Abstract
Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) concerns in energy production have become increasingly important for many actors like policy makers, consumers/citizens, and corporations globally. These concerns are driven by the environmental and social impacts of energy production and will shift the management of energy supply chains from an economic focus to the overall sustainability focus. A structured literature review is being conducted in order to achieve the aim of this study. Preliminary results show that most of the papers focus on single SCM characteristic (such as only on the material flows) or on single sustainability pillars (76% of papers focus just on the environmental sustainability dimension, while only 6% on social sustainability and 18% on social and environmental sustainability). In addition, the majority of papers 80% are dedicated to bio-mass energy production supply chains, while other energy sources account for a maximum of 2.5% each. Lastly, the most researched geographical areas are Asia and Europe). The main contribution of this study is to identify the key topics, gaps and future research directions in the field of SSCM in energy production. Correspondingly, a comprehensive review at the intersection of supply chain management, energy production, and sustainability for all energy sources and their supply chains has been carried out. Based on it, our paper offers a conceptual framework and an overview of applied SSCM practices in energy production contributing to both management practice and research.