绿色供应链的概念,最初是由美国密歇根州立大学的制造研究协会在1996年提出的,当时提出这个概念的目的,是基于对环境的影响,从资源优化利用的角度来考虑制造业供应链的发展问题。也就是说,从产品的原材料采购期开始,就进行追踪和控制,使产品在设计研发阶段,就遵循环保的规定,从而减少产品在使用期和回收期给环境带来的危害。在当时,绿色供应链只包含了环境保护和能源节约两层含义,就是用最少的能源、最绿色的材料,制造出最环保的产品。 The concept of a green supply chain was originally proposed by the Manufacturing Research Association of the State University of Michigan in 1996. The concept was proposed at that time to consider the impact on the environment from the perspective of optimizing the use of resources to consider the manufacturing supply chain Development issues. In other words, starting from the raw material procurement period of the product, the product is tracked and controlled so that the product follows the environmental protection regulations during the design and development stage, thereby reducing the harm to the environment caused by the product during its service life and payback period. At that time, the green supply chain only contained two meanings of environmental protection and energy conservation. It was to create the greenest products with the least energy and the greenest materials.