Green Supply Chains

Green supply chains are built on the concepts of management of green manufacturing and supply chains, with environmental protection incorporated into every activity in the whole process from materials supply, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, use, discarding, to recycling. Product-related environmental management needs to be strengthened to minimize the impact on the environment and maximize the efficiency of resource utilization. Green ideas will guide the suppliers, producers, sellers and customers to change their approach to management and behavior.

The Chinese central authorities value innovative development of modern supply chains. The report to the CPC's 19th National Congress championed the idea of fostering new growth areas and drivers of growth in modern supply chains.

In April 2018, eight central ministries or regulatory bodies including the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued a circular about innovative development of modern supply chains. Eligible cities and enterprises were encouraged to apply to be pilots in building green supply chains to gain experience in environmental improvement.

In building green supply chains, the government and the market will play their roles in supporting green development. On the one hand, local governments should take the lead in green procurement, adopt relevant institutions to support the green supply chains, and thus pass on the pressure and motivation of environmental improvement to every enterprise on the whole industrial chain. On the other hand, each enterprise, be it purchaser or supplier, should assume duties in environmental improvement, share the costs, control the risks, and seek support from the customers and the general public, so as to become stably and sustainably competitive in the market.

綠色供應鏈

綠色供應鏈以綠色制造和供應鏈管理理論為基礎，將環境保護納入物料獲取、加工、包裝、倉儲、運輸、使用、報廢和回收處理的全生命周期中，加強產品環境管理，追求環境影響最小化、資源效率最大化，是涉及供應商、生產廠、銷售商和用戶的綠色管理理念、行動指南和轉型方向。

中共中央、國務院高度重視現代供應鏈創新發展。中共十九大提出要在現代供應鏈等領域培育新增長點、形成新動能。2018年4月，商務部等8部門聯合下發《關于開展供應鏈創新與應用試點的通知》，以構建綠色供應鏈為重點，引導地方和企業踐行綠色發展理念，發展全過程全環節的綠色供應鏈體系，促進生態環境質量改善。

綠色供應鏈的構建，將有效發揮政府和市場作用，服務和支撐綠色發展。一方面，地方政府既要率先垂范，強化政府綠色采購等行為，又要建章立制，為綠色供應鏈提供制度保障，最終將治理環境的壓力、綠色發展的動力傳導到產業鏈條上的每家企業。另一方面，綠色供應鏈上的每家企業，無論是供應商還是采購商，都要全面履行環境治理主體責任，實現環境成本合理分擔、環境風險整體防控，爭取消費者和公眾支持，從而獲得更為穩定、長久、可持續的市場競爭力。