Building environmental sustainability: Empirical evidence from Logistics Service Providers

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-209

  Colicchia, Claudia ^a   Marchet, Gino ^b   Melacini, Marco ^b   Perotti, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Freight transportation; Logistics; Logistics Service Providers (LSPs)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATIONS; LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 84884671895     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.06.057     Document Type: Article

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