Greening logistics and its impact on environmental performance: an absorptive capacity perspective

Logistics Service Providers Going Green : A Framework for Developing Green Service Offerings

“…Zailani et al, 2011;Lin & Ho, 2011). In addition, Abareshi and Molla (2013) argue that an LSP's exploration of green knowledge reflects the support of top management for these kinds of practices. Similar results were also found in the Licentiate thesis, where engagement and support from top management can be crucial for how successfully the adoption of green initiatives are integrated in the company as well as received by the employees.…”

“…However, as mentioned in the study by Abareshi and Molla (2013), in order for an LSP to improve its green performance it may be necessary to adopt knowledge from different kinds of sources. The study shows that the most common way for an LSP to obtain external green knowledge was through participation in environmental training programmes, while the least commonly used routine was to gain information from legislation.…”

“…For example, Gammelgaard and Prockl (2012) encourage LSPs to adopt a somewhat formalised model for sustainable logistics innovation in order to look for the whole range of innovation options in a systematised way. Abareshi and Molla (2013) also highlight the relevance of, and need for, routines, practices and processes in their study of when LSPs analyse, integrate and transform different kinds of environmental knowledge in order to improve their green performance. The result from the study indicated that those LSPs that adopt effective routines and processes to obtain different kinds of environmental knowledge would gain better capabilities for integrating this kind of information into their logistics operations.…”

“…In common with the result by Lin and Ho (2011), many researchers mention the relevance of organisational encouragement and the important role of top management support when adopting and integrating green initiatives within the company. For example, Abareshi and Molla (2013) argue that an LSP's exploitation of green knowledge reflects the support of top management for these kinds of practice. In addition, by establishing necessary routines to control existing or new competencies in logistics operations top management may contribute to improving the green performance of the company.…”

“…In order to strive for a higher level of green performance, Abareshi and Molla (2013) argue that there is a need for LSPs to incorporate environmental considerations into their strategic decisions process. Despite its mentioned relevance, most of the LSPs which participated in the study by Zailani et al (2011) do not integrate environmental considerations into their overall business strategy.…”