Course description
Logistics consists of the planning, organisation, management, execution and control of freight transport operations. As such, it is a key contributor to climate change.
The application of Green Logistics principles aims to achieve optimum performance expressed in cost, time or energy savings, thus reducing the negative environmental impacts of logistics (such as greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, noise, vibration and accidents) throughout a range of interventions along the chain.
By attending the Mastering Green Logisticstrainingcourse, you will be introduced to the green logistics. You will examine the environmental, financial, and social impacts of logistics and procurement operations at a local and global scale, and learn why these need to be minimised.
You will have the opportunity to explore the key policies and laws regulating supply chain functions that aim to protect the environment. You will also be introduced to the methods that assess the environmental performance of supply chains, in order to improve current practices and monitor progress.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Mastering Green Logistics Training Course is suitable for:
- logistics professionals and individuals with an interest in the environmental issues of business supply chain and logistics activities around the globe.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
At the end of the Mastering Green Logistics Training Course, you will be able to:
- Assess the environmental consequences of logistics and understand how to deal with them.
- Understand ways of reducing the externalities and achieve a more sustainable balance between economic, environmental and social objectives.
- Get a wide knowledge on green logistics research and discuss its model.
- Decide and asses the external impact of freight transport and measure the environmental impact.
- Examine the framework for assessing the environmental impact of warehouses and examine ways of reducing the environmental impact.
- Recognise and discuss the role of government in promoting green logistics.
Training Course Content
Day 1
Environmental Sustainability: A New Priority for Logistics Managers
- A brief history of green logistics research.
- Green logistics: rhetoric and reality.
- Future scenarios.
- A model for green logistics research.
Assessing the External Impacts of Freight Transport
- External impacts.
- Environmental standards.
- Measuring the environmental impact of freight transport.
Carbon Auditing of Companies, Supply Chains and Products
- Guidelines for carbon foot printing.
- The carbon foot printing process.
- Success factors in carbon foot printing.
Case Study
- 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.
Day 2
Restructuring Road Freight Networks Within Supply Chains
- 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.
Transferring Freight To ‘Greener’ Transport Modes
- 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.
Development of Greener Vehicles, Aircraft and Ships
- Road freight.
- Rail freight operations.
- Air freight.
- Shipping.
Reducing the Environmental Impact Of Warehousing
- Scale of the environmental impact.
- Increasing resource intensity.
- Framework for assessing the environmental impact of warehouses.
- Ways of reducing the environmental impact.
Day 3
Operational Perspective
Day 4
Key Issues
Day 5
The Role of Government in Promoting Green Logistics
- 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.
- the digital age.
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