SOSLog - Association for Sustainable Logistics
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet their needs.
The aim of SOS Log is to promote and disseminate the culture of sustainability, bringing to light challenges and innovative solutions:
- redesigning products and processes, in order to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact and influence the value of the product/service delivered to the end customer;
- case histories, to identify the challenges and sustainable solutions that businesses and public administrations have carried out, improving competitiveness and the provision of products/services and, in general, the quality of life;
- the opportunities offered by innovative fuels (for example, LNG) and alternative drives (hybrid, electrical), to reduce greenhouse gasses and polluting emissions in the transport of people and goods;
- the development of “urban logistics”, to extend differentiated waste collection, to generate biomass energy, to optimise transport and mobility in cities;
- the development of reverse logistics, to restructure the logistics chain, at the end of the products’ life cycles, with the aim of re-use or for the use of the production waste as secondary material for other companies;
- the dissemination of the experiences of the application of intermodal Railway/Road/Sea transport, to create a HUB that optimizes costs-returns and atmospheric emissions for major trade flows;
- the optimal use and integration of the existing mobility infrastructure through sharing, pooling and intermodal transport;
- the role of Information and Communication Technology as an enabling factor, to reduce traffic congestion, to better fill the means of transport, to increase safety and reduce accidents on the roads;
- research and studies on initiatives and best-practices , in order to verify the effectiveness and support of new sustainable approaches in the business.
