Managing

responsible
transportation
Prepared by: Supervised by:
BRICHICH Houda Phd: Mme, FAHMI Sanaa
FRASTAOUI Boutayna
HADAOUA Lamina
JAAFARI Salah Eddine
 INTRODUCTION

Different modes of transportation, their impact on environment and its principles

Transition to responsible transportation policy

Environmentally responsible transport practices

Outline
Transport and social responsibility

Transport responsibility as a source of competitive advantage

Case study’s responsible transport policy

CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Different modes of transportation and
their impact on the environment
What is transportation?

Transport refers to the activity that facilitates physical movement of goods as well as individuals from
one place to another.

What is Sustainable Transportation  ?

Sustainable Transportation refers to any means of transportation that is 'green' and has low

impact on the environment. 
Sustainable transportation is also about balancing our current and future needs.
Examples of sustainable transportation include walking, cycling, transit, car sharing, and green
vehicles.
03 Road
transportation

Land Rail
transportation transportation

Types of Air River

transportation transportation transport

Water
transportation
Road The first, and most common mode of transportation in

Transport logistics, is road. From walking to horses to wagons to bikes to

cars to trucks, road transportation has been around longer than
ation mode and is utilized the most of any mode in logistics.
Rail First invented for use in the early 19th century, rail transport

transport quickly became vital for the expansion of the western world
and has played a pivotal role in the realm of logistics for over
ation two centuries. In modern practice, rail is used more exclusively
for the largest and heaviest payloads (bulk cargo) traveling
across land.
Air Air transportation is the fastest growing and most time efficient

transport shipping mode. Consequently, many companies, such as

Amazon and UPS, have purchased their own fleets of airplanes
ation to gain a competitive edge in the growing market.
Water Shipping by water has been practiced for thousands of years

transport and remains pivotal to today’s global trade. 90% of all

international trade is accomplished through maritime
ation transportation. Cargo ships travel on almost every major body
of water and have capacity to transport the highest volume of
freight of any mode of transportation at the lowest cost.
Environmental impact and the effects
of transport
 Transport makes a considerable contribution to the

Climate greenhouse effect.

It is also primarily carbon dioxide emissions from transport
that are increasing and are expected to increase in the
future.
Emissions of greenhouse gases are an extremely relevant
issue when it comes to our choice of transport means.
 Air pollutants are very significant in some urban areas
Health primarily as a health risk.
Air pollutants can be generally toxic and contribute to
allergies and other hypersensitivity.
They can also cause cancer or other genetic toxic effects.
Road traffic and in some places even wood-fired central
heating in homes are the dominant sources of pollution.
 The degree of noise from different modes of transport
differs. The frequency of the noise, the location of the

Noise source and variations in the level of noise all affect the
experience of it.

Many studies illustrate a link between exposure to noise

and negative effects on people.

The effects of noise are often indirect and combined in a

pattern of interacting factors.
 Acidification is mainly caused by emissions of nitrogen
Acidification oxides (NOx) and sulphur dioxides (SO2) that cause the
fall-out of acidifying agents.

Acidification leads to tangible changes in the conditions of

life for plants, micro-flora and animals.
 The stability of the ecosystem and the variation of all

Land use living things is known as biological diversity and is

extremely important for sustainable life.

The land and water taken over by the transport sector,

along with natural areas and
natural resources, has both a direct and/or an indirect
impact.
 Transport is the greatest source of both nitrogen oxides and
Ozone volatile organic substances.

damage Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic

substances (VOC) , primarily certain types of
hydrocarbons, interact under the influence of sunlight to
create ozone and other oxidants in the air.
 Access
Principles of
01 People are entitled to reasonable access to other
people, places, goods and services.
responsible and
Equity
sustainable The transportation community must strive to ensure

02
social, interregional and inter-generational equity,
transport:
meeting the basic transportation-related needs of all
people including women, the poor, the rural, and
the disabled.

