Intelligent and Advanced Digital Technologies Enabling Sustainable and Viable Supply Chain and Logistics Ecosystems

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Dear Colleagues,

This Topic on “Intelligent and Advanced Digital Technologies Enabling Sustainable and Viable Supply Chain and Logistics Ecosystems” explores how emerging digital solutions are reshaping supply chain and logistics systems to become more efficient, resilient, and environmentally responsible. It focuses on the application of technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, blockchain, digital twins, big data analytics, robotics, and automation in addressing current supply chain challenges.

These technologies support better decision making, real-time visibility, predictive capabilities, and improved coordination across supply chain networks. They also help organisations reduce waste, optimise resource use, lower carbon emissions, and enhance operational transparency. In addition, intelligent digital systems can strengthen supply chain viability by improving adaptability to disruptions, market uncertainty, and changing customer demands.

The Topic highlights the growing need to integrate sustainability goals with technological innovation to create logistics ecosystems that are not only smart, but also economically feasible and socially responsible. It welcomes research that advances theory, practice, and policy in digital transformation for supply chains. Overall, this Topic aims to showcase how advanced digital technologies can drive the transition towards more sustainable, agile, and future-ready supply chain and logistics ecosystems across industries and global contexts.

Dr. Samudaya Nanayakkara
Prof. Dr. Srinath Perera
Dr. Kasuni Vidanagamachchi
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Applied System Innovation asi	3.7	9.9	2018	22 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
Informatics informatics	2.8	8.4	2014	32.1 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Logistics logistics	3.6	8.0	2017	19.6 Days	CHF 1500	Submit
Standards standards	-	-	2021	26.8 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Sustainability sustainability	3.3	7.7	2009	17.9 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Systems systems	3.1	4.1	2013	20.1 Days	CHF 2400	Submit

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Blockchain Technology for ESG Transparency and Sustainability Reporting in Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review

by Mateusz Zaczyk and Jakub Semrau

Sustainability 2026, 18(10), 4877; https://doi.org/10.3390/su18104877 - 13 May 2026

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Mandatory Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure requirements—anchored in Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)—have placed unprecedented demands on supply chain data quality and auditability. Blockchain technology, combining immutability, decentralised governance, [...] Read more.

Mandatory Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure requirements—anchored in Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)—have placed unprecedented demands on supply chain data quality and auditability. Blockchain technology, combining immutability, decentralised governance, and smart contract automation, has emerged as a candidate infrastructure for addressing verification deficits across multi-tier supply chains. To our knowledge, no prior systematic review has simultaneously examined the blockchain specifically for formal ESG transparency and sustainability reporting across all three ESG dimensions within the post-CSRD mandatory reporting landscape. This study presents a systematic literature review (PRISMA 2020). Scopus and Web of Science searches identified 1166 records (2016–2026); after deduplication, 761 unique records were screened, and after blinded screening (κ = 0.84), 96 studies were included. Five blockchain application typologies are identified (T1–T5), spanning provenance tracing, smart contract compliance, carbon accounting, supplier data aggregation, and ESG disclosure systems. A structural asymmetry is identified: governance is addressed in 96% of studies (77.1% under the strictest G-CONFIRMED recoding; 95.8% under the moderate interpretation, including borderline cases), the environmental pillar in 49%, and the social dimension in 21%, explained through institutional theory, with significant implications for CSRD and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Key barriers include scalability, interoperability, and the blockchain–GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) tension. Three principal contributions are made: (i) a systematic typology of blockchain for ESG transparency; (ii) institutional-theory explanation of ESG dimension asymmetry; and (iii) a research agenda centred on AI–blockchain convergence and post-CSRD empirical studies. The review is limited to English-language peer-reviewed literature. Full article

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