Sustainable Supply and Supply Chain Mapping - Sri Lankan Tea Supply Chain

Sustainable supply chain management has gained great attention during last few decades. Companies not only need to deliver quality products, but also have to comply with environmental, economical, ethical and social aspects. This has created more challenges for managing the supply chain. Increased customer awareness in sustainability concepts has further increased the challenges. In supply chain management sustainable supply is an important part of any business and it is critical for the success of the whole supply chain. With identifying the importance in these concepts; this paper tries to define the sustainable supply and supply chain mapping using a theoretical framework. It further describes the research methodology that is used to identify the influencing factors on sustainable tea supply in Sri Lanka tea supply chain.