Contents -- Contributor Biographies -- Part 1 Assessing the environmental effects of logistics -- 01 Environmental sustainability -- Introduction -- A brief history of green logistics research -- Green logistics: rhetoric and reality -- Future scenarios -- A model for green logistics research -- Outline of the book -- Notes -- 02 Assessing the external impacts of freight transport -- Introduction -- External impacts -- Environmental standards -- Measuring the environmental impact of freight transport -- Note -- 03 Carbon auditing of companies, supply chains and products -- Introduction -- Guidelines for carbon footprinting -- The carbon footprinting process -- Success factors in carbon footprinting -- Case study: carbon auditing of road freight transport operations in the UK -- Conclusions -- References -- 04 Evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics -- Introduction -- Arguments for and against the internalization of environmental costs -- Monetary valuation of environmental costs -- Internalization of the external costs imposed by road freight vehicles in the UK -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 Strategic perspective -- 05 Restructuring road freight networks within supply chains -- Introduction -- Traditional network design -- Green network design -- Uncertainty in transport and supply chains -- Uncertainty mitigation approaches in road freight transport networks -- Gaps in our understanding and priorities for research -- Consequences and conclusions -- References -- 06 Transferring freight to 'greener' transport modes -- Background -- Characteristics of the main freight transport modes -- Environmental impacts of the main freight transport modes -- Case study: Container train load factors -- The policy framework -- Examples of measures aimed at achieving modal shift for environmental benefit.

Rail and water industries -- Conclusions -- References -- 07 Development of greener vehicles, aircraft and ships -- Introduction -- Road freight -- Rail freight operations -- Air freight -- Shipping -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 08 Reducing the environmental impact of warehousing -- Introduction -- Scale of the environmental impact -- Increasing resource intensity -- Framework for assessing the environmental impact of warehouses -- Ways of reducing the environmental impact -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 3 Operational perspective -- 09 Opportunities for improving vehicle utilization -- Introduction -- Measuring vehicle utilization -- Factors affecting the utilization of truck capacity -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 10 Optimizing the routeing of vehicles -- Introduction -- Vehicle routeing problems -- Types of problem -- Environmental impact -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Increasing fuel efficiency in the road freight sector -- Introduction -- Fuel efficiency of new trucks -- Vehicle design: aerodynamic profiling -- Reducing the vehicle tare weight -- Vehicle purchase decision -- Vehicle maintenance -- Increasing the fuel efficiency of trucking operations -- Benchmarking the fuel efficiency of trucks -- More fuel-efficient driving -- Fleet management -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Reverse logistics for the management of waste -- Introduction -- Waste management in the context of reverse logistics -- The impact of waste treatment legislation -- Reuse, refurbishment markets and take-back schemes -- Managing waste as part of a sustainable reverse process -- Conclusions -- References -- Part 4 Key issues -- 13 The food miles debate -- Introduction -- Transport and GHGs: is further worse? -- Transport, the second-order impacts and the implications for GHGs.

Local versus global and the self-sufficiency question -- Notes -- References -- 14 Sustainability strategies for city logistics -- Introduction -- Urban freight research and policy making -- Efficiency problems in urban freight transport -- Urban freight transport initiatives -- Urban consolidation centres -- Joint working between the public and private sectors -- Environmental zones -- Conclusions -- References -- 15 Benefits and costs of switching to alternative fuels -- Introduction -- Market developments of alternative fuels -- Current use of alternative fuels in the freight industry -- The future -- References -- 16 E-business, e-logistics and the environment -- Introduction -- Business-to-business (B2B) -- Business-to-consumer (B2C) -- Restructuring of the supply chain -- The environmental impact of e-commerce -- Case study: Online book supply chain -- The future -- References -- Part 5 Public policy perspective -- 17 The role of government in promoting green logistics -- Introduction -- Objectives of public policy on sustainable logistics -- Policy measures -- Reducing freight transport intensity -- Shifting freight to greener transport modes -- Improving vehicle utilization -- Increasing energy efficiency -- Cutting emissions relative to energy use -- Government-sponsored advisory and accreditation programmes -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Index.