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| Economy | Cost [3, 12, 22, 23] | Cost of acquisitioning product, including product, inventory, logistic and … |
| Technology capability [24, 25] | Technology and capability of the supplier to meet current and future demand of the firm |
| Quality [26–28] | Meet the quality requirements |
| Delivery [3, 4] | Ability of to fulfill shipping orders within the period of time promised |
| Service apability [21, 29, 30] | Ability to provide added service value |
| Flexibility [31–33] | Ability to tolerate the variability |
| Financial capability [34, 35] | Economic stability and long-term financial health of supplier |
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Environment | Pollution production [7, 9, 36] | Air emission pollutant, waste water, solid wastes and harmful materials release |
| Resource consumption [36, 37] | Resource consumption in terms of raw material, energy, and water |
| Environmental management system [37, 38] | Establishment of environmental commitment and policy, certifications, planning and control of environmental activities |
| Eco-design [9] | Design of products for reduced consumption of material/energy, design of products for reuse, recycle, recovery of material, design of products to avoid or reduce use of hazardous material |
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Social | Employment practices [7, 10] | The interests and rights of employees |
| Health and safety [7, 9] | Work safety and labour health |
| Local communities influence [39] | Relationship with stakeholders like local communities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) |
| Contractual stakeholders influence [18] | Relationship with contractual stakeholders like suppliers and customers |
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| Risk management system | Risk analysis [40, 41] | Examination of sustainability risk in various degrees of detail |
| Risk evaluation [42] | Consideration of consequence of issues and prioritization of them |
| Risk management [40] | Decision making process to how best to deal with risks |
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Transparency | Communication [8] | Communication openness |
| Financial [8] | Timely, meaningful and reliable disclosures about a company’s financial performance |
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| Culture and strategy | Relationship [43] | Strategy of supplier in relationships such as long term relationships |
| Management capability [44] | Capability of top management systems of supplier and strategic fit |
| Organizational structure [8] | Agility in organizational structure and personnel |
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