutional and regulatory influences on technology-led sustainability
  • Digital platforms for supplier sustainability assessment
  • Techno-nationalism and sovereign AI in global supply chains
  • Technology-sustainability-resilience linkages theory
  • Regenerative practices in supply chains