Sustainability: Does it Make Cents?
Sustainability initiatives may help polish the image of the freight transportation, logistics, and manufacturing industries as well as benefit the environment, but will sustainability also improve the bottom line of each? Sustainability is multifaceted, affecting a wide range of businesses in a variety of ways. For instance, sustainability initiatives can involve everything from materials and packaging to site selection, delivery routes, and fuels. Moreover, making sense of sustainability is especially challenging as companies throughout industry struggle to pick up the pieces from the enormous upheaval caused during the Great Recession.
At this year’s symposium, representatives from the business community, academia, and the public sector explored the financial implications of sustainability on freight and logistics providers. One panel discussion offered national perspectives on sustainability. Another panel discussed the impacts of sustainability on business models, focusing by mode (water, rail, and trucking) on the pros and cons of sustainability in the freight and logistics community.
Proceedings
Program
Welcome
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Presentation (293 KB PDF) |
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Public Sector Freight Initiatives Update |
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Presentation (939 KB PDF) |
Perspectives on Sustainability in an Interdependent World: A Panel Discussion
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Presentation (6.43 MB PDF) |
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Presentation (824 KB PDF) |
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Can We Affect Sustainability? Cost Impacts to the Business Models
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Presentation (671 KB PDF) |
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Presentation (2.19 MB PDF) |
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Wrap-up and Adjourn
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Sponsors
Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, in cooperation with: