Powell-Turner, JulieannaMurgatroyd, Clive2021-03-042021-03-042021-02-06Powell-Turner JW, Murgatroyd CA. (2021) Sustainability, supply chains, and defense. In: The Palgrave encyclopedia of interest groups, lobbying and public affairs, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham978-3-030-13895-0https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13895-0http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16441Integrating sustainability into the supply chain involves continual innovation and commitment from leaders and a realization that it is an indefinite process (Harrington, 2011). Defense supply chains are extensive and complex which require transparency, and long-term commitment rather than short termism that has dominated in the past! To facilitate this change, defense requires leaders to initiate change in the supply chain from a culture where the environment and societal issues have been given little consideration, to one where sustainability is considered throughout.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Fourth Industrial RevolutionRare earth elements (REE)ProcurementDefenseRecycling ResilienceCriticalityCircular economySustainable supply chainsBook chapter