This article is not a comprehensive overview of green logistics. What it endeavours to do is to sensitise, in a very summarised way, those involved in logistics and supply chain management about the importance of green logistics and to highlight where this originated, what is presently the main issues and what the importance will be in future. A definition is given of green logistics in the next section followed by the historical developments around green logistics. The author points out the importance of assessing environmental effects and then discuss various efforts to attain environmental sustainability.
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Ittmann, H. 2011. Green supply chains: a new priority for supply chain managers. Sustainable Transport and Mobility Handbook, Vol 2
Ittmann, H. (2011). Green supply chains: a new priority for supply chain managers. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5224
Ittmann, H "Green supply chains: a new priority for supply chain managers." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5224
Ittmann H. Green supply chains: a new priority for supply chain managers. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5224.