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Week 3 DQ: Contemporary logistics

Week 3 DQ: Contemporary logistics

Q Discuss the concept of logistics social responsibility. What is the triple bottom line of sustainability and discuss how the logistics function can contribute to the improvement of the various aspects of the triple bottom line?

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Social responsibility of logistics can be regarded as the idea where the whole chain of supply of the firm is managed by the team handling and is responsible socially in an environment that is cross-functional. Logistics social responsibility is followed in 5 chief areas which are: Sustainable transportation, sustainable warehousing, social responsibility purchasing, sustainable packaging, and reverse logistics. The triple bottom line can be regarded as the idea that states that emphasis of the company shouldn’t be only on the financial matters but the scope should be widened in the aspects of environmental and social concerns. The degree of the company of social