Relationships between Logistics Performance and Aspects of Sustainability: A Cross-Country Analysis

Paul D. Larson
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Paul D. Larson: Department of SCM, University of Manitoba, 632 Drake Centre, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V4, Canada

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate relationships between national logistics performance and dimensions of sustainability. A series of hypotheses are developed and tested using regression analysis of secondary data. The sources of data are the Sustainable Society Index (SSI) and the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI). Fundamental aspects of social sustainability and well-being—a healthy, educated population, equality, good governance, and reasonable income distribution—are related to higher levels of logistics performance. In addition, while logistics performance is a driver of economic activity and success, it is also a contributor to environmental degradation in the form of harmful emissions. If economic growth is among a nation’s goals, its leaders are advised to support social well-being, along with technologies and practices for greater energy efficiency (and lower emissions) in transportation.

Keywords: logistics performance; sustainability; social well-being; environmental degradation; secondary data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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