Green Supply Chain Initiatives in Malaysia: A Conceptual Critical Success Factors Framework

The purpose of this study are to discover the critical success factors (CSF) for green supply chain management (GSCM) initiatives and to generate a conceptual framework that will be applied to Malaysia logistics companies. CSFs are the limited number of areas in which results, if they are satisfactory, will ensure successful competitive performance for an organization. The method applied in this theoretical study covers comprehensive literature reviews from previous academic works and the literatures were derived from electronic databases. The keywords for this review are green supply chain management, supply chain management and critical success factors, to name a few. Four CSFs were proposed and a theoretical framework was constructed. This literature review will be a platform for more academic or industry research work. Plus it will act as a guideline for future studies on GSCM and add in more value to the existing academic research done on CSFs. Additionally, the study discussed future directions and addressed theen countered limitations.