CLTD Sustainability and Green Logistics Flashcards
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How does last-mile delivery optimization contribute to sustainability?
Answer: It efficiently routes final deliveries to end customers, reducing vehicle miles and associated emissions
Optimizing last-mile delivery reduces the number of trips and miles driven, lowering fuel consumption and emissions in the most costly delivery segment.
Which logistics practice involves combining multiple smaller shipments into full truckloads to reduce the number of trips?
Answer: Freight consolidation
Freight consolidation combines multiple smaller shipments into full loads, reducing the total number of vehicle trips and associated emissions.
What is 'carbon offsetting' in logistics?
Answer: Compensating for unavoidable emissions by investing in projects that reduce or remove an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases
Carbon offsetting allows companies to balance unavoidable emissions by funding renewable energy, reforestation, or other emission-reduction projects elsewhere.
What does the 'circular economy' model mean in supply chain management?
Answer: An economic system that keeps resources in use as long as possible through reuse, repair, and recycling rather than disposal
The circular economy model aims to eliminate waste by keeping products and materials in continuous use through recovery, reuse, and recycling.
Which technology platform helps reduce empty miles in trucking by connecting available loads with trucks that would otherwise return empty?
Answer: Load matching and freight brokerage platforms
Load matching platforms connect shippers with carriers to fill empty trucks, reducing wasted trips and improving overall fleet utilization.
Which US government program provides financial incentives and tax credits for companies that invest in alternative fuel vehicles for freight operations?
Answer: Federal Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Tax Credit program
The federal Alternative Fuel Vehicle tax credit program incentivizes companies to adopt cleaner vehicles by offsetting the higher upfront costs of alternative fuel trucks.