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Abstract In order to face the different pressures associated with the environmental damage generated by production processes, the Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) approach is an alternative for manufacturing companies, as it allows them to have more sustainable operations, especially, in relation to other players, through environmental collaboration. The aim of the present article is to identify which practices facilitate environmental collaboration, as well as to establish the influence of said collaboration on sustainable production practices. ໿A survey with 43 items, drawn from the literature, was applied to a convenience sample of Colombian manufacturing companies. The hypotheses, relating to environmentally sustainable practices and environmental collaboration data, were tested using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The main results show that internal environmental management, eco-design, and green marketing have direct and positive effect on environmental collaboration. However, no relationship was found between green human resources, green information and systems technology, and reverse logistics and environmental collaboration. In addition, the positive effect of environmental collaboration on sustainable production practices, such as green purchasing, green manufacturing, and green distribution, was reflected. ໿The paper expands knowledge of the way in which environmentally practices are related to environmental collaboration and their implications for more sustainable production and consumption.