THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN LOGISTICS FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION EXAMPLES FROM THE WORLD AND TURKEY
SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KALKINMA İÇİN YEŞİL LOJİSTİĞİN ÖNEMİ DÜNYA VE TÜRKİYE’DEKİ UYGULAMA ÖRNEKLERİ

Author : Serkan GÜVERCİN
Number of pages : 465-481

Abstract

As a consequence of globalisation, the World has been becoming smaller day by day. Because of this reason, the organizations compete with each other in order to get a sustainable competitive advantage. Today, traditional logistics operations based on production and distribution are defined as effective operational activities in reaching the strategic goals of the organizations. However, after worldwide economic development and high levels of industrialization, reduction of natural resources and its influence on environment and nature have attracted attention of international community organizations, global firms and logistics companies. On the other hand, coming into force of The Kyoto Protocol in 2005 has made the governments and the people around the world more sensitive for the future. This improvements have caused to change the processes of logistics operations. In this context, the aim of this qualitative study is identifying the green logistics concept and its activities, revealing how important the green logistics within logistics field in our country and giving implementation examples from the World and Turkey.

Keywords

Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Green Logistics

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