The dataset contains the results of a survey investigating green supply chain integration practices among supply chain companies in the UK. This is among the first ever survey of green supply chain management practices from an integrated perspective. The survey asked respondents about the extents to which their companies practice various green supply chain integration activities, and the extent to which their companies performance have achieved competitive performance in terms of cost, finance, environment. The respondents also provided demographic data about their companies. Analyses of the survey data show that some companies managed to become lean, green and profitable by collectively implementing four types of green supply chain integration: green internal, green supplier, green customer and green stakeholder integration.In recent years firms are under pressure to reduce environmental impacts of their global supply chains. Customers in many developed countries intend to accuse or boycott firms lacking environmental responsibility if their developing-country supply chain partners are convicted of causing environmental damage. This has triggered the needs for suppliers and customers to coordinate environmental management practices. This research proposes a novel concept for environmental collaboration among suppliers and customers. The new concept, called “green supply chain integration”, involves the strategic collaboration of partner firms in a supply chain to manage the operational and environmental impacts of supply chain activities by coordinating the intra- and inter-organisational processes. This concept extends the concept of environmental collaboration by integrating environmental management systems across a supply chain. The research is anticipated to identify effective practices of green supply chain integration that can simultaneously improve operational and environmental performance of firms from developing and developed countries. It contributes to the understanding of policy issues and helps to re-frame debates surrounding the adverse effects of the environmental regulation differences between developed and developing countries. The outcomes of this research help to advance knowledge on environmental collaboration and sustainability within the business and management discipline.

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