Abstract Environmental sustainability is not being practiced in the supply chains of many industries. Previous studies on environmental sustainability have not outlined clear strategies to achieve sustainability across supply chains, particularly in the context of emerging economies, and have been of limited relevance in settings beyond the geographical region of their focus. To address these gaps, we have proposed a best worst method (BWM) as a framework to assess the environmental criteria for sustainability in select industries in Bangladesh. Different industrial activities or criteria affecting the environment in various ways were assessed and weighted using the BWM. To ensure the efficiency and accuracy of this framework, we sought the opinions of 34 experts to specify the most suitable indicators from our initial literature review. Findings from this study revealed that “waste management” was the most important indicator for establishing environmental sustainability in industries in Bangladesh, which was substantiated by a sensitivity analysis. This research will assist industry managers and entrepreneurs to work toward environmental sustainability across supply chains.

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供应链中的环境可持续性评估：新兴经济背景

摘要 许多行业的供应链并未实施环境可持续性。先前关于环境可持续性的研究并未概述实现整个供应链可持续性的明确战略，尤其是在新兴经济体的背景下，并且在其关注的地理区域之外的环境中相关性有限。为了解决这些差距，我们提出了一种最佳最坏方法 (BWM) 作为框架，用于评估孟加拉国特定行业的可持续性环境标准。使用 BWM 对以各种方式影响环境的不同工业活动或标准进行了评估和加权。为确保该框架的效率和准确性，我们征求了 34 位专家的意见，从我们最初的文献回顾中确定了最合适的指标。这项研究的结果表明，“废物管理”是孟加拉国工业建立环境可持续性的最重要指标，敏感性分析证实了这一点。这项研究将帮助行业经理和企业家努力实现整个供应链的环境可持续性。