Green logistics in logistics industry in Finland : case: Inex Partners Oy and Suomen Kaukokiito Oy
Xia, Yingying; Wang, Bo (2013)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201305035999
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201305035999
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This thesis deals with green logistics, especially about the environmental sustainability in the logistics industry in Finland. The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the main reasons for companies to practice green logistics and to give some constructive advice to promote the environmental sustainability of these companies’ green logistics systems.
In the theoretical part, the different academic definitions of green logistics are introduced. Due to “green” being the core of green logistics, which represents sustainability, especially environmental sustainability, the definition of sustainability by the Brundtland Report is applied and the three pillars of sustainability, particularly the environmental sustainability, are described. In the meantime, the green logistics system, as the key theory of this thesis, which encompasses green transport; green warehousing; green packaging; green logistics data collection and management; waste management, is presented. Considering the environmental sustainability, each component of the green logistics system is examined in detail. In addition, the reasons for companies to develop green logistics are analyzed from the external and internal sides.
In the empirical part, data are collected by theme interviews via E-mail. The result was first presented from company to company. Then the authors concluded the common facts. The suggestions were given separately according to companies’ situations.
The results of the thesis indicate that all the definitions of green logistics emphasize environmental sustainability. From the external sides comprising the marketing demand and environmental concerns and from the internal sides referring to the companies’ long-term business goals, practicing green logistics is very important for Finnish logistics companies.
In the theoretical part, the different academic definitions of green logistics are introduced. Due to “green” being the core of green logistics, which represents sustainability, especially environmental sustainability, the definition of sustainability by the Brundtland Report is applied and the three pillars of sustainability, particularly the environmental sustainability, are described. In the meantime, the green logistics system, as the key theory of this thesis, which encompasses green transport; green warehousing; green packaging; green logistics data collection and management; waste management, is presented. Considering the environmental sustainability, each component of the green logistics system is examined in detail. In addition, the reasons for companies to develop green logistics are analyzed from the external and internal sides.
In the empirical part, data are collected by theme interviews via E-mail. The result was first presented from company to company. Then the authors concluded the common facts. The suggestions were given separately according to companies’ situations.
The results of the thesis indicate that all the definitions of green logistics emphasize environmental sustainability. From the external sides comprising the marketing demand and environmental concerns and from the internal sides referring to the companies’ long-term business goals, practicing green logistics is very important for Finnish logistics companies.