The Significance of Environmental Sustainability in the Procurement of Sea Freight
Ahopelto, Katja (2022)
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022112924813
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022112924813
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This study reviews how the environmental sustainability is valued in sea freight purchasing. The objective was to determine if the cost-factors are more important for the sea logistics services buyers in the comparison to environmental factors and if the unstable global situation and higher freight costs impact negatively on sea freight users’ commitment to environmental sustainability.
Environmental sustainability is a megatrend in global supply chains’, logistics and transport due to increasing and widespread environmental concern, nature resource depletion and global warming. The study contains a comprehensive literature review on sustainable logistics and a case study with a survey conducted to sea logistics customers of a global freight forwarding company.
Overall, environmental sustainability of sea logistics and its development considered strategically important and a significance of consideration of environmental sustainability aspects on logistics purchasing is growing. However, other factors, such as the price and availability, are still the most important when purchasing sea freight. Based on the findings, the author has developed a framework for environmentally sustainable transport purchasing.
Environmental sustainability is a megatrend in global supply chains’, logistics and transport due to increasing and widespread environmental concern, nature resource depletion and global warming. The study contains a comprehensive literature review on sustainable logistics and a case study with a survey conducted to sea logistics customers of a global freight forwarding company.
Overall, environmental sustainability of sea logistics and its development considered strategically important and a significance of consideration of environmental sustainability aspects on logistics purchasing is growing. However, other factors, such as the price and availability, are still the most important when purchasing sea freight. Based on the findings, the author has developed a framework for environmentally sustainable transport purchasing.