Sustainable distribution

Sustainable distribution refers to any means of transportation / hauling of goods between vendor and purchaser with lowest possible impact on the ecological and social environment, and includes the whole distribution process from storage, order processing and picking, packaging, improved vehicle loadings, delivery to the customer or purchaser and taking back packaging.[1][2]

  1. ^ Schulte, Dr. Christoph (1999). Logistik. München: Verlag Vahlen. pp. 371–414. ISBN 3-8006-2454-0.
  2. ^ Belz; et al. (2009). Sustainability marketing: a global perspective. The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 978-0-470-51922-6.