A study on Green Solutions with Reference to Third Party Logistices- An Indian Perspective

Abstract

In today s world, environment issues pose a major challenge for all the industries and logistics is one of the key contributors to the environmental issues faced globally by most of the industries across, and India in particular. For organizations in India, green logistics is becoming a challenge in tens of understanding and implementing the same. Organizations in India are challenged to reduce the environmental impact of their product supply chain and one major area where they would require outside help is logistics and especially from their Third-Party Logistics (3PL) s. Third Party Logistics (3PL) s have been growing in India for the past 10 years by gaining the trust of the organizations and also bringing in the tools and technologies required to sen1ice their clients. Globally, Third Party Logistics (3PL) s has a major say in any organization’s green logistics strategy formulation. In India, we are not sure as to the sen1ices offered by 3PL's from a green logistics perspective because this would surely help India organisations to reduce environmental impact to a larger extent in their entire supply chain. This research paper attempts to identify the top green logistics initiatives implemented I adopted by logistics companies, and also tries to identify the major drivers and barriers which they face while implementing the green logistic initiatives