Green logistics: improving the environmental sustainability of logistics / edited by Alan McKinnon, Michael Browne and Anthony Whiteing

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Language: English Publication details: Kogan Page, 2012. London:Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 377 pISBN:

9780749466251

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658.70286 GRE

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PART ONE Assessing the environmental effects of logistics. 1 Environmental sustainability: a new priority for logistics managers / Alan McKinnon -- 2 Assessing the external impacts of freight transport / Maja Piecyk, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards -- 3 Carbon auditing of companies, supply chains and products / Maja Piecyk -- 4 Evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics / Maja Piecyk, Alan McKinnon and Julian Allen. PART TWO Strategic perspective. 5 Restructuring road freight networks within supply chains / Irina Harris, Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues, Mohamed Naim and Christine Mumford -- 6 Transferring freight to 'greener' transport modes / Allan Woodburn and Anthony Whiteing -- 7 Development of greener vehicles, aircraft and ships / Alan McKinnon, Julian Allen and Allan Woodburn -- 8 Reducing the environmental impact of warehousing / Clive Marchant and Peter Baker. PART THREE Operational perspective. 9 Opportunities for improving vehicle utilization / Alan McKinnon and Julia Edwards -- 10 Optimizing the routeing of vehicles / Richard Eglese and Daniel Black -- 11 Increasing fuel efficiency in the road freight sector / Alan McKinnon -- 12 Reverse logistics for the management of waste / Tom Cherrett, Sarah Maynard, Fraser McLeod and Adrian Hickford. PART FOUR Key issues. 13 The food miles debate: is shorter better? / Tara Garnett -- 14 Sustainability strategies for city logistics / Julian Allen and Michael Browne -- 15 Benefits and costs of switching to alternative fuels / Jacques Leonardi, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards -- 16 E-business, e-logistics and the environment -- Julia Edwards, Yingli Wang, Andrew Potter and Sharon Cullinane.-- PART FIVE Public policy perspective. 17 The role of government in promoting green logistics / Alan McKinnon.

Summary: Analyses the environmental consequences of logistics operations and how to deal with them in an effective and cost efficient way.

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PART ONE Assessing the environmental effects of logistics. 1 Environmental sustainability: a new priority for logistics managers / Alan McKinnon --
2 Assessing the external impacts of freight transport / Maja Piecyk, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards --
3 Carbon auditing of companies, supply chains and products / Maja Piecyk --
4 Evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics / Maja Piecyk, Alan McKinnon and Julian Allen. PART TWO Strategic perspective. 5 Restructuring road freight networks within supply chains / Irina Harris, Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues, Mohamed Naim and Christine Mumford --
6 Transferring freight to 'greener' transport modes / Allan Woodburn and Anthony Whiteing --
7 Development of greener vehicles, aircraft and ships / Alan McKinnon, Julian Allen and Allan Woodburn --
8 Reducing the environmental impact of warehousing / Clive Marchant and Peter Baker. PART THREE Operational perspective. 9 Opportunities for improving vehicle utilization / Alan McKinnon and Julia Edwards --
10 Optimizing the routeing of vehicles / Richard Eglese and Daniel Black --
11 Increasing fuel efficiency in the road freight sector / Alan McKinnon --
12 Reverse logistics for the management of waste / Tom Cherrett, Sarah Maynard, Fraser McLeod and Adrian Hickford. PART FOUR Key issues. 13 The food miles debate: is shorter better? / Tara Garnett --
14 Sustainability strategies for city logistics / Julian Allen and Michael Browne --
15 Benefits and costs of switching to alternative fuels / Jacques Leonardi, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards --
16 E-business, e-logistics and the environment --
Julia Edwards, Yingli Wang, Andrew Potter and Sharon Cullinane.--
PART FIVE Public policy perspective. 17 The role of government in promoting green logistics / Alan McKinnon.

Analyses the environmental consequences of logistics operations and how to deal with them in an effective and cost efficient way.

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