Prospects of the sustainable development concept, the importance of its high-quality implementation in the logistics sphere

Abstract

The issues of environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources and climate change gained a global scale. They are beginning to concern more and more people, pushing humanity to search for new ideas that can solve them qualitatively, or at least slow down their pace. The negative consequences that we can clearly see today in all corners of the world are a direct result of the long-term ignorance of these problems in the past. To continue our development as if human activity does not cause any harm to the environment and the earth's resources are infinite is simply impossible. Understanding of this obvious fact led to the formation and step-by-step improvement of the modern concept of sustainable development. It is especially important for logistics and management. Today, the logistics industry in one way or another covers all areas of human activity. It is simply impossible to imagine our life without reliable logistics, the whole modern economy relies on it, its overall quality, flexibility and speed. The logistics sphere connects a huge number of different enterprises, companies, transport vehicles and clients into a single system. No one would deny its significant impact on the environment and the climate change process. At present, one of the priority goals is to minimise the negative impact of logistics on the environment.