Analysis of my country’s green logistics development path

Environmental issues have become political issues affecting human survival and social development. Green logistics is based on the further development of modern logistics and is the greening of the entire logistics operation and management process. The goal of green logistics is not only to achieve economic benefits such as profitability for economic entities, meeting customer needs, and expanding market share, but also to pursue the goals of saving resources and protecting the environment. The following is my brief analysis of the development status of modern green logistics in my country.

1. The Necessity of Implementing Green Logistics

The impact of logistics on the environment has shown a sharper and more prominent trend in the past decade or so. The main reason is due to the increase in logistics volume. Large, the increase in logistics speed and the enlargement of logistics facilities and tools have affected the environment. All logistics processes are related to the environment. Unlike ordinary industrial enterprises, the logistics environment is exposed to a wide area, which increases the difficulty of environmental management. Develop green logistics to reduce environmental pollution and resource consumption during the flow of goods. Judging from the current level of science, technology and management, there is no way to eradicate the destructive effect of logistics on the environment. Therefore, in terms of management, certain measures must be taken to limit or reduce it, and reduce the environmental burden as the goal of management. Only in this way can we realize the sustainable development of society, realize the leap to ecological industrial civilization, and cultivate an ecological civilization in which humans and nature and humans are harmonious. Therefore, the implementation of green logistics is necessary.

2. The main obstacles affecting the development of my country’s modern green logistics industry

According to statistics, the main obstacles affecting the development of my country’s modern green logistics industry are the following five points.

1. Due to the weak concept of green logistics in my country's society, the idea of ​​green logistics has not yet been established, and governments at all levels have not paid enough attention to it; enterprises have unilaterally pursued local effects and short-term economic benefits, neglecting logistics activities Negative effects on the environment.

2. Due to the traditional segmented management system, multi-head management, and segmented management system in my country's logistics industry, there is a lack of effective coordination among various logistics departments, and the internal connections of the logistics system are artificially divided, which is seriously restricted. The overall coordination and planning of the logistics system affects the coordinated development of various logistics services, hinders the socialization and intensification process of logistics, and leads to a serious waste of logistics resources.

3. In recent years, although my country's logistics infrastructure has been greatly improved, compared with the development requirements of our country's economy and logistics industry, there are still large gaps compared with developed countries. The gap, which to a considerable extent affects the improvement of my country's logistics efficiency, is not conducive to the rapid and healthy development of green logistics.

4. Because my country’s logistics information management level and technical means are relatively backward, the development and application of advanced logistics information technology lags behind, and there is a lack of necessary public logistics information platforms. Logistics information functions such as order management, cargo tracking, and inventory inquiry are weak, which restricts the improvement of logistics operation efficiency and service quality. Technology, equipment, and information standards are not unified among different logistics departments, and non-standardized behavior is quite common. Especially in some circulation links such as packaging, transportation, loading and unloading, there is a lack of unified standards, which results in rising logistics costs and waste of resources, which is not conducive to participating in international competition.

5. With the vigorous development of my country's modern logistics industry, the demand for logistics talents has increased sharply. The serious shortage of logistics talents has become a bottleneck restricting the development of my country's modern green logistics industry. Logistics professionals have also been listed as It is one of the 12 types of talents in short supply in my country. At present, the overall quality of my country's existing logistics practitioners is still relatively low, and there is a lack of high-quality compound people who understand both management and technology; the logistics education and training certification work lags behind; the number of logistics teachers is weak and the educational methods are backward, which seriously restricts green logistics. rapid development.

3. Paths and suggestions for developing green logistics in my country

The so-called green logistics refers to the use of scientific and advanced logistics on the original basis with the goal of reducing environmental pollution and resource consumption. Methods and technologies will improve logistics activities such as transportation, warehousing, loading and unloading, circulation processing, distribution, and packaging towards greening.

If green logistics wants to break through tradition and achieve success, it must first start from several basic elements that constitute logistics activities - intensive resources; green transportation; green packaging; green circulation processing; green information collection and management, etc. Strengthen management and explore new ways out; establish a new operational concept of green logistics; accelerate the planning and construction of green logistics company infrastructure.

1. Greening the basic elements of logistics activities

Intensive resources are the most essential content for green logistics and one of the main guiding ideas for the development of logistics. By integrating existing resources, optimizing resource allocation, improving resource utilization, and reducing resource consumption and waste. Bringing logistics procedures to a more streamlined and optimized level.

Fuel consumption and exhaust emissions during transportation are one of the main causes of environmental pollution caused by logistics activities. What green transportation advocates is transportation characterized by saving energy and reducing waste gas emissions. By rationally selecting transportation tools and transportation routes, overcoming roundabout transportation and repeated transportation to achieve the goal of energy conservation and emission reduction; improving internal combustion engine technology and using clean fuel to improve energy efficiency; preventing leakage during transportation to avoid causing serious damage to local areas. Environmental hazard.

Warehouse management is one of the core contents of logistics management, and its core goal is to improve the operation of the warehouse. Green warehousing is to sublimate traditional warehousing management to make its management procedures more complete and scientific. Green warehousing requires a reasonable warehouse layout to save transportation costs. If the layout is too loose, it will reduce the efficiency of transportation and increase the empty load rate. Therefore, warehouse construction should also conduct corresponding environmental impact assessments to fully consider the impact on the local environment. To make a cargo placement layout that is most conducive to local planning, we must adapt to local conditions and make full use of the existing space.

