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. 2014 Oct 29;2014:434168. doi: 10.1155/2014/434168

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 [2628] 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 [3133] 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