A review of carbon emission management from the perspective of logistics industry

Author

Xiaoqing Wang ; Hongwei Ding ; Wei Wang ; Li Zhang ; Yongqing Xue

Author_Institution

BAO & SCM/Logistics Res., IBM Res. - China, Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

8-10 July 2012

Firstpage

312

Lastpage

317

Abstract

Global warming is probably the most pressing ecological, economic and societal challenge facing our generation. Many industries and enterprises have begun steps for carbon emission reduction and management. Logistics activities contribute billions of tons of carbon emission annually with above 50 percent of emission reduction opportunities. This paper surveyed current international status and the publications status of carbon emission management. Logistics carbon emission management is addressed and its importance is analyzed. A logistics carbon footprint evaluation framework is provided. Different low-carbon technologies for logistics enterprises are introduced. The logistics carbon emission optimization and its case are analyzed and studied.

Keywords

air pollution; environmental economics; global warming; goods distribution; logistics; transportation; carbon emission reduction; global warming; logistics carbon emission management; logistics carbon emission optimization; logistics carbon footprint evaluation; logistics enterprises; logistics industry; low-carbon technology; Australia; Carbon dioxide; Chemistry; Geology; Packaging; Toxicology; Transportation; Carbon Emission Evaluation; Carbon Emission Management; Carbon Emission Optimization; Logistics Industry; Low-Carbon Technologies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Suzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2400-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOLI.2012.6273553

Filename

6273553