The relationship between packaging and logistics is much closer than its relationship with production. Its significance as the starting point of logistics is much greater than that of the end point of production. Therefore, packaging should enter the logistics system, which is a new concept in modern logistics. This shows that the status of packaging is so important. I think packaging is also the link most likely to cause production waste. Many products are packaged in more luxurious and atmospheric packaging. The volume of the packaging box is much larger than the volume of the item, and the most practical purpose of packaging is ignored - to protect the goods and facilitate transportation. Many use superficial and gorgeous packaging just to promote sales without considering whether the packaging material is beneficial to the user. Recycle again. The harm to the environment we depend on is huge. We must vigorously promote the use of green packaging. Because green packaging advocates the use of packaging methods for the purpose of saving resources and reducing waste emissions, which is beneficial to environmental protection. Packaging includes three aspects: greening of materials, greening of packaging methods, and greening of packaging operations. The main ways to implement green packaging include: using environmentally friendly materials, improving material utilization, designing foldable packaging to reduce empty loads, and establishing a packaging recycling system. After use, it is easy to recycle and regenerate into other useful materials; it takes up less space when landfilled and is easy to degrade.

The main objects of circulation processing are commodities that enter the circulation field. They have the attributes of commodities and are an auxiliary and supplementary to production and processing. Most of them are simple processing, mainly changing the external form of the processing objects. No need for Too complex technical equipment and processes. Therefore, I believe that green distribution and processing mainly refers to non-polluting distribution and processing methods and related policies and measures based on environmental protection considerations. It can be seen from its main implementation methods - changing consumer decentralized processing to professional centralized processing and smooth docking of waste logistics. Through improvements in these two aspects, large-scale operations can improve resource utilization efficiency, reduce environmental pollution and The waste generated during circulation and processing is processed centrally, and the smooth docking of waste logistics greatly reduces waste pollution and pollution in the waste logistics process.

Logistics information is also indispensable for the smooth progress of the entire logistics activity. The collection, sorting, storage and utilization of logistics information play a decisive role in logistics decision-making. The collection and management of green information are the basis for enterprises to implement green logistics strategies. By using advanced information technology to collect, organize and store various green information, and apply it to logistics management in a timely manner, we can promote the further greening of logistics.

2. Establish a new operating concept of green logistics

The development of green logistics cannot be separated from strong policy guarantees. Therefore, a complete set of laws, regulations and policy systems must be established to effectively To regulate, supervise and motivate the behavior of logistics enterprises. Constrain and intervene in the external economics of logistics activities through environmental legislation, sewage charge systems, license systems and the establishment of green logistics standards; encourage and guide the behavior of logistics entities through the formulation of green subsidy policies, tax support policies, preferential loan policies and other incentive policies , Promote the healthy development of green logistics.

3. Accelerate the planning and construction of green logistics company infrastructure

If you want to speed up the planning and construction of green logistics company infrastructure, first of all, pay attention to the existing logistics foundation Utilization and transformation of facilities, through scientific integration of their scale, layout, and functions, improve the use efficiency of existing facilities and give full play to the comprehensive effectiveness of existing facilities. Secondly, strengthen macro coordination and functional integration of newly built logistics infrastructure. Logistics-related planning should be coordinated from an overall strategic perspective, and the relationship between various plans should be straightened out so that logistics planning, station construction planning for different transportation modes, and warehousing facility planning in the industrial and commercial circulation industries can be organically connected and coordinated to prevent duplication of construction. Avoid waste of land resources. Furthermore, we must continue to expand the scale of investment in transportation infrastructure and increase the construction of highways, railways, water transportation, aviation, pipelines, urban distribution and other facilities. For basic and public welfare facilities, the government should increase investment. For commercial facilities, it should expand investment and financing channels in accordance with the laws of market economy and encourage business operations. Finally, we must focus on strengthening the connection of various transportation modes, speed up the improvement of comprehensive transportation networks, and vigorously develop multimodal transportation.

4. Pay attention to the cultivation of logistics talents

For the cultivation of logistics talents, colleges and universities are the main position for cultivating high-level logistics talents. To cultivate qualified talents that meet the requirements of the times, each university should according to its own characteristics and market requirements for logistics talent specifications, further optimize the training model, and develop its own characteristics in terms of talent training target design, curriculum system construction and training methods.

For logistics management talents, they should be composite.

You must understand both logistics technology and logistics economics; you must not only be familiar with logistics management technology, but also master supply chain processes, and be familiar with software programs and information technology system e-commerce technology. This requires them to have extensive knowledge, such as transnational trade and knowledge, warehousing and transportation expertise, financial cost management knowledge, safety management knowledge and legal knowledge, etc. At the same time, they should also have basic qualities such as the ability to accept modern logistics concepts, the ability to systematically analyze and solve problems, a strong desire for management and superb management skills, and a spirit of challenge.

For operational logistics talents, they should have general logistics knowledge and technology, and master the basic knowledge and technical methods of economics and trade, information science, and industrial engineering. In terms of skills, basic skills in transportation, warehousing, packaging, loading and unloading, circulation processing and information services should be fully mastered. At the same time, he has the basic qualities of hard work, integrity and effective communication.

5. Conclusion

Based on the above content, it is not only necessary but also urgent to create my country’s modern green logistics and advocate high efficiency, energy saving and green environmental protection. The development of my country’s modern green logistics The situation is optimistic. With the development of economic globalization, some traditional tariff and non-tariff barriers have gradually faded, and green barriers have gradually emerged. Especially after joining the WTO, the market has become more internationalized. After a reasonable transition period, most foreign equity restrictions will be lifted in my country's logistics industry. Foreign logistics companies will enter the Chinese market, which is bound to have a huge impact on domestic logistics companies. . This means that there will be fierce competition in the logistics industry in the future. my country's step up to develop green logistics is an important opportunity to cope with future challenges and take the lead in competition.