Green logistics strategies: An analysis of usage patterns

Environmental issues affect numerous logistical decisions throughout the va lue chain. This research identifies strategies that are most and least popu lar for managing and responding to such issues, and provides evidence of re lationships between select company characteristics and the particular types of strategies employed in managing logistics-related environmental impacts . Data sources included companies in the United States, Canada, and the Eur opean Union. Study results suggest that the green logistics strategies of r ecycling materials, reducing consumption, and reusing materials are univers ally popular among western industrialized nations. Firms that exhibit more intense commitment to environmentalism than their peers augment use of thes e universal strategies with various specialized thrusts, such as environmen tal audits.