Green Logistics

It was designed to meet the customers’ needs for standard products that did not require adaptability

and resource preservation.

• Hybrid Supply Chain

• Agile Supply Chain

• Standard Supply Chain

• Lean Supply Chain

It was designed to be flexible in unpredictable situations and adaptable to the respective market needs.

• Hybrid Supply Chain

• Agile Supply Chain

• Standard Supply Chain

• Lean Supply Chain

It was designed to aim at ongoing development, mitigation of waste and generally at eradicating all the actions that do not create added value for the consumers..

• Hybrid Supply Chain

• Agile Supply Chain

• Standard Supply Chain

• Lean Supply Chain

It refers to the attempt of governments to control environmental impacts.

• Bottom-up approach

• Bottom-down approach

• Hybrid approach

• Top-up approach

• Top-down approach

This indicates that corporations are the major drivers of change and innovation.

• Bottom-up approach

• Bottom-down approach

• Hybrid approach

• Top-up approach

• Top-down approach

Which of the following is NOT a definition of Green Procurement?

• Green procurement has the same goals than does traditional procurement. They both focuses on the “value for money” aspects of procurement.

• Green procurements refer to green products or services, we mean those where one or

  more green practices have been implemented in one or more points of their life cycle in order to minimize CO2

  emissions, decrease water consumption and the polluting of water, dampen the effect of hazardous chemicals and

  decrease the excessive consumption of raw materials.

• Green procurements seek green/environmentally friendly products such as raw materials or semi-finished products

  with no environmental or social impact.

• Green procurements aims to integrate environmental considerations into the procurement procedure thus aiming to reduce its adverse impact on human health, social

  conditions and the environment, thereby saving money for organizations and the community at large.

• Green procurements related to all these products and services – the production,

  processing, storage, transportation, distribution and use thereof – have less of an environmental impact compared to

  the corresponding conventional products or services.

Green procurement life cycle:

The main activity of this stage is to establish the requirements for the products to be purchased - from specific materials, that contain a certain percentage of recycled or reused content made following specific procedures or to exclude or demand a reduced percentage of harmful for the environment or health characteristics.

• Choosing the green sourcing strategy

• Determining the technical/

  environmental specifications

• Screening of the green market

• Choosing green suppliers

• Measuring the contract performance

Green procurement life cycle:

The main activity of this stage is where the interested suppliers send their bids/tenders/offers.

• Choosing the green sourcing strategy

• Determining the technical/

  environmental specifications

• Screening of the green market

• Choosing green suppliers

• Measuring the contract performance

Green procurement life cycle:

The main activity of this stage is to adopt green practices that can be incorporated in an integrated procurements framework which serves the strategic objectives of the enterprise.

• Choosing the green sourcing strategy

• Determining the technical/

  environmental specifications

• Screening of the green market

• Choosing green suppliers

• Measuring the contract performance

Green procurement life cycle:

The main activity of this stage is to screen the market to find the suitable suppliers.

• Choosing the green sourcing strategy

• Determining the technical/

  environmental specifications

• Screening of the green market

• Choosing green suppliers

• Measuring the contract performance