A green logistics strategy for a logistics service provider

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• CHAPTER: INTRODUCTION
• Research aim and objectives
• Scope of dissertation
• Outline of dissertation
• CHAPTER: LITERATURE REVIEW
• Introduction
• Supply chain management, logistics and freight transport
• Externalities from freight transport
• Corporate strategy alignment
• Carbon management
• Defining organisational boundaries
• Defining operational boundaries
• Carbon measuring and calculation approach and data collection
• Choice of conversion factors and calculation of footprint
• Carbon reduction measures
• Evaluation of measures
• Summary
• CHAPTER: METHODOLOGY
• Introduction
• Statement of values
• Research philosophy
• Research type
• Research approach
• Research strategy
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• Research quality
• Summary
• CHAPTER: CASE STUDY
• Introduction and case study description
• SMEs and the German road freight market
• Outline of the company and its activities
• Carbon footprinting
• Definition of boundaries
• Calculation approach
• Conversion factors
• Calculation and results
• Carbon reduction measures
• Improving vehicle utilisation
• Optimising the routing of vehicles
• Improving fuel efficiency
• Alternative fuels
• Evaluation of carbon reduction measures

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This dissertation investigates the development of a green logistics strategy for a logistics service provider focusing on freight transport. The main objective is to determine the carbon footprint of the company and identify practical carbon emission reduction measures that are applicable to a small logistics service provider.

• Carbon footprint analysis
• Carbon emission reduction measures
• Evaluation of measures based on cost-effectiveness
• Sustainable development in the context of freight transport
• Implementation of a green logistics strategy

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

The first chapter introduces the research aim and objectives of the dissertation, outlining its scope and structure. Chapter two provides a comprehensive literature review on relevant topics such as supply chain management, logistics, freight transport, externalities, corporate strategy alignment, and carbon management. It explores various aspects of carbon management, including defining organisational and operational boundaries, carbon measuring and calculation approaches, data collection, conversion factors, carbon reduction measures, and evaluation of measures. Chapter three delves into the methodology employed in the research, outlining the statement of values, research philosophy, type, approach, strategy, data collection and analysis, as well as research quality. Chapter four focuses on the case study of Strubbe, a small logistics service provider. It introduces the company's activities and the German road freight market, and then proceeds to calculate the company's carbon footprint. The chapter also examines various carbon reduction measures and their evaluation, considering their potential for reducing emissions and their implications for operating costs.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

Green logistics, freight transport, carbon footprint, carbon reduction measures, sustainable development, cost-effectiveness, logistics service provider, SMEs, German road freight market.