With greater calls for environmental protection worldwide, countries have implemented rules such as RoHS, EuP, WEEE and REACH to regulate components of product materials and chemicals. Taiwanese firms should actively promote environmental protection and coordinate suppliers in various regions so as to improve green supply chain performance given that firms in supply chain are located around the world. This study, using qualitative interview, interviewed 7 leading Taiwanese companies that actively promote green supply chain and listed integration and coordination mechanisms often used. Integration and coordination of green supply chain used in Taiwan included: (1) setting up units responsible for promoting greening; (2) holding supplier meeting; (3) audit system of suppliers; (4) establishment of inter-departmental unit; (5) training for suppliers; (6) assisting suppliers; and (7) setting up information-sharing system. Location in supply chain, supply chain relationship and industry sectors determine uses and varieties of integration and coordination of green supply chain. They are as follows: 1.Location in supply chain: downstream firms have more and often use integration and coordination of green supply chain than upstream ones. 2.Supply chain relationship: central factories have more and often use integration and coordination of green supply chain than satellite ones. 3.Industry sectors: emerging strategic industries have more and often use integration and coordination of green supply chain than traditional ones.

Due to the environmental regulations and acts proposed and initiated by EU, enterprises have to take the impact on the environment into account. As such, they need to standardize suppliers¡¦ production process and management mechanism in their supply chain to lower the impact of their products and production process to the environment. As a result, how to establish suppliers¡¦ awareness of environmental concept and share the knowledge of green product production and related environmental management practices have become the key issue about green supply chain management. This study uses case study method, and seven enterprises which perform well in environmental protection are interviewed. After analysis, there are seven issues are found in this study: 1. Environmental acts in the local markets have positive influence on the implementation of green supply management by global enterprises. 2. The more customization and modularized the product of enterprise is, the more they enhance their green supply management, in order to respond to environmental acts. 3. The emphasis on environmental acts will assist the long-term and cooperative relationship between enterprises and their suppliers. 4. The emphasis on environmental acts will affect positively the collaborative innovation of green supply management. 5. The relationship between enterprises and their suppliers will influence the types of sharing knowledge in green supply management. 5-1. When enterprises and their suppliers have short-term and contractual relationship, they tend to share only explicit knowledge. 5-2. When enterprises and their suppliers have long-term and cooperative relationship, they tend to share explicit and implicit knowledge. 6. The more innovative the products of enterprises, which also have the characteristic of an assembly plant and a system manufacturer in the supply chain, the more likely they play a leading and transferring role in the knowledge sharing of green supply management. 7. The relationship between enterprises and their suppliers, as well as types of shared knowledge, will impact the construction of knowledge sharing and the installation of the controlling (auditing) mechanism of green supply management. 7-1. When enterprises and their suppliers have short-term, contractual relationship, they tend to establish only basic and explicit knowledge sharing mechanism. 7-2. When enterprises and their suppliers have long-term, cooperative relationship, they tend to use more resources and build a comprehensive knowledge sharing mechanism, but have a more restrict controlling (auditing) mechanism as well.

O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar a relação dos níveis de maturidade em gestão ambiental com a intensidade da adoção de práticas de Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), por meio de um framework integrador desses dois conceitos e de evidências oriundas de múltiplos casos. Os fatores que motivaram a concepção de tal objetivo são: a inexistência, até o momento, de um framework integrador entre níveis de maturidade em gestão ambiental e práticas de GSCM; a ausência de estudos similares da relação maturidade da gestão ambiental-GSCM com empresas localizadas em países em desenvolvimento, como o Brasil; e, por fim, analisar a aderência desse framework integrador a empresas pertencentes a setores que tenham alto impacto ambiental antrópico. Para o alcance do objetivo, foi realizada uma sistematização junto à literatura que versa sobre maturidade de gestão ambiental, tipologia das práticas de GSCM, obtendo-se um conjunto mais amplo de práticas de GSCM, e um framework integrador original, aqui chamado de \"Níveis de maturidade em GSCM\". Para verificar sua aderência a situações práticas, foram analisados cinco casos inseridos em cadeias de suprimentos com alto impacto ambiental, sendo que duas empresas são pertencentes a cadeias de suprimentos de pilhas e baterias, duas empresas pertencentes a cadeia de defensivos agrícolas e uma empresa pertencente à cadeia automotiva. Verificou-se que das cinco empresas analisadas: (a) uma empresa adotava poucas práticas de GSCM motivada pelo cumprimento da legislação ambiental restritiva; (b) uma empresa adotava um número médio de práticas de GSCM, principalmente as ligadas ao retorno de investimentos, motivada pela redução de custos; (c) e três empresas adotavam um número elevado de práticas de GSCM, tendo em comum a adoção de práticas de GSCM dos tipos gestão ambiental interna, redução de resíduos e minimização de riscos e comunicacionais, motivadas pela obtenção de vantagens competitivas. Verificou-se, simultaneamente, a aderência do framework integrador proposto à luz dos casos anteriormente citados, tendo se mostrado sensível para avaliar flutuações entre os níveis de maturidade de gestão ambiental e a adoção das práticas de GSCM, cumprindo sua função original e obtendo-se a seguinte classificação de níveis de maturidade em GSCM: (a) o primeiro, nível reativo em GSCM com baixa adoção de práticas de GSCM motivadas por restrições legais; (b) o segundo, nível preventivo em GSCM, com média adoção de práticas de GSCM, principalmente relacionadas a diminuição de custos; (c) e o terceiro, nível proativo em GSCM, onde há a busca por obtenção de vantagens competitivas. Revelou-se, adicionalmente, que tende a existir um padrão na adoção de práticas de GSCM por parte das empresas, vinculado a cada nível de maturidade em GSCM. Acredita-se que esse padrão evolutivo de GSCM pode ser usado por dirigentes organizacionais ou por gestores públicos para fomentar a adoção de práticas de GSCM. Este trabalho, até onde é de conhecimento do autor e até onde revelam buscas sistemáticas realizadas junto aos portais Web of Science e Scopus, é a primeira pesquisa a relacionar níveis de maturidade de gestão ambiental a práticas de GSCM, aplicada a cinco casos com alto impacto ambiental do Brasil. / The objective of this work is to identify the relationship between maturity levels of environmental management with the intensity of adoption of practices of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), through the proposal of an integrative framework of these two concepts and a multiple case study. The factors that motivated the design of this goal are: the absence so far of an integrative framework between maturity levels in environmental management and GSCM practices; the scarcity of similar studies of the relationship of environmental maturity GSCM with companies located in developing countries, such as Brazil; and, finally, analyze the adherence of this integrative framework to companies belonging to sectors that have high environmental impact. To achieve the goal, a deep literature review was performed with the literature dealing with environmental management maturity, GSCM practices, obtaining a broader set of GSCM practices, and a unique integrative framework, here called \"Levels of maturity on GSCM\". To verify its adherence to the real world, five cases were analyzed in supply chains with high environmental impact. It was found that: (a) a company few had adopted GSCM practices motivated by compliance with strict environmental legislation; (b) a company had adopted an average number of GSCM practices, especially those relating to investment returns, driven by cost saving; (c) and three companies had adopted a large number of GSCM practices, having in common the adoption of GSCM practices types of internal environmental management, waste reduction and risk minimization and communication, motivated by obtaining competitive advantages. It was found a sensitive framework with the following classification levels of maturity on GSCM: (a) the first, reactive level GSCM with low adoption of GSCM practices motivated by legal restrictions; (b) the second level (preventive) GSCM, mean adopting GSCM practices, primarily related to saving costs; (c) and the third, (proactive) level in GSCM, where there is the search for competitive advantages. Additionally it was found a kind of pattern in the adoption of GSCM practices by firms, linked to each level of maturity in GSCM. It is believed that this evolutionary pattern of GSCM can be used by organizational leaders or public officials to foster the adoption of GSCM practices. This work, so far as is known to the author and to reveal where systematic searches conducted with the Web of Science and Scopus data bases, is the first study to relate maturity levels of environmental management practices of GSCM, applied to five cases with high impact environmental Brazil.

