In today’shighlycompetitiveenvironment, green logistics
issues aregaininginterest.Nevertheless,itisnoteasytofind
literature referencesonthistopic(Richardson, 2001). Infact,the
literature reviewshowsthatthistopicwasnotdiscusseduntil
1990 (Srivastava, 2007), when green logistics was consideredasa
relevant socialandeconomicalissue.Thispapermainlyfocuses
on studyinghowcompaniescanhavepositiveenvironmental
effects bymakingsomeoperationalchangesintheirlogistics
system. Therearedifferentperspectivesandtheoriestoapproach
the topic,butthereisalackofresearchintocasestudies.
Therefore, furtherresearchintocasestudiesisnecessaryto
validate thosetheories(Aronsson andBrodin,2006). Forthat
reason, thispaperusesanexampleofacasestudytodiscusshow
green practices canachievebotheconomicandenvironmental
objectives.