Search for dissertations about: "sustainable logistics"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 88 swedish dissertations containing the words sustainable logistics.
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6. Dynamically predicted shelf-life service : Exploring and evaluating a potential sustainable food supply chain innovation
Abstract : Roughly one third of all the food produced worldwide goes to waste. The global goals for sustainable development set by the United Nations in 2015 call for a 50% reduction of food waste per capita by 2030. We thus face several major food waste challenges that need academic and practical attention. READ MORE
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7. Towards environmentally sustainable freight transport: shippers' logistics actions to improve load factor performance
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explain how shippers’ logistics actions contribute to environmentally sustainable freight transport, by clarifying the link between logistics activities and the resulting load factor performance. Five studies have been undertaken, which have given rise to six papers. READ MORE
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8. Logistics Service Providers’ Environmental Management
Abstract : This thesis aims to give a holistic description of logistics service providers’ environmental management, which has been lacking in literature. The aim is also to analyse how the logistics service providers’ environmental management provides value to their business, and to discuss its role in their business. READ MORE
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9. Improving physical flows in biomass-to-energy supply chains by means of pre-treatment technology and coordination
Abstract : AbstractThe transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy sources such as biomass-to-energy (B2E) is an environmentally sustainable pathway. However, increased use of biomass is hampered by the high costs of logistics activities within the physical flow. READ MORE
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10. Urban Form and Mobility - Analysis and Information to Catalyse Sustainable Development
Abstract : Urban transportation today consumes scarce resources of fossil fuels and it is a major cause for environmental damage and accelerating climate change. To achieve sustainable mobility in the cities, it is necessary to improve energy efficiency and lower carbon emissions through the promotion of walking, cycling and especially public transportation. READ MORE