Reverse logistics has become a part of many governmental agendas in developed countries. It offers enormous opportunities in reducing the negative impact on the environment from industrialization and the enormous quantities of waste produced by industry and households, as well as saving material resources. The recovery of used products and materials is receiving growing attention as a result of limited landfill and incineration capacity. However, the evolution of reverse logistics initiatives in developing countries is relatively slow, indicating that there are still huge obstacles and concerns that need to be explored. The main aim of this study is to investigate the reverse logistics practices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The key forces of reverse logistics in more developed countries are compared with those in the KSA context. In particular, the current legislative framework and reverse logistics operations are evaluated against best practices in order to identify opportunities for KSA industries to improve their reverse logistics operations. For this purpose, qualitative research using a case study approach has been designed to collect data from different government agencies and thirteen organizations in KSA. These organizations were drawn from the oil, petrochemical and metal processing industries, all of which provide potential for the closed loop supply chain applications which are widely practiced outside KSA. Secondary data collection, direct observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to facilitate comparison with the literature. A conceptual framework was developed from the literature. A template analysis approach was employed to analyze the gathered data. The framework was then applied to the research context to establish an overall view of the reverse logistics process as well as the key forces that influence the implementation of reverse logistics in KSA. The results revealed that the implementation of reverse logistics in KSA is at an early stage, with the exception of the oil processing industry. Applications of reverse logistics appear to be driven mainly by economic factors and are highly dependent on the capability provided by third-party logistics service providers. Supply chains tend to operate as open loops with recycled/reusable products being supplied to secondary markets and/or locations outside KSA. Furthermore, the adoption of best practice is hindered by the country's logistics infrastructure and by local legislation that does not appear to encourage waste recovery or promote the awareness or control of the reverse logistics process. Both government and industry need to collaborate to implement best practice in reverse logistics in KSA. Economic and environmental benefits can be achieved, especially through improved infrastructure provision, legislation and reverse logistics design. This study makes several contributions to knowledge. First, the framework and strategies will make an important contribution to the literature of reverse logistics by identifying the key forces, represented in a force field analysis diagram; and to general reverse logistics operations in developing countries in general and in Saudi Arabia in particular. Secondly, the findings identify further studies for reverse logistics in KSA and, possibly, for other emerging countries with a similar context. Thirdly, this study is distinguished from existing empirical work on reverse logistics in developed countries as it examines the framework in the context of KSA, and may be applicable to other developing countries. Fourthly, the study motivates changes in practice as it provides recommendations and guidance for practitioners and leaders on how to apply the best practices of reverse logistics in different sectors.

O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar a relação dos níveis de maturidade em gestão ambiental com a intensidade da adoção de práticas de Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), por meio de um framework integrador desses dois conceitos e de evidências oriundas de múltiplos casos. Os fatores que motivaram a concepção de tal objetivo são: a inexistência, até o momento, de um framework integrador entre níveis de maturidade em gestão ambiental e práticas de GSCM; a ausência de estudos similares da relação maturidade da gestão ambiental-GSCM com empresas localizadas em países em desenvolvimento, como o Brasil; e, por fim, analisar a aderência desse framework integrador a empresas pertencentes a setores que tenham alto impacto ambiental antrópico. Para o alcance do objetivo, foi realizada uma sistematização junto à literatura que versa sobre maturidade de gestão ambiental, tipologia das práticas de GSCM, obtendo-se um conjunto mais amplo de práticas de GSCM, e um framework integrador original, aqui chamado de \"Níveis de maturidade em GSCM\". Para verificar sua aderência a situações práticas, foram analisados cinco casos inseridos em cadeias de suprimentos com alto impacto ambiental, sendo que duas empresas são pertencentes a cadeias de suprimentos de pilhas e baterias, duas empresas pertencentes a cadeia de defensivos agrícolas e uma empresa pertencente à cadeia automotiva. Verificou-se que