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Logistics and the environment: Is it an established subject?

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Summary, in English

The issue of environmental implications of logistics systems is one of the future challenges to logisticians. The purpose of this paper is to explore the logistics and supply chain management discipline to see how the scientific community handles this challenge. Observations in the primary literature revealed that there are weak ties between the logistics/SCM discipline and the environmental discipline. Our analysis indicated that the literature seems to be unbalanced: knowledge about assessing ‘impact of logistics on environment’ is missing, and most emphasis is on ‘impact of environment on logistics.’ Knowledge about implementation comes mainly within reverse logistics literature, which has been described by scholars as exploratory and anecdotal. When comparing the subject ‘log/SC & environ’ with other subjects in the logistics literature, less attention has been paid to ‘log/SC & environ’. Moreover, almost half the articles on ‘log/SC & environ’ are published outside the primary logistics-related journals.

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Pages

137-149

Publication/Series

International Journal of Logistics

Volume

7

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Other Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • Supply chain management
  • Environmentally responsible logistics
  • Greening supply chains
  • Environmental assessment
  • Reverse logistics
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA
  • packaging logistics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1367-5567