Int. J. Supply Chain and Operations Resilience, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2016 291 Copyright © 2016 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Impact of green supply chain management attributes on sustainable supply chains Hansa Lysander Manohar* and R. Ganesh Kumar Department of Management Studies, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai – 600 025, India Email: mhansa@ymail.com Email: ganeshkumarr7@gmail.com *Corresponding author Abstract: Green supply chain management is an emerging area which has been growing well in the recent past. Sustainable policies have been adopted in the recent past by many organisations as there is growing awareness about sustainable development, despite the presence of a scope for considerable improvement if adoption of sustainable and green policies is considered. This study specifically deals with the automotive sector. It studies the impact of green supply chain management attributes on supply chain performance and hence on the reduction of pollutants in the automotive industry in India. It serves as a full-scale version of the pilot study done by the authors of this paper. Open-source statistical tool R has been used for this purpose. Using partial least squares structural equations modelling (PLS SEM) path estimates were calculated. Here, green operations seem to have the most pronounced effect on supply chain performance. Keywords: green supply chain management; sustainable policies; supply chain performance; automotive industry; ecological footprint. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Manohar, H.L. and Kumar, R.G. (2016) ‘Impact of green supply chain management attributes on sustainable supply chains’, Int. J. Supply Chain and Operations Resilience, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.291–314. Biographical notes: Hansa Lysander Manohar is an Associate Professor at Department of Management Studies, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. She holds BTech., MBA, MCA and PhD from reputed universities in India. She has collaborated in various projects with corporates and is also currently working in a few innovative and pioneering projects with corporates. Her research interests include operations management, information management, technology management and sustainable development. R. Ganesh Kumar is a Research Scholar in Department of Management Studies, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. He has BE and MBA degrees from reputed universities in India. He also has three years of industry experience in the field of software engineering. His current research interests include management and sustainable development.