Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics ed. by Alan McKinnon, Michael Browne, and. Anthony Whiteing (review). Benjamin T. Hazen. Transportation Journal, Volume 53, Number 3, Summer 2014, pp. 376- 378. (Review). Published by Penn State University Press. For additional information ...

Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of Green Cities 2014. Keywords: Green logistics, environmental sustainability, Sustainable Development, factors, environmenta practices, company. 1. Introduction. In recent years there has been increasing concern about the environmental effects on ...

EDITED BY. ALAN MCKINNON, SHARON CULLINANE,. MICHAEL BROWNE, ANTHONY WHITEING. GREEN. LOGISTICS. Improving the environmental sustainability of logistics ...

International Journal of Science, Technology & Management www.ijstm.com. Volume No.04, Issue No. 03, March 2015. ISSN (online): 2394-1537. 122 | P a g e. GREEN LOGISTICS: IMPROVING THE. SUSTAINABILITY OF LOGISTICS IN. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL POINT. OF VIEW. Prashant Uttam Gunjal.

managing in a way that considers the environment in every decision making process across logistics networks as defined by Pishvee et al.[4]. In many industries the terms such as green logistics, green supply chain and reverse logistics are used to refer to implementation of sustainable proactive environmental protection ...

Purchasing Green Transport and Logistics Services: Implications from the Environmental. Sustainability Attitude of 3PLs. ABSTRACT. Environmental sustainability is an area of increasing importance for third party logistics (3PL) com- panies. As the design and implementation of services requires interaction between buyer ...

Abstract: Nowadays, green logistics is a crucial concept for a sustainable enterprise. Green logistics are interlinking economic, environmental and social aspects. However, in many cases it is difficult to establish a balance between the varying requirements due to the multifaceted nature of the logistics discipline. In the.

focussing on suppliers, logistics and retailers, for the purpose of improving the environmental sustainability of companies' SCs. To facilitate our study, we conduct case studies in two overseas supplier companies with the aim of providing a better understanding of how green issues imposed by European and UK customers ...

In this paper, we present and define the bi-objective Green Vehicle Routing Problem GVRP in the context of green logistics. ... Green vehicle routing Multi- objective optimization Evolutionary algorithms NSGA-II .... Mckinnon, A., Cullinan, S., Browne, M.: Green logistics: Improving the environmental sustainability of logistics.

economic, social and environmental, and are applied to clarify the impact on monetary expansion ... Keywords: green logistics activities, monetary expansion, sustainable development, sultanate of Oman. -389- ... The aim of green logistics is to reduce logistics costs and increase profits in order to maintain sustainable.

drivers of the green initiative and play a crucial role in increasing the environmental perform‐ ance of the supply ... “Important commitments to environmental sustainability improvements have been made by ... Identification of Environmental Criteria for Selecting a Logistics Service Provider: A Step Forward towards Green.

Key words: Green logistics, environmental sustainability, Finnish logistics ... 12. 2.1.3. Environmental Sustainability of Green Logistics. 16. 2.1.4. Environmental Certification. 18. 2.2. Green Logistics System. 21. 2.2.1. Green Transport. 23. 2.2. 2 .... logistics trend and to help with improving companies' green logistics strategy .

Developing innovative and more sustainable approaches to reverse logistics for the collection, recycling and disposal of waste products from ..... KEY QUESTIONS FOR IMPROVING RETURNS AND WASTE COLLECTION. LOGISTICS . .... environmental impact of food distribution. Although this statement from ASDA did not.

43. PURCHASING GREEN TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SERVICES: IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS by Pietro Evangelista, Maria Huge- Brodin,. Karin Isaksson, Edward Sweeney. 1. Introduction. Environmental sustainability has assumed a growing importance as a re- sult of increasing of global warming and ...

The overview of theoretical aspects on Green logistics, CO2 emissions and environ- mental impacts is based on Mckinnon, A.; Cullinane, Sh.; Browne, M.; Whiteing, A. Green. Logistics. Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics (Kogan Page 2010, p. 372,. ISBN 978-0-7494-5678-8) book and other authors ...

Nowadays, the reduction of the harmful effect on the environment is one of the essential state-level and ... approach to achieving the goals of sustainable development in the operation of logistics and transport systems based .... End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. 3.

Jan 1, 2011 ... Keywords: purchasing transport and logistics service, 3PL's environmental awareness, green initiatives, drivers and barriers to green initiatives, Swedish, Italian and Irish transport and logistics companies, case study analysis. Introduction. Environmental sustainability is an area of increasing concern for ...

sustainability. A new priority for logistics managers. alaN MCKiNNoN 1. Introduction. Logistics is the term now widely used to describe the transport, storage and handling ... impact of logistics on climate change has attracted increasing attention in ... that reduce the environmental impact of logistics, the so- called 'green-gold'.

Required Course Material (s) /Reading(s)/Text Book (s). Articles and other relevant materials provided by the lecturer. Recommended Course Material (s)/ Reading(s)/Other. • McKinnon, A., Browne, M., Whiteing A. (2012). Green. Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of. Logistics, Kogan Page Limited. • Sarkis ...

Nov 14, 2016 ... Harris, I., Sanchez Rodrigues, V., Naim, M. and Mumford, C.: Restructuring of logistics systems and supply chains. In: Green Logistics. Improving the environmental sustainability of logistics. Kogan Page, London.