Going green is at the forefront of everyone's mind and nowhere is this truer than in manufacturing and supply chains.
Increasing global environmental awareness, greater regulatory and governmental pressures in many countries have combined to provide large incentives to companies to reduce their carbon footprints. Green logistics, lowering the carbon footprint from supply chain and logistics operations, must now be considered one of the main priorities for supply chain executives.
Source: Manufacturing & Logistics IT, http://www.logisticsit.com