Purpose

This study reviews scholarly work in sustainable green logistics and remanufacturing (SGLR) and their subdisciplines, in combination with bibliometric, thematic and content analyses that provide a viewpoint on categorization and a future research agenda. This paper provides insight into current research trends in the subjects of interest by examining the most essential and most referenced articles promoting sustainability and climate-neutral logistics.

Design/methodology/approach

For the literature review, the authors extracted and sifted 2180 research and review papers for the period 2008–2023 from the Scopus database. The authors performed bibliometric and content analyses using multiple software programs such as Gephi, VOSviewer and R programming.

Findings

The SGLR papers can be grouped into seven clusters: (1) The circular economy facets; (2) Decarbonization of operations to nurture a climate-neutral business; (3) Green sustainable supply chain management; (4) Drivers and barriers of reverse logistics and the circular economy; (5) Business models for sustainable logistics and the circular economy; (6) Transportation problems in sustainable green logistics and (7) Digitalization of logistics and supply chain management.

Practical implications

In this review, fundamental ideas are established, research gaps are identified and multiple future research subjects are proposed. These propositions are categorized into three main research streams, i.e. (1) Digitalization of SGLR, (2) Enhancing scopes, sectors and industries in the context of SGLR and (3) Developing more efficient and effective climate-neutral and climate change-related solutions and promoting more environmental-related and sustainability research concerning SGLR. In addition, two conceptual models concerning SGLR and climate-neutral strategies are developed and presented for managers and practitioners to consider when adopting green and sustainability principles in supply chains. This review also highlights the need for academics to go beyond frameworks and build new techniques and instruments for monitoring SGLR performance in the real world.

Originality/value

This study provides an overview of the evolution of SGLR; it also clarifies concepts, environmental concerns and climate change practices, particularly those directed to supply chain management.

中文翻译：

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可持续绿色物流与再制造：文献计量分析和未来研究方向

目的

本研究回顾了可持续绿色物流和再制造（SGLR）及其分支学科的学术工作，并结合文献计量、主题和内容分析，提供了分类观点和未来研究议程。本文通过研究促进可持续发展和气候中性物流的最重要和最受参考的文章，深入了解感兴趣主题的当前研究趋势。

设计/方法论/途径

为了进行文献综述，作者从 Scopus 数据库中提取并筛选了 2008 年至 2023 年期间的 2180 篇研究和综述论文。作者使用 Gephi、VOSviewer 和 R 编程等多种软件程序进行文献计量和内容分析。

发现

SGLR 论文可分为七类：(1) 循环经济方面；(2) 运营脱碳，培育气候中和业务；（3）绿色可持续供应链管理；（4）逆向物流和循环经济的驱动因素和障碍；（5）可持续物流和循环经济的商业模式；（6）可持续绿色物流中的运输问题；（7）物流和供应链管理的数字化。

实际影响

在这篇综述中，建立了基本思想，确定了研究差距，并提出了多个未来的研究课题。这些主张分为三个主要研究方向，即（1）SGLR的数字化，（2）在SGLR的背景下加强范围、部门和行业，以及（3）开发更高效和有效的气候中和和气候变化相关解决方案促进更多有关 SGLR 的环境相关和可持续发展研究。此外，还开发并提出了两个有关 SGLR 和气候中和战略的概念模型，供管理者和从业者在供应链中采用绿色和可持续发展原则时考虑。

原创性/价值

本研究概述了 SGLR 的演变；它还澄清了概念、环境问题和气候变化做法，特别是针对供应链管理的概念、环境问题和气候变化做法。