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Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics - 3rd ed - New Delhi Kogan Page Limited 2015 - 426p

Part I: Assessing the Environmental Effects of Logistics
1. Environmental Sustainability: A New Priority for Logistics Managers
2. Assessing the External Impacts of Freight Transport
3. Carbon Auditing of Companies, Supply Chains and Products
4. Evaluating and Internalizing the Environmental Costs of Logistics

Part II: Strategic Perspective
5. Green Logistics, Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility
6. Restructuring Road Freight Networks within Supply Chains
7. Transferring Freight to ‘Greener’ Transport Modes
8. Development of Greener Vehicles, Aircraft and Ships
9. Reducing the Environmental Impact of Warehousing

Part III: Operational Perspective
10. Optimizing the Routeing of Vehicles
11. Opportunities for Improving Vehicle Utilization
12. Increasing Fuel Efficiency in the Road Freight Sector
13. Alternative Fuels and Freight Vehicles: Status, Costs and Benefits and Growth

Part IV: Key Issues
14. Sustainability Strategies for City Logistics
15. E-business, e-logistics and the environment
16. Reverse logistics for the Management of Waste
17. The Food Miles Debate: Is Shorter Better?

Part V: Implications for Public Policy and the Future of Supply Chains
18. The Role of Government in Promoting Green Logistics

ISBN: 9780749471859

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Dewey Class. No.: 658.70286 / GRE