A literature review on environmental concerns in logistics: trends and future challenges

ABSTRACT

This study contributes to the discussion in that, the study integrates reverse logistics, closed-loop logistics, green logistics and environmental logistics in a review and presents a generic conceptual model for understanding the implementation process of environmental practices in logistics. However, little effort has been reviewed on environmental concerns in logistics such as reverse logistics, green logistics, closed-loop logistics/supply chain and environmental logistics. The 2009–2018 data was collected from the Scopus and Web of Science. The metadata analysis reveals descriptive information such as influential authors, journals, subject area, top publishing countries, most common words used in the titles etc. The content analysis reveals the development of four broad classifications of the extant literature, namely concept and theory development, drivers and barriers, presentation of optimisation models and assessment and evaluation.

KEYWORDS:

• Reverse logistics
• green logistics
• environmental concerns in logistics
• closed-loop logistics

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), LSP represents any business which provides logistics services, which may include provisioning, transport, warehousing, packaging, etc. LSP includes those businesses typically referred to as 3PL, 4PL, LLP, etc.

2 CSCMP refers to 3PL as outsourcing all or much of a company’s logistics operations to a specialized company.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [grant number 109-2918-i-468 -001 -].