Table 1

Details of literature review on sustainable logistics indicators

Ref. noSourceFocus areaObjectiveMethodology and approachDimensions
1Nicolas et al. (2003) Urban transportation and mobilitySuggesting a set of indicators for urban transportation and mobility incorporating the three dimensions of sustainabilityExploratory ResearchEconomic
Environmental
Social
Mobility
2Dobranskyte-Niskota (2007) TransportationIdentifying sustainability indicators for the transportation sector and benchmarking with these indicatorsBenchmarkingEconomic
Environmental
Social
Technical
3Litman and Sustainable Transport. Indicators Subcom. of the Transport. Ress. Board (2008)TransportationIdentifying indicators for sustainable transportation evaluationSystematic ReviewEconomic
Environmental
Social
4Shiau and Liu (2013) TransportationProposing an indicator system for measuring and monitoring transport sustainability at the county (or city) levelFuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs)
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Economic
Environmental
Social
Energy
5Chen and Pak (2017) PortsIdentifying a set of green performance evaluation indices for Chinese portsDelphi TechniqueEnvironmental
6Mavi et al. (2017) Reverse LogisticsIdentifying criteria for third-party reverse logistics provider (3PRLP) assessmentFuzzy SWARA and Fuzzy MOORAEconomic
Environmental
Social
7Jung (2017) 3PLDefining the social sustainability of 3PL providers and related evaluation criteriaFuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)Social
8Khan and Qianli (2017) LogisticsExamining the association between national economic and environmental indicators with green logistics performanceAutoregressive Distributed LagEconomic
Environmental
9Rai et al. (2018) Urban freight transportProviding a comprehensive set of indicators on urban freight transportHierarchical Indicator SetEconomic
Environmental
Social
10Lan and Tseng (2018) Metropolitan logisticsProposing sets of key indicators and an evaluation modelEntropyEconomic
11Bandeira et al. (2018) Urban freight transportPresenting an approach for selecting alternative configurations for sustainable urban distribution chainsFuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making ApproachEconomic
Environmental
Social
12Lambrechts et al. (2019) LogisticsAnalyzing logistics sector sustainability reporting, with extensive operationalization of sustainability indicatorsSystematic ReviewEconomic
Environmental
Social
13Zhang et al. (2019) City LogisticsIdentifying important variables and indicators for measuring city logistics environmental sustainabilitySystematic ReviewEnvironmental
14Martins et al. (2020) LogisticsAnalyzing how Brazilian professionals think about sustainable logisticsCluster Hierarchical Analysis and TOPSISEconomic
Environmental
Social
General
15Yontar (2021) LogisticsReviewing the literature and identifying sustainable logistics criteriaSystematic Review and Pareto AnalysisEconomic
Environmental
Social
Internal
16Prabodhika et al. (2021) Logistics Service ProvidersMeasuring logistics service providers’ sustainability performanceAHPEconomic
Environmental
Social
Technologic
17Jayarathna et al. (2022) LogisticsIdentifying sector-specific sustainability indicators and priorities based on the material issues of the logistics sectorQualitative Content AnalysisEconomic
Environmental
Social
18Gonzalez et al. (2023) Last-mile logisticsDeveloping a weighting framework incorporating expert judgments and contextual urban environment to identify the key criteriaSTAR Methodology (MCDM)Economic
Environmental
Social
19Al-lami and Torok (2023) Public TransportationIdentifying important sustainability indicators for public transportationSystematic ReviewEconomic
Environmental
Social
Technical
20Nemaa et al. (2022) Urban road transportInvestigating sustainability indicators for urban road networksSystematic ReviewEconomic
Environmental
Social

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