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Toward Sustainable Logistics

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Sustainable Logistics and Transportation

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Abstract

The fast evolution of sustainability leads to the development of a new fast-growing concept called sustainable logistics management. This research addresses recent business trends and challenges in logistics and their implications for sustainable logistics management. Additionally, we discuss policy and research developments in resource-efficient logistics and present several practice examples in sustainable logistics management from transportation business companies. The conducted research on relevant literature and sustainability reports of several leading logistics companies shows that the logistics sector is committed to sustainable development and continually looks for ways to be environmentally and socially responsible and more efficient right across the organizations.

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    http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1315/oj Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU Text with EEA relevance. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    http://www.salsaproject.eu/ The EU project SALSA aims to develop strategies to improve sustainable logistics in beef and soy supply chains from Latin America to the EU. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    http://sfcplatform.eu/ The EU INTERREG NWE Project aims to optimize the triple bottom line of logistics for agri-food businesses. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    http://nextrust-project.eu/ The EU project NexTrust aims to increase efficiency and sustainability in European logistics through boosting collaboration among logistics partners. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    http://www.supergreenproject.eu/project.html The EU project SuperGreen aims to support the development of sustainable transport networks by fulfilling requirements covering environmental, technical, economic, social, and spatial planning aspects. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    An initiative which was launched in 2002 to redefine transport measures and policies in order to create cleaner, better transport in cities. http://www.civitas.eu/. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    A project about electric vehicle city distribution system in Rotterdam, Netherlands. http://www.managenergy.net/resources/779. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    http://www.sustainablebrands.com/about#null. Online accessed: August 2016.

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    http://www.postnl.nl/en/about-postnl/about-us/cr/. Online accessed: August 2016.

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  1. Operations Management, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Mehmet Soysal

  2. Operations Research and Logistics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

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  2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Konstantinos Gakis

  3. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

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Soysal, M., Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J.M. (2017). Toward Sustainable Logistics. In: Cinar, D., Gakis, K., Pardalos, P. (eds) Sustainable Logistics and Transportation. Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol 129. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69215-9_1

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