Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Description

Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is the essential guide to the principles and practices of sustainable logistics operations and the responsible management of the entire supply chain. Based on extensive research by experts in the field, this comprehensive book covers the whole scope of sustainable logistics. The book provides carefully reviewed research-led applications and case studies that have been especially developed for this revised edition with particular attention for use in a teaching context. The mini case studies are highly topical, relating the theoretical concepts to practice and what is actually happening 'on the ground'. Examining the subject in an integrated manner, this book examines all the key areas in sustainable logistics and supply chain management, including: sustainable product design and packaging; sustainable purchasing and procurement; cleaner production; environmental impact of freight transport; sustainable warehousing and storage; sustainable supply management; reverse logistics and recycling; supply chain management strategy, and much more. The book provides an excellent insight into the topic that will help managers, students, and scholars grasp the fundamentals of green supply and logistics management. This revised edition of Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management includes valuable supporting online materials, including PPT presentations, chapter summaries, learning objectives, tips for teaching and in class activities. Content: Machine generated contents note: 01. Logistics and supply chain management -- The nature of logistics and supply chain management -- Logistics and SCM trends affecting sustainability -- Sustainable logistics and supply chains -- Summary -- 02. Science of sustainability -- Concepts of sustainability -- Species and ecosystems -- Energy -- Industry -- Food -- Population and urban growth -- Water -- Summary -- 03. Freight transport -- Impact of freight transport -- Transport modes -- Strategies to reduce environmental impact of freight transport -- Wider aspects of sustainability in freight transport -- Summary -- 04. Sustainable warehousing -- The environmental impact of warehouses The roles and functions of warehouses -- Warehouse location -- Handling equipment -- Assessing the impact -- Reduction of the environmental impact -- Social dimension of sustainability in warehousing -- Risks and vulnerability in warehousing -- Summary -- 05. Product design, cleaner production and packaging -- Background -- Product design for environment and sustainable logistics -- Regulatory frameworks -- Cleaner production -- Packaging for the environment -- Summary -- 06. Sustainable purchasing and procurement -- The role of procurement in the supply chain -- What is `green procurement'? -- Drivers and barriers for sustainable procurement -- Procurement frameworks -- Ecolabels -- Lifecycle assessment -- Comparing purchasing options -- Summary 07. Reverse logistics and recycling -- Background -- Reverse logistics and recycling -- Product recovery options -- Recycling -- Regulations -- Summary -- 08. Risk, corporate social responsibility and ethics -- Background -- Risk in logistics and supply chains -- Corporate social responsibility -- Ethical framework and codes of conduct -- Global and industrial initiatives -- Summary -- 09. Sustainable logistics and supply chain management strategy -- Concepts of corporate strategy -- Theoretical motivations underlying corporate and sustainable strategy -- Sustainable logistics and supply chain performance measurement -- Environmental management systems -- Lifecycle assessment -- Assessing sustainable choices and initiatives -- Summary.