What is sustainable logistics?

Sustainable logistics applies emissions and circularity lenses to everyday transportation and warehousing decisions. Tactically, you maximize cube and backhauls, favor lower-carbon modes (rail/intermodal), avoid empty miles, and design cross-dock/flow-through to cut dwell and energy. Strategically, you reshape the network (node placement, service zones), pilot alt-fuel/EV where it pencils, and optimize packaging to reduce mass and damage. The point isn't green at any cost, but quantified trade-offs, service, cost, and carbon, so the network gets cleaner and more resilient year over year.