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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上绿色物流发展中英文对照外文文献翻译 文献信息：文献标题：The development of green logistics for implementation sustainable development strategy in companies（发展绿色物流，实现企业可持续发展战略）国外作者：Oksana Seroka-Stolka文献出处：Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 2021,151:302-309字数统计：英文 2505 单词，14890 字符；中文 4265 汉字外文文献：The developmen

2、t of green logistics for implementation sustainable development strategy in companies AbstractWhile environmental issues have become critical concerns all overthe world, organizations are constantly under pressure to develop environmentally responsible and friendly operations. Commitment to the natu

3、ral environment has become an important variable. Therefore, the interest in developing green logistics from companies, government, and the public is increasing dramatically especially because traditional logistics cannot meet the requirements of modern society and has huge impact on the environment

4、. The purpose of this paper is to present determinant factors that can influence the development of green logistic concept in companies as an element of Sustainable Development. Keywords:Greenlogistics,environmental sustainability,Sustainable Development, factors, environmenta practices, company. 1.

5、IntroductionIn recent years there has been increasing concern about the environmental effects on the planet of human activity. That is why it has had ab increasing amount of attention in the popular press, in governmental agendas, in the academic literature and from the general public. Stakeholders

6、are increasingly pressuring firms to assume responsibility for any negative effects their business activities might cause as well. The results are that firms are considering the incorporation of environmental thinking into their business strategies in Polish companies (Romanowska, 2004). The rising

7、attention to the greener solutions doesnt leave logistics aside because it plays a very important role, as it is one of the main pollution sources and resource user. 2.Green logistics and sustainable developmentTypically, logistics is seen as the actions of which the objective is to minimize costs a

8、nd maximize profits. The term was used mostly in purely business areas exhibiting companies and in financial reports. But, for many years, the term logistics was used in conjunction with the green by creating Green Logistics - the term containing costs, yet did not appear on financial reports and on

9、 the environment and society. The term green logistics is defined as supply chain management practices and strategies that reduce the environmental and energy footprint of freight distribution, which focuses on material handling, waste management, packaging and transport (Rodrigue et al., 2021). Gre

10、en logistics consists of all activities related to the eco-efficient management of the forward and reverse flows of products and information between the point of origin and the point of consumption whose purpose is to meet or exceed customer demand (Mesjasz-Lech, 2021). Lee Klassen (2008) describe g

11、reen logistics as Green Supply Chain Management that can be defined as an organizations activity taking into account environmental issues and integrating it into supply chain management in order to change the environmental performance of suppliers and customers (Lee Klassen, 2008). Green logistics a

12、ctivities include measuring the environmental impact of different distribution strategies, reducing the energy usage in logistics activities, reducing waste and managing its treatment (Sibihi Eglese, 2009). From the sustainable development point of view, green logistics can be defined as, producing

13、and distributing goods in a sustainable way, taking account of environmental and social factors (Sibihi Eglese, 2009). This broad definition of green logistics is in line with the WCED (1987) definition of sustainable development and definitions of corporate responsibility (Lyon Maxwell, 2008). The

14、three pillars of Sustainable Development can be applied to green logistics (see Figure 1). As mentioned in the definitions of green logistics before, in the past, companies coordinated their logistics activities comprising freight transport, warehousing, packaging, materials handling and data collec

15、tion and management to meet customer requirements at minimum cost which just refers to the monetary terms (Nowakowska-Grunt, 2008). Now, the environment has become a concern. It is treated as a factor of the cost. Some companies have already taken external costs of logistics associated especially wi

16、th the environmental issues such as climate change, pollution and noise into account. Green logistics is therefore defined as efforts to examine ways of reducing these externalities and achieving a more sustainable balance between environmental, economic and social objectives, (see Figure 1). All ef

17、forts in the green logistics area are therefore focused on contributing towards, and ensuring, sustainability (Hans, 2021). conomicFigure 1. Green logistics as an element of sustainable development.Over the past 40 years, Green Logistics has represented a lot of nature trails, the most distinguishab

18、le as follows: reduction in transport costs, city logistics, corporate environmental strategies towards logistics, reverse logistics, green supply chain management.The green logistics represents also three perspectives: public (public to private), operational (operational to strategic) and local (lo

19、cal to global). The first perspective of green logistics relates to pressure groups which began to lobby government intervention to mitigate the damaging effects of freight movement and public agencies sought to improve their understanding of the problem and find means of addressing it. The public s

20、ector interest in this subject has been complemented by a growth in the private sector involvement in green logistics research as business has begun to formulate environmental strategies both at a corporate level and more specifically for logistics. Operational to strategic as a second general trend

21、 has been a broadening of the corporate commitment to green logistics, from the adoption of a few minor operational changes to the embedding of environmental principles in strategic planning. Local to global perspective is focused on the local environmental impact of air pollution, vibration, noise,

22、 accidents and visual intrusion. With climate change now the dominant environmental issue of the age, the impact of logistics on global atmospheric conditions has become a major focus of many researchers (McKinnon A., Browne Whiteing, 2021). 3.Green logistics and reverse logistics It is worth mentio

23、ning about the reverse logistics which is a part of green logistics. Rogers and Tibben-Lembke (1999) briefly consider the differences between reverse logistics and green logistics. In reverse logistics there should be some flow of products or goods back from the consumer to an earlier stage of the s

24、upply chain. The reduction of waste that this implies certainly means that reverse logistics should be included within green logistics. Currently, the term green logistics is often used interchangeably with reverse logistics, but in contrast to the reverse logistics, green logisticssummarizes logist

25、ics activities that are primarily motivated by environmental considerations (Scott, Lundgren Thompson, 2021). First of all, the most significant difference is that reverse logistics concentrates on saving money and increasing value by reusing or reselling materials to recover lost profits and reduce

