May 14, 2025

Prix du meilleur Article en Supply Chain durable 2026 : ouverture des candidatures

As part of the Supply Chain 4 Good Fund, France Supply Chain and the International Association for Research in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (AIRL-SCM) are launching the^4th edition of the Best Sustainable Supply Chain Article Award.

The aim of this initiative is to reward a scientific publication making a significant contribution to the field of sustainable Supply Chain. This initiative highlights academic excellence in the specific fields of logistics management and supply chain management.

Who can participate?

The 2026 edition of this prize is open to teacher-researchers who have published an article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of Sustainable Supply Chain between January^1, 2024 and December 31, 2025.

The article can be written in French or English.

What are the evaluation criteria?

A jury, made up of teacher-researchers who are members of AIRL-SCM and practitioners who are members of France Supply Chain, will evaluate the articles according to the following criteria:

Importance of the subject for France Supply Chain members (e.g. link with Labs, link with the Manifesto for a frugal and desirable Supply Chain)
Potential impact of results (e.g., potential to influence corporate decisions or the public sphere)
Quality of research contributions: academic, methodological, managerial
Innovative nature of the research
Actionable nature of research

The winner(s) will receive

a prize of €2,000

by France Supply Chain

The award ceremony will take place in Saint-Malo during the Rencontres Internationales de la Recherche en Logistique (RIRL), on May 27, 28 and 29.

How and when to apply

Entries for this "Prize for the best article in Sustainable Supply Chain - 2026 Edition" consist of an electronic dossier including:

Application form

Download the application form

A curriculum vitae

short profile of each author with a list of recent publications

The article

submitted for the award, including full publication references

Application deadline

monday, march 2, 2026

The 2 winners of 2024 (ex-aequo)

Introducing a framework toward sustainability goals in a supply chain 4.0 ecosystem

by Saoussane Srhir, Anicia Jaegler and Jairo R. Montoya-Torres of Kedge Business School, France and School of Engineering of Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia

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Cognitive digital twins for freight parking management in last mile delivery under smart cities paradigm

by Yu Liu, Shenle Pan Thierry Coupaye, Pauline Folz, Fano Ramparany and Sébastien Bolle from Mines Paris, PSL University, Centre for Management Science (CGS), i3 UMR CNRS, France and Orange Innovation, France

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