Category: logistics
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The Carbon-reducing Effect of E-commerce Delivery
In an early article I discussed the perils of higher carbon print in online grocery shopping (mainly from a paper by Van Loon et al (2015). However, let’s not forget that the paper did find that when it comes to delivery using dedicated vans carrying a large basket size (as opposed to just a few…
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The sustainability peril of E-commerce (I): Small batches lead to more emissions
Recently I have been discussing with David Steven of Boston Strategy International, a world expert on sustainable supply chains, on the topic of carbon foot printing. One of the interesting points we talked about is the impact of the growth of the E-commerce sector on global carbon emissions. Researchers have been studying this for a…