das cinco empresas analisadas: (a) uma empresa adotava poucas práticas de GSCM motivada pelo cumprimento da legislação ambiental restritiva; (b) uma empresa adotava um número médio de práticas de GSCM, principalmente as ligadas ao retorno de investimentos, motivada pela redução de custos; (c) e três empresas adotavam um número elevado de práticas de GSCM, tendo em comum a adoção de práticas de GSCM dos tipos gestão ambiental interna, redução de resíduos e minimização de riscos e comunicacionais, motivadas pela obtenção de vantagens competitivas. Verificou-se, simultaneamente, a aderência do framework integrador proposto à luz dos casos anteriormente citados, tendo se mostrado sensível para avaliar flutuações entre os níveis de maturidade de gestão ambiental e a adoção das práticas de GSCM, cumprindo sua função original e obtendo-se a seguinte classificação de níveis de maturidade em GSCM: (a) o primeiro, nível reativo em GSCM com baixa adoção de práticas de GSCM motivadas por restrições legais; (b) o segundo, nível preventivo em GSCM, com média adoção de práticas de GSCM, principalmente relacionadas a diminuição de custos; (c) e o terceiro, nível proativo em GSCM, onde há a busca por obtenção de vantagens competitivas. Revelou-se, adicionalmente, que tende a existir um padrão na adoção de práticas de GSCM por parte das empresas, vinculado a cada nível de maturidade em GSCM. Acredita-se que esse padrão evolutivo de GSCM pode ser usado por dirigentes organizacionais ou por gestores públicos para fomentar a adoção de práticas de GSCM. Este trabalho, até onde é de conhecimento do autor e até onde revelam buscas sistemáticas realizadas junto aos portais Web of Science e Scopus, é a primeira pesquisa a relacionar níveis de maturidade de gestão ambiental a práticas de GSCM, aplicada a cinco casos com alto impacto ambiental do Brasil. / The objective of this work is to identify the relationship between maturity levels of environmental management with the intensity of adoption of practices of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), through the proposal of an integrative framework of these two concepts and a multiple case study. The factors that motivated the design of this goal are: the absence so far of an integrative framework between maturity levels in environmental management and GSCM practices; the scarcity of similar studies of the relationship of environmental maturity GSCM with companies located in developing countries, such as Brazil; and, finally, analyze the adherence of this integrative framework to companies belonging to sectors that have high environmental impact. To achieve the goal, a deep literature review was performed with the literature dealing with environmental management maturity, GSCM practices, obtaining a broader set of GSCM practices, and a unique integrative framework, here called \"Levels of maturity on GSCM\". To verify its adherence to the real world, five cases were analyzed in supply chains with high environmental impact. It was found that: (a) a company few had adopted GSCM practices motivated by compliance with strict environmental legislation; (b) a company had adopted an average number of GSCM practices, especially those relating to investment returns, driven by cost saving; (c) and three companies had adopted a large number of GSCM practices, having in common the adoption of GSCM practices types of internal environmental management, waste reduction and risk minimization and communication, motivated by obtaining competitive advantages. It was found a sensitive framework with the following classification levels of maturity on GSCM: (a) the first, reactive level GSCM with low adoption of GSCM practices motivated by legal restrictions; (b) the second level (preventive) GSCM, mean adopting GSCM practices, primarily related to saving costs; (c) and the third, (proactive) level in GSCM, where there is the search for competitive advantages. Additionally it was found a kind of pattern in the adoption of GSCM practices by firms, linked to each level of maturity in GSCM. It is believed that this evolutionary pattern of GSCM can be used by organizational leaders or public officials to foster the adoption of GSCM practices. This work, so far as is known to the author and to reveal where systematic searches conducted with the Web of Science and Scopus data bases, is the first study to relate maturity levels of environmental management practices of GSCM, applied to five cases with high impact environmental Brazil.

yes / The concept of corporate and social responsibility (CSR) has gained increasing momentum and importance in business operations today and companies have globally responded to this philosophy. To what end though? Product Stewardship (PS) and the corporate, social and environmental responsibilities associated within this term are a key part of a business’s CSR agenda. In the extant literature, it is a challenge to clearly identify the boundaries of responsibility for PS - who sets these boundaries for governance and what are the actions taken under the guise of PS. This paper aims to start the process of demystification in responding to the title of this work, stimulate further musings and outline a future research agenda.

