Green logistics

Defining green logistics

The majority of green logistics definitions focus entirely on the environmental dimension of logistics. For example, Rodrigue, Slack and Comtois defined green logistics as:

…the supply chain management practices and strategies that reduce the environmental and energy footprint of freight distribution and focus on material handling, waste management, packaging and transport.

_{(Rodrigue, Slack and Comtois 2009)}

The role of key stakeholders in greening logistics operations

Approaches towards the greening of logistics operations

Your task

What challenges do the Small Medium Enterprises (SME) in your country face in adopting green logistics practices? What can be done to overcome them?

Share your thoughts with your classmates in the comments section below.

References

_{McKinnon, A., Browne, M., Piecyk, M., Whiteing, A. (2015) ‘Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics’. 3rd edn. The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). Kogan Page: London, 426}

_{Rodrigue, J. P., Slack, B., and Comtois, C. (2001) ‘Green Logistics (The Paradoxes of)’. in ed. by Brewer, A. M., Button, K. J., Hensher, D. A. The Handbook of Logistics and Supply-Chain Management, Handbooks in Transport #2. London: Pergamon/Elsevier, 339-350}

_{Roger, D. S., and Tibben-Lembke, R. S. (1998) Going Backwards: Reverse Logistics Trends and Practices. Pittsburgh: Reverse Logistics Executive Council (RLEC)}