Scientific paper ID 1995 : 2020/3

Supply chains cover industrial groups, cross borders, have a wide geographical

distribution and operate in close cooperation and are an effective mean to improve the

environmental, social and economic performance of companies and various industrial sectors in the

long run, and are therefore important factor for the implementation of the concept of sustainable

development. This is the reason why the problems related to risk management in the supply chains

and ensuring their integrity and sustainability are essential for the development of the societies.

Challenges to the sustainability of supply chains highlight two groups of sources of confusion in risk

management. The first is confusion is from the scope of the supply chain management. The second is

the very nature of the risk. The sustainability analysis should take into account four levels - processes

and flows, assets, behaviour and environment.