A variável ambiental é parte importante do atual corpo teórico-prático organizacional. Adentrou o mundo empresarial, sendo hoje um assunto em pauta em muitas organizações. Dessa forma, o desempenho ambiental das firmas vem se fortalecendo como um importante aspecto organizacional para análise por parte dos stakeholders. Gerenciar cadeias de suprimento em um mercado extremamente competitivo como o atual não é tarefa fácil. Além disso, as pressões de governos, clientes, fornecedores etc., no que tange questões ambientais, são cada vez mais fortes. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa é avaliar a relação entre práticas de Green Supply Chain Management e desempenho ambiental. A metodologia escolhida é a modelagem de equações estruturais, abordagem quantitativa em que é possível analisar a existência e força da relação entre construtos e variáveis. A amostra corresponde à micro, pequenas e médias empresas fornecedoras de usinas do setor sucroenergético. A revisão de literatura cobriu os assuntos-chave do trabalho: a) Gestão Ambiental, b) Green Supply Chain Management; c) Desempenho Ambiental e d) Setor Sucroenergético. Os resultados desta pesquisa indicam que a adoção de práticas de GSCM por empresas fornecedoras de usinas do setor sucroenergético encontra-se em um estágio inicial. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, o efeito das práticas de GSCM no Desempenho Ambiental para a amostra analisada pode ser considerado \"moderado\". / The environmental variable, in the current scenario, is an important part of the current theoretical and practical organizational body. The Environmental Management entered into the business world, and today it is a subject on the agenda in many organizations. Thus, the environmental performance is becoming stronger as an important organizational aspect for consideration by the stakeholders. To manage supply chains in a highly competitive market like the current one is not an easy task. Moreover, pressures from governments, customers, suppliers etc., regarding to environmental issues, are increasingly strong. Then, the main objective of this research is to evaluate the relationship between practices of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) and environmental performance. The chosen methodology is the structural equation modeling (SEM), advanced quantitative technique in which it is possible to analyze the existence and strength of relationship between variables. The sample corresponds to small and medium suppliers of mills in the sugarcane industry. The literature review covered the key issues contained in this research: a) Environmental Management, b) Green Supply Chain Management c) Environmental Performance e d) Sugarcane Industry. The results of this research suggest that the adoption of GSCM practices in the sugarcane industry is in early stage. According to the results, the effect of GSCM practices in Environmental Performance for the analyzed sample can be considered \"moderate\".

A variável ambiental é parte importante do atual corpo teórico-prático organizacional. Adentrou o mundo empresarial, sendo hoje um assunto em pauta em muitas organizações. Dessa forma, o desempenho ambiental das firmas vem se fortalecendo como um importante aspecto organizacional para análise por parte dos stakeholders. Gerenciar cadeias de suprimento em um mercado extremamente competitivo como o atual não é tarefa fácil. Além disso, as pressões de governos, clientes, fornecedores etc., no que tange questões ambientais, são cada vez mais fortes. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa é avaliar a relação entre práticas de Green Supply Chain Management e desempenho ambiental. A metodologia escolhida é a modelagem de equações estruturais, abordagem quantitativa em que é possível analisar a existência e força da relação entre construtos e variáveis. A amostra corresponde à micro, pequenas e médias empresas fornecedoras de usinas do setor sucroenergético. A revisão de literatura cobriu os assuntos-chave do trabalho: a) Gestão Ambiental, b) Green Supply Chain Management; c) Desempenho Ambiental e d) Setor Sucroenergético. Os resultados desta pesquisa indicam que a adoção de práticas de GSCM por empresas fornecedoras de usinas do setor sucroenergético encontra-se em um estágio inicial. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, o efeito das práticas de GSCM no Desempenho Ambiental para a amostra analisada pode ser considerado \"moderado\". / The environmental variable, in the current scenario, is an important part of the current theoretical and practical organizational body. The Environmental Management entered into the business world, and today it is a subject on the agenda in many organizations. Thus, the environmental performance is becoming stronger as an important organizational aspect for consideration by the stakeholders. To manage supply chains in a highly competitive market like the current one is not an easy task. Moreover, pressures from governments, customers, suppliers etc., regarding to environmental issues, are increasingly strong. Then, the main objective of this research is to evaluate the relationship between practices of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) and environmental performance. The chosen methodology is the structural equation modeling (SEM), advanced quantitative technique in which it is possible to analyze the existence and strength of relationship between variables. The sample corresponds to small and medium suppliers of mills in the sugarcane industry. The literature review covered the key issues contained in this research: a) Environmental Management, b) Green Supply Chain Management c) Environmental Performance e d) Sugarcane Industry. The results of this research suggest that the adoption of GSCM practices in the sugarcane industry is in early stage. According to the results, the effect of GSCM practices in Environmental Performance for the analyzed sample can be considered \"moderate\".

