International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064 Impact Factor (2018): 7.426 Volume 8 Issue 2, February 2019 www.ijsr.net Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY Emerging Needs and Importance of Green Supply Chain Management - A Case Study Raj Kumar Malik 1 , Dr. Gyanesh Kumar Sinha 2 1 Research Scholar, G. D. Goenka University, Gurgaon, India 2 Associate Professor, G. D. Goenka University, Gurgaon, India Abstract: Green Supply Chain management (GSCM) focus onenvironment friendly supply chaini.e. green concept from design part to material procurement, green operation and green logistics. This need has emerged due toincreasing environment disturbances with the increase in growth of production and consumption rate in organizations. Apart from warehousing and logistics operations whether in- house or outsourced one, green initiatives on supplier’s end, has already been started from more than a decade.The present study is carried out from related research papers and journals with basic objective to gain theoretical understanding on the significance of green supply chain management, its need and impact on environment in general.A case study of a leading automobile company based in Delhi-NCR has been done to understand the green practices adopted by this firm through an empirical evidence. Keywords: Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), Logistics, Environment, Pollution, Sustainability, Automobile, Green Procurement, Warehousing 1. Introduction There is a big threat to Environment with the increase of production and consumption of products which causes the diminishing of raw material sources, increasing the pollution level which is impacting air and water pollution. Waste generation is also uncontrollable which a Burden on environment. Similarly the global warming has also disturbed the ecological balance, thinning the ozone layer, glaciers are melting. In order to manage environment two major aspects are important, designing and implementations of process with strict rules. As a design part the product designing is done in such a way that it doesn’t harm the environment much and as per implantation parts lean & flexible production system, green procurement system, reverse Logistics, life cycle management and disposal plans are important. To regulate implementation part it is important to adopt environment policy (ISO14001). This also emphasis on IT enable system to focus more on online system for effective Supply chain and reduction of paper which saves trees consumption. Government of India has already come up with a plan to improve design of vehicles to reduce pollution. In automobiles BS-III standard is upgraded by BS-IV Norms from 1 st April-17 onwards and the next upgradation of BS- VI replacing BS-IV is planned by 2020 (BSES, Bharat Stage Emission Standard, Government of India). Similarly the presence of hi-bred vehicles is availableon big cars, studies are on for low cost solution so that it is implemented in all cars which will further will reduce pollution level.Similarly there is a waste generation due to packaging like polythene and other plastic materials which create imbalancing. Restrictions are being imposed by government for use of such materials which cannot be reused or reprocessed. To support environment for next generations it is responsibility for all of us. To speed upit became responsibility of OEM’s and big industries to ensure Environment balancing at their end as well as their supplier’s endthrough green supply chain management program (GSCM). Since Automobile is one of the fastest growing sector in India ( India brand equity foundation, IBEF) and vehicular emissions are also the one of the major concerns resulting pollution in environment, therefore automobile industry has been taken up for the present study. 2. Problem Statement While recognizing the pollution as the big threat to environment with the increase of production and consumption of products, it is imperative to find answers of various questions for environment imbalancing, current practices& technology used to deal with environment in automobile sector, practice of green suppliermanagement in automobile sector and the interrelation of various factors of supply chain which impacts environment. 3. Objective of the Study Following’s are the objectives  To study the green supply chain management and its impact on environment.  To study current practices to deal with environment in automobile sector.  To study current practice to ensure green practices at suppliers end in automobile sector. 4. Research Methodology The present study is descriptive in nature supported by empirical evidence using case study approach. For the purpose of present study, various research articleson green supply chain management have been taken from research journalsand case study of an automobile organization. A leading automobile company based in Delhi-NCR was selected for conducting case study in which current practices on green supply chain front have been explored, by interviewing middle management who are directly involved Paper ID: ART20191843 10.21275/ART20191843 1116