• Analyzes the environmental impact of logistics and how to overcome them
• Written by a team of leading logistics academics
• examine ways to reduce environmental impacts and to ensure a sustainable balance between economic, environmental and social outcomes
• Includes carbon auditing of supply chains
• Explores transferring freight to “greener” transport modes
• Discusses developing “greener” vehicles, aircrafts and ships
• Explores reducing the environmental impact of warehousing
• Advises on improving fuel efficiency in freight transport
• Discusses making city logistics more environmentally sustainable
• Includes reverse logistics for the management of waste
• Discusses the role of the government in promoting sustainable logistics

Julian Allen - University of Westminster, Daniel Black - Lancaster University, Michael Browne - University of Westminster, Tom Cherrett - University of Southampton, Sharon Cullinane - Heriot-Watt University - Julia Edwards, Heriot-Watt University, Richard Eglese - Lancaster University Management School, Tara Garnett - University of Surrey, Irina Harris - Cardiff University, Clive Marchant - Heriot-Watt University, Sarah Maynard - University of Southampton, Alan McKinnon - Heriot-Watt University, Fraser Mcleod - University of Southampton, Christine Mumford - Cardiff University, Mohamed Naim - Cardiff Business School, Maja Piecyk - Heriot-Watt University, Andrew Potter - Cardiff University, Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues - Cardiff Business School, Yingli Wang - Cardiff Business School, Anthony Whiteing - University of Leeds and Allan Woodburn - University of Westminster

Assessing the environmental effects of logistics

• Environmental sustainability: a new priority for logistics managers
• Assessing the environmental impacts of freight transport
• Carbon auditing of companies, supply chains and products
• Evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics

Strategic perspective

• Restructuring of logistics systems and supply chains
• Transferring freight to ‘greener’ transport modes
• Development of greener vehicles, aircraft and ships
• Reducing the environmental impact of warehousing

Operational perspective

• Opportunities for improving vehicle utilization
• Optimizing the routing of vehicles
• Increasing fuel efficiency in the road freight sector
• Reverse logistics for the management of waste

Key issues

• The food miles debate: is shorter better?
• Sustainability strategies for city logistics
• Benefits and costs of switching to alternative fuels
• E-business, e-logistics and the environment

Public policy perspective

• The role of government in promoting green logistics

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