In recent years, the concepts of SSCM and sustainability performance (SP) have gained significant attention in both academics and industry. Organizations across the globe are striving to adopt sustainable practices in their supply chain operations. While much research has focused on developed countries, this study aims to explore the practices and dimensions of sustainability, sustainable performance, and the interactions between SSCM and SP in the manufacturing industries of EDEs. This research adopts a systematic literature review approach to identify the current state of knowledge on dominant dimensions of SSCM, SP, and the SSCM-SP interactions. The findings reveal that these factors revolve around environmental, social, and economic dimensions following the TBL principles. However, environmental practices are still the dominantly investigated aspects of sustainability research with social aspects having relatively lower consideration. Moreover, this study investigates the SP dimensions mainly investigated by extant literature and identifies eight dimensions. The extant literature has principally measured SP in terms of environmental, social, and economic dimensions. However, the operational performance dimension is underrepresented in the literature despite theoretical assumptions. Furthermore, the study results reveal that the SSCM-SP nexus in the context of manufacturing industries in EDEs remains inconsistent despite the disproportional skewness towards the positive link. The study also reveals that environmental and social performance positively affect economic performance. This research contributes to the existing literature by providing insights into SSCM and SP. Ultimately, improving SSCM practices in these regions can lead to environmental preservation, social well-being, and economic growth.

Keywords:

SSCM, Sustainability Performance, Sustainability Practices, EDCs, and literature review