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Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics

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As concern for the surroundings rises, companies are taking more account of the external costs of logistics-specifically the ones costs associated with climate change, air pollution, noise, vibration, and accidents.  With contributions written by leading international logistics academics, Green Logistics examines ways of reducing these factors and achieving a more sustainable balance between economic, environmental, and social objectives.
 
This new edition introduces a new co-editor and contributors, in addition to international case studies, for a more global viewpoint.  For the primary time, the book will include downloadable supporting materials, technical information, and guidelines for teachers/lecturers. The editors have added new material on e-business, e-logistics, and the surroundings together with new chapters on green performance and environmental reporting, nature-inspired network design for distributed logistics, green logistics developments in different parts of the world (including North The united states, Latin The united states, South East Asia) and future scenarios for green logistics.

Other key topics examined within the book include: carbon auditing of supply chains; reducing the environmental have an effect on of warehousing; making improvements to the energy efficiency of  freight transport; making city logistics more environmentally sustainable; reverse logistics for the management of waste; the role of government in promoting sustainable logistics.
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