Green Logistics Instruments: Systematization and Ranking

Nikita Osintsev and Aleksandr Rakhmangulov ()
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Nikita Osintsev: Mining Engineering and Transport Institute, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, 455000 Magnitogorsk, Russia
Aleksandr Rakhmangulov: Mining Engineering and Transport Institute, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, 455000 Magnitogorsk, Russia

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-50

Abstract: The concepts of sustainable development, triple bottom line, and ESG have a strong influence on the process of formation and operation of supply chains today. This requires the implementation of various green solutions and practices to improve supply chain sustainability. An analysis of supply chain research did not reveal a universally accepted methodology to systematize green solutions and practices for their effective use in chain management. It was revealed that there are many views on the content of green solutions, in addition to insufficient specificity of their description, as well as fragmentation of the use of green solutions in relation to the elements and functions of supply chains (procurement, production, warehousing, transportation, and distribution). This reduces the effectiveness of the implementation of green solutions. In this study, based on the literature review, a systematization of currently existing green solutions and practices was carried out. The systematization was performed according to the affiliation of supply chain elements and the functions performed by the elements to promote and process the material flow from supplier to consumer. The proposed system of methods (GLMs) and instruments (GLIs) of green logistics covers all known functional areas of logistics and includes 27 methods and 105 instruments. We performed a ranking of methods and instruments using TOPSIS, MABAC, and MARCOS methods. The most and least significant GLM and GLI for each element of the supply chain, as well as for chains of complex structure in general, were determined. The results of GLM and GLI ranking can be used as a basis for the implementation of management decisions to improve the sustainability of supply chains.

Keywords: green logistics; green supply chain; green practices; green solution; instruments; methods; MCDM; ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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