Logistic System Integration with Environmental Management System: a Case Study of International Company
ISEE 2012 Conference "Ecological Economics and Rio+20": Abstracts and Full Papers - Sustainable Building, Green Building, Green Building Assessment, Sustainable Development 2012
Andrejs Tambovcevs, Tatjana Tambovceva

The aim of the research is to investigate potential of integrating environment issues into logistic system by literature review and case study of international company. In recent years, consumers and governments have been pressing companies to reduce the environmental impact of their activities. The activities which are mostly related to the environmental performance need to be pointed, especially how logistics systems influence on environmental performance. This paper analyses how company could lead the initiative in this area by incorporating environmental management principles into their daily activities. The analysis is based on literature review about logistics and environment, the information from company R website as well as face-to-face interviews. A case study is given to show how they can turn practices into green while simultaneously meet the efficiency objectives. In order to become competitive on the international level, it is necessary to change ways of thinking and to adopt contemporary global standards in the area of organization management. The research results show that the adoption of EMS and ISO 14001 certification is an effective tool for the logistics management. Such practices simultaneously reduce the negative impacts of company’s activities on the natural environment and contribute to better company performance. The results also show that the emissions to air and water, and energy consumption are the main logistics impacts to the environment. These results can be used to measure the potential issues and minimize logistic system influence on environmental performance. The application of the concept of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility is one of the basic prerequisites for the achievement of business excellence. Consequently, how to implement EMS systems successfully in an effective and efficient manner is an imperative issue in the field of sustainable enterprise development. This paper presents a review of the successful implementation of EMS system and green logistics within the international company. This paper also argues that EMS systems are an increasingly important source of organizational change with major implications for the company's environmental performance.


Keywords
green logistics, sustainable logistics, environmental management system, sustainable development
Hyperlink
http://www.isecoeco.org/conferences/isee2012-versao3/pdf/229.pdf

Tambovcevs, A., Tambovceva, T. Logistic System Integration with Environmental Management System: a Case Study of International Company. In: ISEE 2012 Conference "Ecological Economics and Rio+20": Abstracts and Full Papers - Sustainable Building, Green Building, Green Building Assessment, Sustainable Development, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 16-19 June, 2012. Rio de Janeiro: International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), 2012, pp.1-11.

Publication language
English (en)
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