Logística verde no transporte de carga no Brasil
Resumo
The effects of climate change are being felt around the world. Caused by the emission of
polluting gases into the atmosphere from anthropogenic activities such as the burning of
fuels in transportation, industry, power generation and deforestation, companies are being
held responsible and pressured to improve energy efficiency and find ways to mitigate or
minimize the damage caused by their activities, especially logistics. In 2010, activities such
as transportation accounted for 23% of global CO2 emissions. Although Brazil is a
developing country with continental dimensions and diverse natural resources, the country
has been disappointing in its sustainability metrics, ranking fifth among the largest climate
polluters. This is because cargo transportation is based on the highest specific emissions
mode, road transport, which in turn depends mostly on fossil fuels, which are non-renewable
and highly polluting. In this way, the possibility of achieving lower emission levels can be
seen by optimizing the country's cargo transport sector through strategies that culminate in
the green logistics philosophy. With the advent of Industry 4.0, we can count on the support
of technology to obtain data, analyze it and make decisions based on it - specifically to
optimize routes, schedule movements, monitor fuel consumption and manage metrics. There
is a growing body of research in the field of green logistics, with a focus on the use of
alternative fuels, intermodal transfers, and infrastructure improvements in road, waterway
and railway systems, each with its own specificities and challenges, and all under the
supervision and regulation of organizations and the state through policies, taxes, and/or
transactions in the carbon market.
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