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Introduction and needs of future trends
The logistics industry faces a number of particular challenges when it comes to sustainability. For many years now, providers of logistics services have been closely integrated into their customers’ production processes. Businesses and governments also carefully weigh logistics in their investment decisions.
The logistics industry itself is not just responsible for ensuring that the right product reaches the right place at the right time. It is also responsible for its own environmental impact. The industry must transform itself into one that is increasingly carbon efficient.
What forces will drive this transformation and how soon will it occur? As the leading logistics company, Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) has staked out a clear position – one that is outlined in our study “Towards Sustainable Logistics.” In this blog post, I would like quote from this study, which I was fortunate enough to be a part of along with a large group of experts, and explore the conclusions outlined in it – our key expectations for the future. I will then take a look at how some of the future trends we expected measure up to the world that has emerged in the three years since the study was released.Future trends
1. Logistics counts – it is not a commodity. Logistics is not only a chief catalyst of global trade and a defining component behind value creation – it is also a business of strategic importance in the move toward a low-carbon economy. Technological change will be achieved through a concerted drive from companies, financial institutions and governments. Given the higher price tag attached to new technologies, mutual support and long-term planning by all key players is essential. Collaboration will increasingly be seen as an enabler to attain sustainability. Even erstwhile competitors will cooperate more closely. As carbon-emission reduction becomes a priority for suppliers, business customers and logistics companies, cooperative
The logistics industry faces a number of particular challenges when it comes to sustainability. For many years now, providers of logistics services have been closely integrated into their customers’ production processes. Businesses and governments also carefully weigh logistics in their investment decisions.
The logistics industry itself is not just responsible for ensuring that the right product reaches the right place at the right time. It is also responsible for its own environmental impact. The industry must transform itself into one that is increasingly carbon efficient.
What forces will drive this transformation and how soon will it occur? As the leading logistics company, Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) has staked out a clear position – one that is outlined in our study “Towards Sustainable Logistics.” In this blog post, I would like quote from this study, which I was fortunate enough to be a part of along with a large group of experts, and explore the conclusions outlined in it – our key expectations for the future. I will then take a look at how some of the future trends we expected measure up to the world that has emerged in the three years since the study was released.Future trends
1. Logistics counts – it is not a commodity. Logistics is not only a chief catalyst of global trade and a defining component behind value creation – it is also a business of strategic importance in the move toward a low-carbon economy. Technological change will be achieved through a concerted drive from companies, financial institutions and governments. Given the higher price tag attached to new technologies, mutual support and long-term planning by all key players is essential. Collaboration will increasingly be seen as an enabler to attain sustainability. Even erstwhile competitors will cooperate more closely. As carbon-emission reduction becomes a priority for suppliers, business customers and logistics companies, cooperative