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Making sense of green logistics

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  • Ali Pazirandeh
  • Hamid Jafari

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Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate whether or not greening efforts are dependent on a higher level company-wide sustainability strategy to be carried out and whether or not greening efforts lead to any changes in logistics effectiveness and logistics efficiency. Design/methodology/approach - – The paper is based on empirical data collected via a survey sent to logistics managers and transport purchasers at Nordic multinationals. The results were analysed using structural equation model as to validate the anticipated relationships between the designed constructs. Findings - – Within this research, the authors have tried to validate the existence of relationships between a company's sustainability strategy, its transportation greening efforts and logistics performance. Research limitations/implications - – The paper investigates the possible effect the sustainability strategy of the firm will have on its decision to green its transportation, and the possible effect these measures will have on logistics efficiency and effectiveness. The empirical data gathered for this research are regionally restricted to the Nordic region. Further research could empirically test these relationships with empirical data from other countries or industries, perhaps using other performance constructs, to see if the results hold true. Practical implications - – It is shown that companies with a sustainability strategy are focusing on greening their transportation both from purchasing and operations perspectives to improve their entire environmental performance. The results from this paper fail to support the assumption that company-wide sustainability strategies are imperative for supply chain greening. Originality/value - – The paper is among the first attempts in analysing the relationships between a company's sustainable strategy and its logistics performance through greening the transportation activities.

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  • Ali Pazirandeh & Hamid Jafari, 2013. "Making sense of green logistics," International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 62(8), pages 889-904, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijppmp:v:62:y:2013:i:8:p:889-904
    DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-03-2013-0059
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    1. Pierre, Cariou & Francesco, Parola & Theo, Notteboom, 2019. "Towards low carbon global supply chains: A multi-trade analysis of CO2 emission reductions in container shipping," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 17-28.
    2. Graham, Stephanie & Graham, Byron & Holt, Diane, 2018. "The relationship between downstream environmental logistics practices and performance," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 196(C), pages 356-365.
    3. Ahmed Ali & Kaushal Chauhan & Mahmoud Barakat & Ahmed Eid, 2020. "The Role of Sustainability for Enhancing Third-Party Logistics Management Performance," Journal of Management and Sustainability, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(1), pages 1-14, March.
    4. Jie Liu & Chunhui Yuan & Xiaolong Li, 2019. "The Environmental Assessment on Chinese Logistics Enterprises Based on Non-Radial DEA," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-18, December.
    5. Govindan, Kannan & Kilic, Merve & Uyar, Ali & Karaman, Abdullah S., 2021. "Drivers and value-relevance of CSR performance in the logistics sector: A cross-country firm-level investigation," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    6. Yongrong Xin & Kengcheng Zheng & Yujiao Zhou & Yangyang Han & P. R. Tadikamalla & Qin Fan, 2022. "Logistics Efficiency under Carbon Constraints Based on a Super SBM Model with Undesirable Output: Empirical Evidence from China’s Logistics Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-24, April.
    7. Bancroft, John, 2014. "Is Money Really Green? - An Investigation Into Environmental Supply Chain Practices, with a Cost Focus," Chapters from the Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL), in: Kersten, Wolfgang & Blecker, Thorsten & Ringle, Christian M. (ed.), Next Generation Supply Chains: Trends and Opportunities. Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL), Vol. 18, volume 18, pages 183-194, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Institute of Business Logistics and General Management.
    8. Abbas Mardani & Dalia Streimikiene & Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas & Fausto Cavallaro & Mehrbakhsh Nilashi & Ahmad Jusoh & Habib Zare, 2017. "Application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Solve Environmental Sustainability Problems: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-65, October.
    9. Lee, Ki-Hoon & Wu, Yong, 2014. "Integrating sustainability performance measurement into logistics and supply networks: A multi-methodological approach," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 361-378.

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