Supplier selection and evaluation model for a sustainable supply chain: A study in the textile industry

Sustainable and environmentally friendly production has an essential role on protecting the world's limited resources and contributing to a healthier and more livable environment for future generations. The sustainable supply chain emerging from this context is based on principles that aim to protect the rights and health of all the stakeholders; such as nature, producers, consumers, and employees. This study proposes a supplier evaluation and selection model using multicriteria decision making methods; Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS, SWARA, COPRAS and WASPAS in the supplier selection of a main factory in the textile industry for a sustainable supply chain. The proposed model represents a new supplier selection and evaluation model, and an integrated approach by firstly scoring suppliers according to determined global sustainability criteria and then combining them with selection criteria such as price, quality, and on-time delivery.