Title : 
Supplier evaluation and selection under the context of reducing carbon emissions across a supply chain
         
        
            Author : 
Lin, Ying-Hui ; Zhao, Xiao-fang ; Zhao, Xiao-min
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Manage., Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper addresses issues about supplier evaluation and selection under the context of reducing carbon emissions across a supply chain. Firstly, describes carbon emissions that suppliers generate across a supply chain. Secondly, determines criteria to evaluate suppliers. Thirdly, adopts TOPSIS approach based on entropy weight to evaluate and select the suppliers. Finally, gives an example for application.
         
        
            Keywords : 
air pollution control; climate mitigation; supply chain management; TOPSIS approach; carbon emission reduction; entropy weight; supllier selection; supplier evaluation; supply chain; Carbon; Entropy; Supplier evaluation and selection; carbon emissions reduction; supply chain;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM), 2010 IEEE 17Th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Xiamen
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6483-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICIEEM.2010.5646025