GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND TRENDS IN LOGISTICS: CURRENT PRACTICES IN TURKEY

Green Supply Chain Management Practices

Almost all the countries in the world are considering how they can respond to environmental problems through using eco-friendly processes and products. The supply chain is one of the main drivers causing significant environmental issues such as emissions. As a result, the idea of green supply chains have been consider to address these environmental problems through buyer–supplier alliances. In ...

Adoption of Green Supply Chain Practices in Taiwan’s Logistics Industry

Factors influencing the adoption of green supply chain practices for the logistics industry in Taiwan from the perspective of technology, organization and environment are studied. The data came from a questionnaire survey on logistics companies in Taiwan, and 162 samples were analyzed. According to the survey results, all the factors have positive influences on the adoption of green supply chai...

Green supply chain management practices and performance

A Closed-Loop Logistics Model for Green Supply Chain Management

Recently, with the environmental crisis, Green supply chain management (or GSCM), and in particular closed loop supply chain model, has received considerable attention by researchers. Closed loop supply chain model aims at reduction of waste and generating profit for enterprises through integrating forward and reverse logistics. Unfortunately, there is limited research on general models for clo...

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Urban Logistics

Urban logistics is a field that studies the best solutions for urban freight distribution with high environmental objectives. However, most actions are started by public authorities without taking into account the impacts of the new organizational schemas in the existing distribution enterprises’ organization. This chapter proposes a conceptual framework for urban green logistics planning and e...