A centralização da discussão da sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento sustentável colocou em evidencia conceitos como ecologia industrial oferecendo oportunidades e soluções para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Desta forma, este estudo apresenta como objeto central os eco-industrial parks que representam uma forma prática de aplicar o conceito de ecologia industrial. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar se e quais práticas de green supply chain management (GSCM) poderiam contribuir para a existência efetiva das características cooperação e integração entre empresas participantes de um eco-industrial park (EIP) e de outras características que determinam um parque como um EIP, visado o sucesso no desenvolvimento e operação desses parques ao longo do tempo. Para isso, foram realizadas duas revisões bibliográficas sistemáticas: a primeira referente à características de eco-industrial parks; a segunda sobre práticas de GSCM a fim de levantar na literatura as características de um eco-industrial park e as práticas de green supply chain management. Posteriormente, foram realizados três estudos de casos em parques que se nomeavam como eco-industrial park objetivando verificar a percepção de um EIP real além de analisar como os entrevistados relacionavam a contribuição das práticas de GSCM para a existência efetiva das características de um EIP levantadas por meio da revisão bibliográfica sistemática, podendo ser: contribuição forte, contribuição moderada e não existência de contribuição. Desta forma, constatou-se que poucas características de EIPs encontradas na literatura estão presentes nestes parques; as características comuns de EIPs presentes nos três casos são principalmente uso comum de serviço e infraestrutura e construção e arquitetura sustentável. Quanto à contribuição das práticas de GSCM para a existência das características de um EIP constatou-se que as práticas de GSCM denominadas \"comprometimento da alta gerência\" e \"suporte de nível médio\" são práticas que apresentam contribuição forte para a existência das onze características de EIPs encontradas na literatura revisada. Já as características de EIPs denominadas \"ciclo fechado\", \"empresas membros com certificação ambiental\" e \"simbiose industrial\" são as características que sofrem influência positiva do maior número de práticas de GSCM. Outra observação a ser feita é que somente a prática de GSCM denominada \"rotulagem ambiental\" não apresenta contribuição para a existência efetiva de nenhuma característica de EIP. / The centralization of sustainability and sustainable development discussion put in evidence concepts such as industrial ecology providing opportunities and solutions for sustainable development. Thus, this study presents as central object the eco-industrial parks that represent a practical way to apply the concept of industrial ecology. The objective of this study was to identify whether and which practices of green supply chain management (GSCM) could contribute to the effective existence of the characteristics cooperation and integration among participating companies an eco-industrial park (EIP) and other characteristics that determine a park like an EIP, aimed at the successful development and operation of these parks over time. For this, there were two systematic literature reviews: the first related to the eco-industrial parks characteristics; the second on GSCM practices in order to raise the literature the characteristics of an eco-industrial park and practices of green supply chain management. Subsequently, three case studies in parks that appointed them as eco-industrial park aimed to verify the perception of a real EIP were performed in addition to examining how respondents related the contribution of GSCM practices to the actual existence of the characteristics of an EIP raised by through systematic literature review and may be: strong contribution, moderate contribution and absence of contribution. Thus, it was found that few EIP features found in the literature are present in these parks; the common features of EIPs present in the three cases are particularly common use service and infrastructure construction and sustainable architecture. As for the contribution of GSCM practices for the existence of the characteristics of an EIP it found that the GSCM practices called \"top management commitment\" and \"midlevel support\" are practices that have strong contribution to the existence of the eleven features EIPs found in the reviewed literature. Already the EIPs features called \"closed loop\", \"member companies with environmental certification\" and \"industrial symbiosis\" are the features that suffer positive influence from as many GSCM practices. Another point to be made is that only the practice of GSCM called \"environmental labeling\" has no contribution to the actual existence of any characteristic of EIP.

