Special issue Editorial: Supply chain planning & management challenges and opportunities driven by climate change and other disruptions and how to accelerate societal transition to equitable, sustainable and livable societies

Abstract

There is an urgent need to integrate climate change related changes that need to be made at all levels of all supply chains, policies, products and related sustainable production and consumption in the context of a circular economy. The importance of the climate change dimension has grown with 81M net increase per year in the human population, more of the COVID-19’s related viruses can pass from wild animals to humans with potential for more frequent pandemics. Supply chain resilience and planning has become an important challenge because of the COVID pandemic and the resultant disruptions in supply chains throughout the world. This special issue explores important issues in logistics and supply chain management for transitioning to a circular economy. This editorial note first explains the background of and motivation for the special issue, and then introduces the featured research articles.