Digital Innovation for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Emissions Reduction
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 May 2026 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editor
Interests: digital technologies; logistics; supply chain; Industry 5.0
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, titled “Digital Innovation for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Emissions Reduction” aims to explore how advanced digital technologies can be leveraged to transform logistics and supply chain systems into becoming environmentally sustainable, resilient, and efficient. This goal perfectly matches the aims of Sustainability to support the “technical, environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings.”
Logistics and supply chain companies are under increasing pressure to reduce their environmental footprint and simultaneously improve provided service reliability and economic performance. Digital transformation enables powerful tools to help to achieve these goals through real-time visibility, operational optimization, intelligent automation, and advanced analytics.
Despite rapid technological advancement, many organizations face challenges in translating outputs of digital innovation into measurable environmental gains. There is a need to propose developed practical, scalable models, and frameworks that guide the strategic adoption of these technologies focusing on emissions reduction.
This Special Issue invites your contributions that examine how digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twins, blockchain, automation, advanced data analytics, and others could support carbon emission monitoring, reduce waste, and optimize logistics decisions from a sustainability perspective.
I especially welcome research that bridges the gap between environmental objectives and operational performance through the application of digital tools and frameworks. I have provided a few examples of possible topics below, but I welcome papers on any topic related to the subject of this Special Issue:
- Digital tools for carbon emissions monitoring and sustainable operations management in logistics;
- Supply chain decarbonization through data-driven planning and process optimization;
- Smart logistics, warehousing, green fleet management, and low-emission routing;
- IoT and sensor-based solutions for real-time control;
- Digital twins, logistics systems change simulations, and environmental gains;
- Blockchain-enabled operations in achieving sustainable supply chain;
- Predictive analytics for green procurement and inventory optimization;
- AI-based tools for minimizing logistics externalities (emissions, fuel, noise);
- Cost–benefit and ROI evaluation supporting green logistics operations;
- Strategic frameworks for sustainable digital supply chain transformation;
- Integration of circular economy principles in logistics through digitalization;
- Case studies on emissions reduction enabled by digital transformation;
- Life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies important for digital transformation.
Dr. Aurelija Burinskienė
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- digital transformation
- sustainable logistics
- green supply chain
- carbon tracking
- emissions optimization
- AI in logistics
- IoT
- digital twin
- blockchain
- transport decarbonization
- warehouse automation
- data-driven sustainability
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