Is environmental sustainability a strategic priority for logistics service providers?

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

卷:198

Article

Evangelista, Pietro¹  Colicchia, Claudia²  Creazza, Alessandro² 

[1] CNR, Natl Res Council, Inst Res Innovat & Serv Dev IRISS, Via G Sanfelice 8, I-80134 Naples, Italy

[2] Univ Hull, Hull Univ Business Sch, Logist Inst, Cottingham Rd, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, N Humberside, England

关键词: Environmental strategy;    Environmental sustainability practices;    Influencing factors;    Logistics service providers;    Case study analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.04.096

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Despite an increasing number of third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) regard environmental sustainability as a key area of management, there is still great uncertainty on how 3PLs implement environmental strategies and on how they translate green efforts into practice. Through a multiple case study analysis, this paper explores the environmental strategies of a sample of medium-sized 3PLs operating in Italy and the UK, in terms of environmental organizational culture, initiatives, and influencing factors. Our analysis shows that, notwithstanding environmental sustainability is generally recognised as a strategic priority, a certain degree of diversity in the deployment of environmental strategies still exists. This paper is original since the extant literature on green strategies of 3PLs provides findings predominantly from a single country perspective and mainly investigates large/multinational organizations. It also provides indications to help managers of medium-sized 3PLs in positioning their business. This is particularly meaningful in the 3PL industry, where medium-sized organizations significantly contribute to the generated turnover and market value. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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