A Preliminary Analysis of Blockchain Impact on Sustainable Supply Chains: COVID-19 Perspective

Transforming a more adaptable and resilient supply chains in the pandemic (COVID-19) environment and understanding how similar future events can be managed has been a great challenge faced by the sustainable supply chain (SSC) processes. With this aim, we have identified studies in sustainable supply chain (SSC) literature to tackle this specific challenge. Hence this research intends to determine and enhance the Blockchain technology research and practise of sustainable supply chain (SSC), making it less vulnerable to environmental risks, such as the pandemic. The preliminary review of the papers has indicated four themes presented across the literature which are as follows: benefits of utilising Blockchain in optimising sustainable supply chains; the role of digitalisation in sustainable supply chains; challenges in supply chains and the impact of Blockchain; and encouraging sustainable supply chains development. Positioned in the literature review we established a framework conceptually to evaluate the context of a hybrid blockchain in the context of SSC arena.