Abstract

The topic of environmental sustainability has become a central theme in recent years. To-date, ample scholarly literature has focused on the application of environmental sustainability in manufacturing, with scant attention on the logistics industry – particularly in Canada. Given the lack of research on the topic in Canada and the significant negative environmental impact of trucking transportation in the country, I use case study methodology to uncover: (1) the types of green initiatives that have been adopted by Canadian trucking companies, and (2) the drivers and barriers that can affect trucking companies’ adoption of green initiatives. Moreover, I conduct semi-structured interviews with high-level employees from eight small-to-medium sized trucking companies in Ontario. The results illustrate that the implementation of green initiatives in trucking is at an early stage and that trucking companies in Ontario face a multitude of drivers and barriers when adopting green initiatives. Additionally, I reveal three new findings.

Highlights

  • This thesis is the study of the current state of environmental sustainability in the Canadian logistics market, with a main focus on the trucking sector

  • Following the start of the second Kyoto Protocol commitment period in 2013, Tacken et al (2014) initiated research in the field of carbon-reducing initiatives in the German logistics sector. Their results confirmed the findings previously described in the literature on the topic of green initiatives in logistics as well the influencing factors affecting their adoption

  • 5 Discussion This chapter synthesizes the findings from each within-case analysis from Chapter 4 to provide a summary of the current state of adoption of green initiatives in the eight small-to-medium sized trucking companies studied in Ontario

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Introduction

This thesis is the study of the current state of environmental sustainability in the Canadian logistics market, with a main focus on the trucking sector. We provide an overview of: (1) the need for “green” research in the Canadian logistics market, and (2) the significance of the trucking sector in Canada – both in terms of its economic contribution, as well as its negative environmental impact. The market structure and current trends in the Canadian trucking sector are discussed. The objectives and aims of the study (along with the main research questions) are outlined. The uniqueness of Canada as research infrastructure is highlighted, and the scope and focus of the thesis are presented. The chapter concludes with an outline of the structure of this thesis

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