Abstract:
The role of logistics has, over the last decade, evolved into a significant
determinant in the operations of businesses. This study dealswith green
logistics, especially about the environmental sustainability in the logistics
industry in Islamabad, Pakistan. The main objective of thisstudy is to analyse
the main reasons for companies located in Islamabad, Pakistan to practice
green logistics and to give some constructiveadvice to promote the
environmental sustainability of thesecompanies’ green logistics systems.
Analysing 200 respondents from managerial staff revealed that successful green
logisticspractices would lead to higher sustainability. The highly positive and
significant relationship has been witnessed among the variables of
Sustainability Strategy, Green Transport Operations,Green Transport
Procurement, Logistics Effectiveness and Logistics Efficiency in the logistics
industryof Islamabad which further indicates that all these indicators are
necessary for increasing the performance of the industry.
