A Methodology for Assessing Eco-Efficiency in Logistics Networks

João Quariguasi Frota Neto, G. Walther, Jacqueline Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jo van Nunen and T. Spengler

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Abstract: Recent literature on sustainable logistics networks points to two important questions: (i) How to spot the preferred solution(s) balancing environmental and business concerns? (ii) How to improve the understanding of the trade-offs between these two dimensions? We posit that a complete exploration of the efficient frontier and trade-offs between profitability and environmental impacts are particularly suitable to answer these two questions. In order to deal with the exponential number of basic efficient points in the frontier, we propose a formulation that performs in exponential time for the number of objective functions only. We illustrate our findings by designing a complex recycling logistics network in Germany.

Keywords: Complex recycling; Eco-efficiency; Environmental impacts; Sustainable logistics networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L15 M M11 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-05-11
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Journal Article: A methodology for assessing eco-efficiency in logistics networks (2009)
Working Paper: A Methodology for Assessing Eco-efficiency in Logistics Networks (2006)
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