GreenLog

Responsible

• Martin Grunewald

Project Partners

• Volkswagen Logistics GmbH & Co. OHG
• Niedersächsisches Forschungszentrum Fahrzeugtechnik (NFF)

Initial Situation and Problem

• In 2004 freight transport was responsible for 8% of anthropogenic CO₂ emissions - one major cause of global warming.
• Governments develop new instruments to reduce CO₂ emissions in freight transport.
• The “Greenness” of products becomes major source of differentiation.

Objective and Approach

• Evaluation of measures to reduce CO₂ emissions in the automotive supply chain with regard to: Network planning, Modal split, Inventory management.
• Understandig the causes of CO₂ emissions in logistics operations (inbound/outbound).
• Identification of relevant logistics processes.
• Analysis of the qualitative cause and effect relations.
• Identification of the measures to reduce CO₂ emissions.
• Development of a quantitative model  for CO₂ emission.
• Validation based on empirical data.
• Provision of recommendations regarding structural and operational changes within logistics operations.