面向社会可持续性的逆向物流

Reverse Logistics for Social Sustainability

逆向物流通过废旧或寿命期末产品的回收、重用及循环利用,节约了大量的垃圾填埋地、能源和成本,其在提高环境和经济的可持续性方面所起的战略作用越来越受到企业的重视。可持续理论作为一种正在发展的理论体系,与逆向物流相结合的研究是新出现的主题。现有的研究更多地是从经济和环境的角度而不是从社会和企业责任的角度关注逆向物流的可持续性应用。文章从社会可持续性的角度,利用现有的社会可持续性框架,把各种社会可持续性指标与各种逆向物流实践相结合,将逆向物流这个日益成长领域中的一些关键问题系统化。文章的讨论不仅为政府决策者制定有利于社会可持续性的逆向物流政策提供了有益的参考,帮助实践者在利用与逆向物流有关的社会收益时避免潜在的隐患,同时在理论上完善了可持续性理论体系。

Reverse logistics has saved a lot of landfill space, a lot of energy and cost through the reclaiming, reusing and recycling of the waste or end-of-life products, and the strategic role of its improving the environmental and economic sustainability get more and more attentions of some enterprises. Sustainable theory is a developing theoretical system, and the research of this theory combined with reverse logistics is an emerging theme. The existing research pays attention to the application of reverse logistics to sustainability more from the economic and environmental point of view rather than from the social and enterprise responsibility＇s point of view. This paper has used the existing social sustainability framework to organize key issues in the growing field of reverse logistics from the perspective of social sustainability and by combining the various social sustainability indicators with a variety of reverse logistics practice. This discussion provides a useful reference not only for government decision-makers to develop beneficial reverse logistics policies for social sustainability but also help practitioners avoid the potential pitfalls in the use of the social gains related to reverse logistics, while more improves the sustainable theory system.