A centralização da discussão da sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento sustentável colocou em evidencia conceitos como ecologia industrial oferecendo oportunidades e soluções para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Desta forma, este estudo apresenta como objeto central os eco-industrial parks que representam uma forma prática de aplicar o conceito de ecologia industrial. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar se e quais práticas de green supply chain management (GSCM) poderiam contribuir para a existência efetiva das características cooperação e integração entre empresas participantes de um eco-industrial park (EIP) e de outras características que determinam um parque como um EIP, visado o sucesso no desenvolvimento e operação desses parques ao longo do tempo. Para isso, foram realizadas duas revisões bibliográficas sistemáticas: a primeira referente à características de eco-industrial parks; a segunda sobre práticas de GSCM a fim de levantar na literatura as características de um eco-industrial park e as práticas de green supply chain management. Posteriormente, foram realizados três estudos de casos em parques que se nomeavam como eco-industrial park objetivando verificar a percepção de um EIP real além de analisar como os entrevistados relacionavam a contribuição das práticas de GSCM para a existência efetiva das características de um EIP levantadas por meio da revisão bibliográfica sistemática, podendo ser: contribuição forte, contribuição moderada e não existência de contribuição. Desta forma, constatou-se que poucas características de EIPs encontradas na literatura estão presentes nestes parques; as características comuns de EIPs presentes nos três casos são principalmente uso comum de serviço e infraestrutura e construção e arquitetura sustentável. Quanto à contribuição das práticas de GSCM para a existência das características de um EIP constatou-se que as práticas de GSCM denominadas \"comprometimento da alta gerência\" e \"suporte de nível médio\" são práticas que apresentam contribuição forte para a existência das onze características de EIPs encontradas na literatura revisada. Já as características de EIPs denominadas \"ciclo fechado\", \"empresas membros com certificação ambiental\" e \"simbiose industrial\" são as características que sofrem influência positiva do maior número de práticas de GSCM. Outra observação a ser feita é que somente a prática de GSCM denominada \"rotulagem ambiental\" não apresenta contribuição para a existência efetiva de nenhuma característica de EIP. / The centralization of sustainability and sustainable development discussion put in evidence concepts such as industrial ecology providing opportunities and solutions for sustainable development. Thus, this study presents as central object the eco-industrial parks that represent a practical way to apply the concept of industrial ecology. The objective of this study was to identify whether and which practices of green supply chain management (GSCM) could contribute to the effective existence of the characteristics cooperation and integration among participating companies an eco-industrial park (EIP) and other characteristics that determine a park like an EIP, aimed at the successful development and operation of these parks over time. For this, there were two systematic literature reviews: the first related to the eco-industrial parks characteristics; the second on GSCM practices in order to raise the literature the characteristics of an eco-industrial park and practices of green supply chain management. Subsequently, three case studies in parks that appointed them as eco-industrial park aimed to verify the perception of a real EIP were performed in addition to examining how respondents related the contribution of GSCM practices to the actual existence of the characteristics of an EIP raised by through systematic literature review and may be: strong contribution, moderate contribution and absence of contribution. Thus, it was found that few EIP features found in the literature are present in these parks; the common features of EIPs present in the three cases are particularly common use service and infrastructure construction and sustainable architecture. As for the contribution of GSCM practices for the existence of the characteristics of an EIP it found that the GSCM practices called \"top management commitment\" and \"midlevel support\" are practices that have strong contribution to the existence of the eleven features EIPs found in the reviewed literature. Already the EIPs features called \"closed loop\", \"member companies with environmental certification\" and \"industrial symbiosis\" are the features that suffer positive influence from as many GSCM practices. Another point to be made is that only the practice of GSCM called \"environmental labeling\" has no contribution to the actual existence of any characteristic of EIP.