Environmental management in the transport sector: findings of a quantitative survey

Oberhofer, Peter; Fürst, Elmar Wilhelm M.

doi:10.1108/14502191211265325

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“…This result calls for public interventions to overcome the barriers discouraging the adoption of environmental sustainability actions and to promote the dissemination of information about improvements of environmental performance. Oberhofer and Fürst (2012) [93] analyzed the stimulus of Austrian road haulers to reduce greenhouse gas emission. The findings revealed that the attitude toward environmental sustainability is widespread among the companies interviewed.…”

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Environmental Sustainability in Third-Party Logistics Service Providers: A Systematic Literature Review from 2000–2016

2018

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Despite the increasing interest toward environmental issues in the freight transport and logistics service sector, a comprehensive and updated assessment of the existing literature is still missing. This paper aims to fill this gap by presenting the results of a systematic literature review of publications in the area of environmental sustainability in third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) between the years 2000 and 2016. The review offers insight into the critical dimensions of green matters in transport and logistics service companies using an analytical framework based on the following five topic areas: influencing factors, green actions and the impact on performance, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools supporting the green actions, energy efficiency in road freight transport and shipper's perspective and collaboration. The results indicate that, despite the number of published papers having grown significantly from 2008 onward, some areas remain highly under-researched such as ICT and performance measurement. Several research gaps have been identified in each topic area, and a set of propositions forming an agenda for future research directions has been suggested.

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“…13 Implementation of energy efficiency actions to improve road freight transport [91][92][93][94][95][96][97].…”

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Environmental Sustainability in Third-Party Logistics Service Providers: A Systematic Literature Review from 2000–2016

2018

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“…On the other hand, ICTs are reputed to allow large emissions savings, but the literature is modest on this topic. In their review of how the freight and logistics service sector accounts for environmental issues, [71] highlight that they found only one paper providing an estimation of the emissions savings [72], and yet only within the scope of the company.…”

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Adoption of ICTs in Agri-Food Logistics: Potential and Limitations for Supply Chain Sustainability

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A major challenge of Sustainable Development Goal 12 “Responsible Consumption and Production” is to reduce food losses along production and supply chains. This is particularly critical for fresh food products, due to their perishable and fragile nature, which makes the coordination of the actors all the more crucial to avoid wastes and losses. The rise of new technologies, referred to as “Industry 4.0” powered by the internet of things, big data analytics and artificial intelligence, could bring new solutions to meet these needs. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) allow for frequent exchanges of huge amounts of information between actors in the agrofood chains to coordinate their activities. The aim of the chapter is to provide a state-of-the-art analysis on ICTs used in agrofood supply chains, with a special focus on the case of fresh fruits and vegetables, to analyze the potential and weaknesses which exist in different forms of supply chains for ICTs becoming a “resource” (precious, rare, non-imitable, and nonsubstitutable) prospect and to suggest promising ICTs in this context.

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“…The concept is increasing in importance for individuals and also for organisations (Chatzoglou et al, 2017;Jones et al, 2007), has been evolving (Caulfield, 2013), and is affected by stakeholders attitudes towards the concept (Bella and Al-Fayoumi, 2016). Green tax reforms frequently introduce measures for corporations, which can help them to be more socially responsible and may affect accounting figures (Grbac and Lončarić, 2009;Oberhofer and Fürst, 2012;Belyaeva, 2015).…”

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Can green taxation trigger plug-in hybrid electric vehicle acquisition?

Barros

Pádua

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse to what extent financial incentives under the green tax reform introduced in Portugal in 2014 drive behaviours of acquiring a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Design/methodology/approach The existent literature identifies a number of factors that influence the interest for PHEV acquisition, including access to financial incentives. However, empirical evidence is not clear as to which factors are more relevant. The authors extend an existent theoretical model of five factors by including ten factors. On this basis, the study carries out a survey and develops a structural equation model to investigate what drives the interest to acquire a PHEV. Findings Financial incentives are superior to other factors in explaining the interest in acquiring a PHEV. Education, lower income levels, living in larger cities and driving smaller vehicles shape the interest on these vehicles differently. Financial incentives were found to closely offset the difference in price between conventional vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Social implications This study finds that public policies can be powerful in shaping consumers’ behaviour, although the amount of the financial incentive is key to triggering a large-scale effect. Originality/value The survey in this study allows an in-depth and ex ante analysis of the interest in acquiring PHEV under a green tax reform, taking into account other dimensions and socio-economic variables not accounted for in existent studies.

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Environmental management in the transport sector: findings of a quantitative survey

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

Environmental Sustainability in Third-Party Logistics Service Providers: A Systematic Literature Review from 2000–2016

Environmental Sustainability in Third-Party Logistics Service Providers: A Systematic Literature Review from 2000–2016

Adoption of ICTs in Agri-Food Logistics: Potential and Limitations for Supply Chain Sustainability

Can green taxation trigger plug-in hybrid electric vehicle acquisition?

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