26、 operational costs. In turn green logistics focuses on transportation issues, recycling and re-use. Green logistics is about using material friendly options for transportation and centered on saving money but places priority on the companys image (Nylund, 2021). DeBrito (2003) clarifies that green l

27、ogistics focuses on the forward flow of the supply chain while reverse logistics is viewed as sustainable development. The prominent environmental issues in green logistics are consumption of non- renewable natural resources, and both hazardous and non- hazardous waste disposal (DeBrito, 2003). Gree

28、n logistics is often known as ecological logistics defined as understanding and minimizing the ecological impacts of logistics (Rogers and Tibben-Lembke, 1998). These activities are designed to measure environmental impacts on transport reducing energy consumption, and reducing the use of materials

29、(see Figure 2). Figure 2. Comparison of green logistics and reverse logistics4.The drivers of green logistics4.1.Factors affecting green logistics from a wide perspectiveSchmied (2021) distinguishes four factors affecting green logistics company, customers, politics, and society. According to Figure

30、 3, it can be concluded that each of the factors may affect green solutions (Schmied, 2021). From the consumers point of view they have their own requirements for green products and services. Customers especially with high environmental awareness may require products delivered with clean vehicles or

31、 in such manner that the emissions are minimized, forcing suppliers to go to green solutions. This should be a key drive for companies that are taking measures in green logistics. By understanding the consumers important role in green logistics it can be beneficial for the company. Perhaps the bigge

32、st affect from customers may be home delivery, as they are the direct users of this service. Figure 3. General factors affecting green logistics4.2.Determinant factors of green logistics at a corporate levelMany researchers have proposed various explanations as to what factors influence a firms adop

33、tion of environmental practices. Generally, we can distinguish external and internal factors of environmental practices (Murillo-Luna, Garcs- Ayerbe Rivera-Torres, 2021). Stakeholder pressure, environmental regulations, company size, industrial sector and geographical location, internationalization,

34、 position in the value chain, strategic attitude, managerial attitudes and motivations, managers characteristics and human resources are relevant environmental and organizational variables frequently appearing in the related research (Gonzalez - Benito Gonzalez Benito, 2006). Among many factors ther

35、e are some which can be the barriers to green practices. Chan (2008) identifies six types of barriers from the information provided by the managers of a sample of 83 hotels. Using an exploratory analysis, he finds that the six types of barriers are negatively related to environmental behavior: 1) la

36、ck of know-how and skills,2) lack of professional advice, 3) uncertainty of outcome, 4) participation of certifiers/verifiers, 5) lack of resources and 6) implementation and maintenance costs. Although organizational and environmental factors have been taken into account in several studies on green

37、issues, these factors have been considered very rare in the studies of environmental management in the logistics industry. Lin Ho (2021) conducted a survey in 353 Chinese companies in the logistics industry. They proposed 32 variables describing 10 dimensions of determinants characteristic of the ad

38、option of green practices in logistics companies (see Figure 4). Figure 4. Determinant factors of green management practices in logistics industry. A conceptual model derived from Lin Ho (2021).The research findings by Lin Ho, (2021) reveal that pressure resulting from legal regulations of the State

39、, governmental support, organizational support and the quality of human resources have a significantly positive influence on the adoption of green practices for Chinese logistics companies (Lin Ho, 2021). Environmental uncertainty and the complexity of green practice show significantly negative infl

40、uences on environmental practices. Surprisingly, the influence of customer pressure is not significant for Chinese logistics companies (Lin Ho, 2021). It is interesting because most of the studies from the EU associated with environmental issues indicate the influence of customer pressure and their

41、environmental awareness on environmental practices but these findings are focused on manufacturing firms. Their study also provides the empirical evidence that technological factors have significant influence on the adoption of green practices when compared to organizational and environmental factor

42、s (Lin, Ho, 2021). Similar findings come from Polish studies, which indicate a weak and insignificant correlation between the environmental awareness of management staff and the eco-effectiveness of environmental practices (Seroka- Stolka Nowakowska-Grunt, 2021). Greening the supply chain is a growi

43、ng concern for many business enterprises and a challenge for logistics management. The structure of the green supply chain is relevant to implementing a green logistics system, as a green supply chain creates green environment for green logistics in a sustainable development which, again, paves a gr

44、een channel towards green logistics and, simultaneously, supports and promotes the development of green logistics. A real sense of green action can be achieved by supply chain management at a corporate level. It is worth mentioning that while adopting a green logistics approach towards supply chain,

45、 strategies can be additionally emphasized. Environmental logistics practices must be incorporated into corporate environmental strategies. When it comes to the product design and production planning, the most common is the fact that usually they emphasize the product design and the development that

46、 comes from the improvements of their competitive and commercial attributes, and these are factors such as price, quality, features and performance. Trowbridge (2006) distinguishes both internal and external driving forces of the implementation of GSCM at a chip manufacturer. The internal ones inclu

47、de the willingness to improve risk management due to potential interruptions in the supply chain, and the collaboration with suppliers to find alternative materials and equipment that minimize the environmental impact. The external ones include customers, investors and non-governmental organizations

48、 (Trowbridge, 2006). This is similar to the findings of Gonzlez-Benito Gonzlez-Benito (2006) which indicate that Spanish companies perceive two different sources of environmental pressure: governmental and non-governmental. However, only the latter is able to explain the implementation of environmen

49、tal logistics practices in a significant way, perhaps because these practices are proactive and voluntary and governmental pressure focuses on the observance of regulations. They also prove that the environmental awareness of managers is also able to explain a significant part of the implementation of environmental logistics practices.Hu Hsu (2021) explore the factors that are critical for the implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) pr