Science, 6 June 2014;344 - the Global Supply Chain (Issue table of contents)

Example articles

• Rethinking the global supply chain, Brad Wible, Jeffrey Mervis, and Nicholas S. Wigginton, Science 6 June 2014:1100-1103. How traceability, measurement, and standardization might tame an unwieldy web (link)
• EDITORIAL: The whole chain, Kevin J. Dooley, Science 6 June 2014: 1108. (link)
• Emerging approaches, challenges and opportunities in life cycle assessment, Stefanie Hellweg and Llorenç Milà i Canals, Science 6 June 2014: 1109-1113. (link)
• Humanity’s unsustainable environmental footprint, Arjen Y. Hoekstra and Thomas O. Wiedmann Science 6 June 2014: 1114-1117 (link)
  Abstract: Within the context of Earth’s limited natural resources and assimilation capacity, the current environmental footprint of humankind is not sustainable. Assessing land, water, energy, material, and other footprints along supply chains is paramount in understanding the sustainability, efficiency, and equity of resource use from the perspective of producers, consumers, and government. We review current footprints and relate those to maximum sustainable levels, highlighting the need for future work on combining footprints, assessing trade-offs between them, improving computational techniques, estimating maximum sustainable footprint levels, and benchmarking efficiency of resource use. Ultimately, major transformative changes in the global economy are necessary to reduce humanity’s environmental footprint to sustainable levels.
• Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains Daniel Nepstad, David McGrath, Claudia Stickler, et al., Science 6 June 2014: 1118-1123. (link)
• The science of sustainable supply chains, Dara O’Rourke, Science 6 June 2014: 1124-1127. (link)