A Step Beyond Life Cycle Thinking: Linking Supply Chain With Planetary Boundaries.

Sara Toniolo and Ivan Russo, University of Verona, Department of Management, Italy The sustainability of supply chain has emerged as a new stream for operations, which aims to actively create positive effects by designing supply chains that reduce the consumption of natural resources and generate social capital, also embracing the life cycle thinking. Going beyond this perspective means to acknowledge that mutual interactions exist along a supply chain and at different levels, interpretating it as a complex adaptative networks with interconnections with the natural system. This research proposes an analysis of the current level of interaction between supply chain and planetary boundaries, to identify areas for improvement and actions to be taken.