Evangelista Pietro, Colicchia Claudia, Creazza Alessandro
Institute for Research on Innovation and Services for Development (IRISS), National Research Council (CNR), Via G. Sanfelice, 8, 80134, Naples, Italy.
The University of Hull, Hull University Business School, Logistics Institute, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
J Environ Manage. 2017 Aug 1;198(Pt 1):353-362. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.04.096. Epub 2017 May 8.
Despite an increasing number of third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) regard environmental sustainability as a key area of management, there is still great uncertainty on how 3PLs implement environmental strategies and on how they translate green efforts into practice. Through a multiple case study analysis, this paper explores the environmental strategies of a sample of medium-sized 3PLs operating in Italy and the UK, in terms of environmental organizational culture, initiatives, and influencing factors. Our analysis shows that, notwithstanding environmental sustainability is generally recognised as a strategic priority, a certain degree of diversity in the deployment of environmental strategies still exists. This paper is original since the extant literature on green strategies of 3PLs provides findings predominantly from a single country perspective and mainly investigates large/multinational organizations. It also provides indications to help managers of medium-sized 3PLs in positioning their business. This is particularly meaningful in the 3PL industry, where medium-sized organizations significantly contribute to the generated turnover and market value.
尽管越来越多的第三方物流服务提供商（3PLs）将环境可持续性视为管理的关键领域，但对于3PLs如何实施环境战略以及如何将绿色努力转化为实际行动，仍存在很大的不确定性。通过多案例研究分析，本文从环境组织文化、举措和影响因素方面，探讨了在意大利和英国运营的中型3PLs样本的环境战略。我们的分析表明，尽管环境可持续性通常被视为战略重点，但在环境战略的部署方面仍存在一定程度的差异。本文具有原创性，因为关于3PLs绿色战略的现有文献主要从单一国家视角提供研究结果，并且主要调查大型/跨国组织。它还为帮助中型3PLs的管理者定位其业务提供了指导。这在3PL行业中尤其有意义，因为中型组织对产生的营业额和市场价值有重大贡献。
