Table 1.

Sustainability supplier selection criteriaSustainability dimension.

	Criteria	Definition
Economy	Cost [3, 12, 22, 23]	Cost of acquisitioning product, including product, inventory, logistic and …
	Technology capability [24, 25]	Technology and capability of the supplier to meet current and future demand of the firm
	Quality [26–28]	Meet the quality requirements
	Delivery [3, 4]	Ability of to fulfill shipping orders within the period of time promised
	Service apability [21, 29, 30]	Ability to provide added service value
	Flexibility [31–33]	Ability to tolerate the variability
	Financial capability [34, 35]	Economic stability and long-term financial health of supplier
Environment	Pollution production [7, 9, 36]	Air emission pollutant, waste water, solid wastes and harmful materials release
	Resource consumption [36, 37]	Resource consumption in terms of raw material, energy, and water
	Environmental management system [37, 38]	Establishment of environmental commitment and policy, certifications, planning and control of environmental activities
	Eco-design [9]	Design of products for reduced consumption of material/energy, design of products for reuse, recycle, recovery of material, design of products to avoid or reduce use of hazardous material
Social	Employment practices [7, 10]	The interests and rights of employees
	Health and safety [7, 9]	Work safety and labour health
	Local communities influence [39]	Relationship with stakeholders like local communities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
	Contractual stakeholders influence [18]	Relationship with contractual stakeholders like suppliers and customers
Risk management system	Risk analysis [40, 41]	Examination of sustainability risk in various degrees of detail
	Risk evaluation [42]	Consideration of consequence of issues and prioritization of them
	Risk management [40]	Decision making process to how best to deal with risks
Transparency	Communication [8]	Communication openness
	Financial [8]	Timely, meaningful and reliable disclosures about a company's financial performance
Culture and strategy	Relationship [43]	Strategy of supplier in relationships such as long term relationships
	Management capability [44]	Capability of top management systems of supplier and strategic fit
	Organizational structure [8]	Agility in organizational structure and personnel