In today’s business, it is largely acknowledged that sustainability has to be considered in managerial decision making and corporate strategy development. However, many firms still face substantial operational and organizational challenges when striving for a transformation toward sustainability, especially when expanding their efforts toward their supplier base. Framed by the recently emerging theoretical lens of the practice-based view and its extension toward the supply chain practice view, and grounded in recent conceptualizations of sustainable supply chain management, the study at hand elaborates on management practices by which firms can improve the sustainability of their supply chains. Due to its high economic relevance and its exposure to increasing sustainability requirements, the chemical process industry is chosen as the empirical research field. Qualitative case study research identifies intra- and inter-organizational practices that are important to achieve and improve supply chain sustainability. A framework that conceptualizes sustainability practices and their implementation prerequisites and performance impacts is derived from interviews with key informants from German chemical manufacturers. This paper contributes to the state-of-the-art of sustainability diffusion in particular through its distinct focus on imitable practices that are easily transferable between companies and hence may help in transforming entire industry sectors toward sustainability.

在当今的业务中，人们普遍认为，在管理决策和公司战略制定中必须考虑可持续性。但是，许多公司在努力实现可持续性转型时，尤其是在扩大其供应商基础的努力时，仍然面临严峻的运营和组织挑战。该研究以最近出现的基于实践的观点的理论视角为框架，并将其扩展到供应链实践的观点，并以可持续供应链管理的最新概念为基础，该研究详细阐述了管理实践，企业可以通过这些实践来改善企业的可持续性。他们的供应链。由于其具有高度的经济意义，并且面临着不断增长的可持续性要求，选择化学过程工业作为实证研究领域。定性案例研究确定了组织内部和组织之间的实践，这些实践对于实现和改善供应链的可持续性很重要。对可持续性实践及其实施前提条件和性能影响进行概念化的框架源自对德国化工制造商的主要信息提供者的采访。本文通过特别关注可在公司之间轻松转移的可模仿实践，特别是对可持续发展传播的最新发展做出了贡献，这些实践很容易在公司之间转移，因此可能有助于将整个行业部门转变为可持续性。定性案例研究确定了组织内部和组织之间的实践，这些实践对于实现和改善供应链的可持续性很重要。对可持续性实践及其实施前提条件和性能影响进行概念化的框架源自对德国化工制造商的主要信息提供者的采访。本文通过特别关注可在公司之间轻松转移的可模仿实践，特别是对可持续发展传播的最新发展做出了贡献，这些实践很容易在公司之间转移，因此可能有助于将整个行业部门转变为可持续性。定性案例研究确定了组织内部和组织之间的实践，这些实践对于实现和改善供应链的可持续性很重要。对可持续性实践及其实施前提条件和性能影响进行概念化的框架源自对德国化工制造商的主要信息提供者的采访。本文通过特别关注可在公司之间轻松转移的可模仿实践，特别是对可持续发展传播的最新发展做出了贡献，这些实践很容易在公司之间转移，因此可能有助于将整个行业部门转变为可持续性。