Sustainable Logistics

Overview

This book will bring a state of the art overview of the research done in sustainable logistics. It will be structured along the four A''s of sustainable logistics:

1 Awareness

It is important that companies and policy makers are aware of the effects of their activities and policies. New methods to estimate the effects of the logistic activities and the change towards more sustainable ways will be covered.

2 Avoidance

Transport can be avoided by a better collaboration between actors (vertically and horizontally). Papers covering this topic will be introduced here.

3 Acting

Shifting the goods to more environmentally friendly modes or to the non-peak hours.

4 Anticipation of new technologies

The use of more environmentally friendly vehicles (electric, LNG, etc.) within the logistic chain.