Table 2.

Classification of criteria and sub-criteria of sustainable supply chain finance

Criteria	Sub-criteria	Description	References
Economic	Vulnerability of logistics system	The ability of transportation system of being disrupt	Tseng et al. (2018), Mani et al. (2018), Astill et al. (2019), Karmaker et al. (2020), Abdel-Basset et al. (2020)
	Transparency	Disclosure of information with all the stakeholders of supply chain
	Risk management	Ability of identifying potential risk factors and taking precautionary measures for upcoming risk
	Inventory control	That describes how much amount to hold in form of raw material or processing or finished goods to meet the uncertainty of demand
	Raw material procurement	Budgets and strategies for purchasing raw material
	Financial sustainability	The ability of organization to sustain its current spending, taxes and other policies in long run
Social	Stakeholder management	Collaborative and participative actions that need to be taken to find a solutions for environmental issue	Tseng et al. (2018), Karmaker et al. (2020), Abdel-Basset et al. (2020), Tseng et al. (2019a; b), Maloni and Brown (2006), Mani et al. (2018)
	Customer relationship management	Ability to manage and analyze customer interaction and improve customer service relation
	Product responsibility	Life cycle assessment of the product and providing product and services based on green concepts
	Exclusion of child labor	Eliminate the workers that are under 14 years of age
	Privacy and data security	Security of information of stakeholders
	Human rights	There should be no exploitation of workers by law
Environmental	Control of impact on environment	Production/consumption of product should not have any impact on environment	Tseng et al. (2018), Silvestre et al. (2018), Tseng et al. (2019a; b), Karmaker et al. (2020), Jia et al. (2019)
	Waste management reduction	Actions required to manage waste from production of product to its disposal
	Environmental policy	Commitment of organization to laws, governments, regulations and other environmental problems such as pollution, biodiversity reduction, carbon foot print, etc.
	Green technology	Application of environmental science, technology, green chemistry, electrical, and electronic devices that aims to conserve the natural resources and reduce emission
	Resilience toward natural/man-made disaster	Ability to recover from disruption
Financial	Financial sustainability of suppliers	Ability to facilitate and enhance economic processes, manages risks, and absorbs risk	Tseng et al. (2018) Mani et al. (2018) Agrawal et al. (2021)
	Cash management	This describes the basic reasons of holding cash and monitors transactions, taxes, and capital in case of any disaster
	Financial leverage	Financial leverage that utilizes debt to acquire additional assets
	Capital accessibility	Access of capital that can be utilized for business activities