“Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is the management of supply chains (SC) in a way that integrates the sustainability objectives and requirements defined by the firm, suppliers, customers, and external stakeholders (e.g., consumers, policy-makers, associations). These sustainability objectives include economic, social, environmental, and ethical targets that all members of the supply chain must reach in order to make the supply chain sustainable.” (Fritz, 2019)
This approach establishes a linkage between value chain and sustainability management.