As public awareness of social and environmental issues grew, more consumers began to support firms committed to developing and operating environmentally sustainable and socially responsible supply chains. Consumers, investors, and regulators began demanding transparency and accountability, pushing companies to address the environmental footprint of their products and operations. The book addresses essential questions, such as how a firm shifts its focus from being profit-focused to being triple-bottom-line driven and how a firm develops its supply chain with a conscience. Written by practice leaders and leading scholars, it sheds light on different paths a firm can take to embrace its role as a sustainability champion, paving the way for a future where profit and the planet coexist.

The book is intended as a tribute to Professor Hau Lee's seminal contributions, elevating the triple bottom line to the forefront of the Operations Management (OM) research agenda. It stimulates practitioners and researchers to engage in deeper and broader discussions about ways to strike a better balance among profit, people, and the planet.

Written by practice leaders and leading scholars in the field of operations management and supply chain management Presents strategies and solutions for operations, information technology, and environmental sustainability Examines multi-faceted shifts in supply chain operations

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Professor Christopher S. Tang is a distinguished Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Edward W. Carter Chair in business administration at its Anderson School of Management. Professor Tang is a former President of POMS (Production and Operations Management Society), as well as a Lifetime Fellow of all three major societies: INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Science), MSOM (Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society) and POMS. He is also the former Editor-in-Chief for the journal Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.

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Supply Chain Research: Overview of Joint Work by Morris Cohen and Hau Lee.- Competition or Coopetition? How to Improve the Cross-Industry Electronics Supply Chain.- Operations Management Research and Teaching in Sustainability: Three Styles.- Value of Transparency Commitments for Promoting Responsible Supply Chains.- Curbing Fashion Waste and Overproduction: A Supply Chain Perspective.- Ultra-Fresh Fashion and Sustainability.- Smart Solutions: Improving Compliance in Waste Chains with Product Information Platforms.- Analytics and Operations to Improve Welfare in Distributed Artisanal Supply Chains.- Healthy Food Consumption: Challenges and the Path Forward.- Financial Access or Price Premiums? A Nuanced View Into Improving Farmer Welfare and Reducing Child Labor in Commodity Supply Chains.- Business Model Innovation for Ambulance Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.- Optimizing Health Supply Chains in LMICs with Machine Learning: A Case Study in Sierra Leone.- Renewable Energy Procurement Through the Lens of Operations Management.- The Relationships among Inventory Volatility, Profitability, and Capital Structure.- Toward Supply-Chain-Aware ESG Measures.