Green Supply Chains, also referred to as Sustainable Supply Chains, have been in the limelight in recent years, with most large organisations
Green Supply Chains, also referred to as Sustainable Supply Chains, have been in the limelight in recent years, with most large organisations having launched ambitious initiatives to make their supply chains green.
Traditional supply chains, which include the international transportation leg, as well as inland transportation, storage, packaging, etc, are essential to international trade and have grown in importance, scale, and complexity as globalization has gained prevalence. Each activity and element of the supply chain contributes to emissions.
The degree of emissions attributable to each aspect depends on factors such as the mode of transport, source of energy, and efficiency of planning and cargo movement.
To take an example, air is the most polluting mode of transport, while water transport is considered the most eco-friendly mode; however given the sheer volumes transported via vessels, the aggregate emissions are extremely high (so much so that if international shipping were to be a country, it would be the world’s sixth largest emitter of GHG, ranking above Germany).
Likewise, while some vessels now use clean fuels, a large number of vessels, trucks, and other
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