Logistics as supply chains have a key role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing our economies’ dependence on nonrenewable energy sources - fossil. A logistics operation represents the integral management of all the activities necessary to move products within the supply chain wi...
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| Summary: | Logistics as supply chains have a key role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing our economies’ dependence on nonrenewable energy sources - fossil. A logistics operation represents the integral management of all the activities necessary to move products within the supply chain with their respective logistics costs. According to the Council of Supply Chain Professionals of the United States, logistics can produce up to 75% of a company’s carbon footprint. This has forced stakeholders involved in logistical processes to address the issue of sustainability, the birth of terms that combine adjectives such as sustainable, ecological, green, clean and ecological, with specific nouns of the domain such as green supply chain, Reverse logistics, reverse distribution, sustainable end-oflife cycle, sustainable packaging and packaging, return logistics, recovery, reuse, recycling, incineration and dumping. This document aims to propose sustainable strategies for easy implementation in logistics activities as well as in supply chains, and thus, to take a small step in the long term achievement of the global objectives of sustainability and sustainability. |
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