Since the 19th century, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been increasing every year and have led to detrimental effects on the environment. GHG emissions stem from greenhouse gases which trap heat and warm the Earth’s surface, a factor leading to the current climate crisis. Therefore, the scale of climate emergency concerns all stakeholders in a society. Specifically, businesses have responsibilities and a strong influence in slowing the trajectory of climate crisis by mitigating GHG emissions associated with their operations.
In this thesis, possibilities to reduce GHG emissions within an inbound logistics flow are investigated by analyzing a food company as a case study. A combination of a bottom-up literature review, qualitative interviews and quantitate GHG emissions calculations are used to uncover a baseline assessment of inbound logistics flow to evaluate and inform of potential GHG emissions alleviation strategies. This research shows that an understanding of an inbound logistics network and a baseline assessment of associated GHG emissions can be facilitative for businesses, especially food companies heavily reliant on inbound logistics to trace and mitigate their GHG emissions.