Search for dissertations about: "green logistics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words green logistics.

  2. 1. Exploring shippers, logistics service providers and their relationships in facilitating green logistics

    University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Author : Amer Jazairy; KTH.; Högskolan i Gävle.; Högskolan i Gävle.; [2018]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; green logistics; logistics relationships; green logistics purchasing; logistics service provider; environmental sustainability; third-party logistics; logistics performance;

    Abstract : The logistics industry causes various harms to the environment. The literature assigns the main responsibility for alleviating such harms to two supply chain actors: shippers (logistics buyers) and logistics service providers (LSPs), which motivated studying them in this thesis. READ MORE

  4. 2. Logistics Service Providers Going Green A Framework for Developing Green Service Offerings

    University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press

    Author : Karin Isaksson; Linköpings universitet.; Linköpings universitet.; [2014]
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Logistics service providers; new service development; framework; green service offerings; environmental work;

    Abstract : Environmental impact has increasingly become a “buzzword” and an important topic. This topic has been integrated into the agenda of many companies worldwide, and this dissertation focuses on the transportation and logistics industry. READ MORE

  5. 3. Green Logistics through Modal Shift - exploring the role of the transport capacity contract

    University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press

    Author : Fredrik Eng Larsson; Lund University.; Lunds universitet.; [2012]
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; green logistics; modal shift; mode choice; capacity management; supply chain contracting; intermodal transport;

    Abstract : Among policy-makers in Europe the modal shift - a shift från polluting modes of freight transport to less polluting modes - has been a popular suggestion for reducing CO2-emissions of transportation. In particular, intermodal road-rail solutions, where a combination of road and rail transport is utilized to move trailers and containers, have been stressed as an important measure to reach de desired reduction in emissions. READ MORE

  6. 4. Reducing the environmental impact of food products logistics systems

    University dissertation from Gothenburg : Chalmers tekniska högskola

    Author : Kristina Liljestrand; [2016]
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; food waste; food logistics; green logistics; food logistics systems; food supply chains; Transport’s impact on climate;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses how to reduce two types of environmental impact generated in logistics systems: transport’s impact on climate and food waste. In mitigating both these types of environmental impact, actors in food supply chains (FSC)—producers, wholesalers, and retailers—play important roles, for both causes of environmental impacts and improvement actions to moderate them emerge within their logistics systems. READ MORE

  7. 5. Purchasing practices of environmentally preferable transport services, Guidance to increased shipper considerations

    University dissertation from Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, Lund Institute of Technology

    Author : Maria Björklund; Lund University.; Lunds universitet.; [2005]
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Technological sciences; Industriell ekonomi; Commercial and industrial economics; Shippers perspective; Logistics Management; Transport services; Green Purchasing; Purchasing; Environment; Teknik; Environmental technology; pollution control; Miljöteknik; kontroll av utsläpp;

    Abstract : Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling handlar om hur företag visar, och kan visa, miljöhänsyn vid upphandling av godstransporttjänster. Transporter är en starkt bidragande, och växande, faktor till många miljöproblem såsom den förstärkta växthuseffekten och hälsofarliga partiklar i luften. READ MORE