Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Cucchiella, Federica, editor.
Koh, Lenny, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9783319026961
3319026968
331902695X
9783319026954
9783319026954
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 8, 2015).
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| Summary: | This book provides a valuable resource for anyone who wishes to understand how sustainable use of energy can lead to increased efficiency of industrial supply chains and improved financial profitability. The book is organized around real examples and case studies that can be applied to real-world problems. Furthermore, insight is provided by an international panel of contributors, and the book provides comprehensive coverage of current practice and future developments in the evolution of sustainable supply chains and energy consumption. The text underlines how organizations are now looking seriously at supply chain assets in order to help their suppliers retool and focus on renewable energy. Renewable energy technology is a fast growing market with promising financial returns and substantial environmental gains; this book shows how the right management of renewable investments can have significant advantages by: ℓ́Ø providing critical opportunities in driving costs down and making renewable energy sources more competitive with conventional energy; ℓ́Ø making infrastructure expansion easier; ℓ́Ø increasing employment in manufacturing and services supply chains in order to support renewable energy generation; and ℓ́Ø mitigating the impacts of climate change. This book is intended for business professionals, researchers and students working in supply chain management or energy management.
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| Other form: | Printed edition: 9783319026954
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-02696-1
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