Effects of Sustainable Sourcing in Battery Manufacturing
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Abstract
Batteries will play a vital role in the global transition towards renewable energy. However,the battery supply chain is exposed to different sustainable risks. A measure to increase thesustainability of batteries can be to ensure a sustainable supply chain in order to mitigate thesustainable risks.
Based on this, a study investigating the impact of sustainable sourcing within the batteryindustry is conducted, with Morrow Batteries as a study object. The study aims to investigatehow Morrow Batteries and their stakeholders incorporate sustainable sourcing to createvalue. This is explored by investigating how Morrow Batteries ensures sustainable sourcingwithin their operations and how stakeholders facilitate Morrow Batteries’ sustainable sourcing.Furthermore, there is an investigation of how stakeholder and customer value for MorrowBatteries is affected by sustainable sourcing.
To address the research topic, data were gathered through interviews with employees andstakeholders of Morrow Batteries. This study finds that Morrow Batteries increases their sustainablesourcing through three aspects: technology, production, and developing a responsiblesupply chain. Additionally, Morrow Batteries acquires enhanced sustainability in their batteryproduction through stakeholders’ sustainable measures in their own operations. Furthermore,the findings from this study illustrate that sustainable sourcing at Morrow Batteries have apositive effect on stakeholder and customer value. All stakeholders interviewed expressed thatsustainable sourcing is valuable to their partnership with Morrow Batteries. On the otherside, sustainable sourcing might increase customer value as the batteries are manufacturedsustainably.