green logistics
Assignment: Green logistics Sjoerd de Kreij & Bas Scheepers ID:2013319400 & 2013319495
General logistics
It is widely known that logistics plays a major role in the product and service production. Logistics is described as: ‘’the part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers ' requirements’’.i It is important in all the business processes and concentrates on moving goods and services from suppliers to producers to the end consumers. One important part of logistics is the transportation industryii. The transportation industry could be considered as one of the most important industries in logistics when moving goods and servicesiii. The industry includes three different ways of moving the goods and services: via air, sea and land. The usage of the transportation industry also comes with a lot of problems. Pollution is one of them, since the transportation industry mostly uses fossil fuels to operate, it increases the risk on global warmingiv.
Importance of green logistics
Looking at the environmental effects of pollution and depletion of natural resources, several governments and public officials encourage and motivate people to engage in pro environment behavioursv. Since people getting more aware of the environmental issues going on in the world, companies are forced to engage in pro environmental behaviour. This environmental behaviour was expressed by using the word ‘green’. Companies should become greener in their activities. The transportation industry is seen as a big contributor to the environmental issues in the worldvi. That is why it is important for companies to transform their logistical systems such that it gets a greener image to present to the world. Companies being aware of environmental issues try to improve their
General logistics
It is widely known that logistics plays a major role in the product and service production. Logistics is described as: ‘’the part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers ' requirements’’.i It is important in all the business processes and concentrates on moving goods and services from suppliers to producers to the end consumers. One important part of logistics is the transportation industryii. The transportation industry could be considered as one of the most important industries in logistics when moving goods and servicesiii. The industry includes three different ways of moving the goods and services: via air, sea and land. The usage of the transportation industry also comes with a lot of problems. Pollution is one of them, since the transportation industry mostly uses fossil fuels to operate, it increases the risk on global warmingiv.
Importance of green logistics
Looking at the environmental effects of pollution and depletion of natural resources, several governments and public officials encourage and motivate people to engage in pro environment behavioursv. Since people getting more aware of the environmental issues going on in the world, companies are forced to engage in pro environmental behaviour. This environmental behaviour was expressed by using the word ‘green’. Companies should become greener in their activities. The transportation industry is seen as a big contributor to the environmental issues in the worldvi. That is why it is important for companies to transform their logistical systems such that it gets a greener image to present to the world. Companies being aware of environmental issues try to improve their
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