GSC’2016 is dedicated to original and signifi-cant research dealing with sustainability and green issues, environmental friendly practices, and environmental policies in the context of operations, logistics and supply chain manage-ment. Typical topics include, but are not limited to, the use of analytical methods, computational tools, optimization approaches, decision sup-port systems, empirical research, theoretical conceptualization, case studies and practical applications in the following areas:
 Sustainability in operations and supply chains
 Tools for sustainable supply chain design, management, and performance measure-ment
 Sustainability and risk mitigation strategies
 Sustainability issues in manufacturing, services, logistics, and freight transportation
 Leanness and supply chain sustainability
 Sustainable supplier evaluation and selection
 Collaboration and co-ordination in GSC
 The impact of product life cycle on design-ing and managing GSC
 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
 Supply chain carbon footprint measurement
 Impact of legislations and governmental policies on production and supply chain practices
 Carbon labelling in supply chains.
 Performance measures, metrics, and impact of sustainable businesses
 Green logistics, 3rd party logistics, reverse logistics and closed loop supply chains
 Waste management
 Energy consumption issues in in SC
 Water consumption issues SC
 Concurrent engineering approaches for SC
 Knowledge management for GSC
 Operations research for sustainability
 Any other related topics addressing different sustainability dimensions are also welcome.