Search for dissertations about: "green supply chain management"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words green supply chain management.
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6. Exploring shippers, logistics service providers and their relationships in facilitating green logistics
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
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7. On the Incentives to Shift to Low-Carbon Freight Transport
Abstract : The transport sector accounts for approximately 20% of EU-27 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and 27% of U.S. GHG emissions. With the Kyoto Protocol, Sweden and several other nations have agreed to reduce these emissions. READ MORE
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8. Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Food Retailing : Insights into corporate practice of managing supplier relationships
Abstract : Addressing sustainability concerns in supply chain operations can be a matter of long-term business survival for food retailers. However, regardless of whether it is perceived as a risk or market opportunity, acting across the value chain to address unsustainable production and consumption practices has been a constant challenge. READ MORE
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9. Unravelling the Green Packaging Dilemma : Packaging Development for Sustainable Food Supply Chains
Abstract : Green packaging development (GPD) involves the process of developing packaging with minimized environmental impact. Over the last decade, the GPD perspective has evolved from a traditionally packaging material-focused one to a holistic one. READ MORE
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10. Reducing the environmental impact of food products logistics systems
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