Our Research
Research Overview
The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics founded Sustainable Supply Chains Lab in order to connect research outcomes to practical settings, enabling companies and stakeholders to leverage supply chains as a beneficial force to reaching global sustainable development goals. Our research seeks to improve visibility of supply chain impacts and develop strategies to help reduce them, so companies can better address consumer, political, and shareholder concerns.
Research Projects
GHG Emissions Associated to Food Waste
Dr. Fabiola Vásquez Garcia The impact of replenishment strategies for basket-of-goods consumers to reduce GHG emissions associated to food waste. Food waste is a...
Sustainable Logistics
Green Vehicle Routing'In Green Logistics, a shorter distance does not necessarily mean less CO2 emissions.' We conducted a case study evaluating a distribution center...
Rental vs Fast Fashion Clothing
We evaluated the environmental sustainability of the fashion industry business models to learn what is the most sustainable option to buy clothing. We compared the...
Scope 3 Emissions Research & Supply Chain Transparency
Companies have become proficient at calculating direct emissions (Scope 1) as well as those from purchased utilities (Scope 2). However, Scope 3 emissions, which...
Electrification of the Supply Chain
Prepared by Dr. Josué C. Velázquez Martínez from MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, Dr. Laura Palacios-Argüello, and Prof. Joachim Arts from Luxembourg...
Consumer-Facing Sustainable Logistics Preference for Green Last Mile Home Delivery
In the era of e-commerce and climate change, sustainability in last-mile delivery operations has a pivotal role. The boost of online shopping and increasing...
State of Supply Chain Sustainability
In partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, we launch the annual State of Supply Chains Sustainable Report that helps companies gain…
Circular Supply Chains
The Circular Supply Chain Initiative in MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics envisions and explores how companies can leverage supply chain circularity to...