Sustainable Logistics

Degree programs: MSc Management, MSc Logistics & SCM

Topics covered: sustainability - definitions, principles and concepts; environmental effects of logistical activity ; measuring and costing environmental impacts; development of green logistics strategies and frameworks; setting targets for environmental improvement; reducing freight transport intensity and switching transport mode; improving vehicle utilization, handling systems and packaging; energy use in logistics: improving fuel efficiency and switching fuels; city logistics; waste management and reverse logistics; role of government in promoting green logistics practices; adaptation of logistics systems to climate change.

The module takes an inter-disciplinary perspective on the subject incorporating elements of logistics management, economics, engineering and climate science. Sessions on the measurement and costing of logistics externalities are essentially techniques-based. The remainder of the module is predominantly knowledge- and issue-based.

The main educational objectives of this module are to:

• make students aware of the seriousness of the environmental challenges facing companies, governments and citizens.

• inform them of logistics’ contribution to environmental problems and show what companies and governments can do to reduce logistics’ environmental ‘footprint’.

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