Health and Safety

03 Transportation systems should be designed and

operated in a way that protects the health (physical,
mental and social well-being) and safety of all people,
and enhances the quality of life in communities.
 In d i v i d u al Res p on si b i l i ty

04
All individuals have a responsibility to act as
stewards of the natural environment,
undertaking to make sustainable and responsible

Principles of choices with regard to personal movement and

consumption.
P ol l u ti o n Preven ti o n
responsible and

sustainable transport:
05 Transportation needs must be met without
generating emissions that threaten public health,
global climate, biological diversity or the
integrity of essential ecological processes.

L an d an d Res ou rce Use

06 Transportation systems must make efficient

use of land and other natural resources while
ensuring the preservation of vital habitats and
other requirements for maintaining
biodiversity
 Transition to responsible transport policy (post-
COVID pandemic)
• The unprecedented global shutdown that resulted from the COVID pandemic presents an opportunity to
reconfigure future transport policy and practice for the benefit of the global environment and individual
citizens alike. Before COVID, much of the emphasis in transport policy was on demand management,
‘smart’ technological interventions and sustainable mobility.

04
 • The public health crisis has necessitated an urgent reconsideration
of transport and its contribution to post-COVID economic recovery.
Transition to In recognition of the importance of individual behaviour and
collective responsibility in protecting both personal and public
responsible health during the crisis, this think piece proposes a new concept
of Responsible Transport to help inform and shape transport
transport policy policy and practice responses to COVID.

(post-COVID • The novelty of this proposal lies in the fact that it incorporates not
only environmental considerations with respect to sustainability
pandemic) but also encompasses considerations of individual and community
health and wellbeing. Moreover, it stresses the role of the
individual as a responsible autonomous actor in delivering socially
desired transport outcomes.
Environmentally responsible
transport practices:
SYSTEMATIC WORK FOR CO2 REDUCTION

• Efforts to achieve the desired CO2 reduction are carried out in three areas;
mode of transport, fuels and loading methods.

• Electric cars should be used for urban deliveries

• Total weight per transport unit should be increased for more efficient vehicle use,

• Green fuels should be used: for company and private cars, and natural gas for
trucks,
REDUCE TH E NEED FO R TRANSPO RT

Best for the environment is no transport at all. There are ways of

reducing transport requirements without reducing production.

REDUCE TRANSPO RT DI STANCE

Transport distances can be limited by for example production near the

market and increased number of local suppliers within the industry.

INVESTING IN NEW VEHICLES

Investing in new trucks allows companies to continually serve customers
with superior service, while protecting the environment.  
 Transport and environmental responsibility

Transport and water quality

The contribution of transport to the pollution of rivers and oceans is

considerable and is only recently being addressed by international
legislation. Significant progress has been made in a number of areas such as
ballast water, waste, and oil spills. As regulation gets more comprehensive,
the more the transport industry is impacted. This is particularly evident in
matters relating to dredging, where environmental constraints are
placing a growing financial burden on ports seeking to deepen channels to
keep pace with the growth of vessel size.

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 Transport footprint

Increased demand for transport is already placing enormous

pressure on new infrastructures. Many of these transport
facilities, such as airports and ports, require substantial
amounts of land for their own internal operations and for the
external transport links that have to be provided. Rapid
motorization in developing economies has resulted in the
conversion of land to provide road infrastructure. This
expanded scale of transport infrastructure questions the
capacity of environmental systems to mitigate the
disruptions and will likely have an impact on how transport
infrastructure is designed.
 Transport and climate change

• Transport activities, particularly vehicles, account for 22% of CO2

emissions worldwide. They are thus subject to regulatory pressures to
improve their environmental performance regarding the greenhouse gases
they emit. Concomitantly, transportation activities can be negatively
impacted by climate change. Severe weather occurrences have a
disruptive effect on transport systems, particularly for air transportation,
which has become a crucial element of global and regional mobility.

• Potential impacts on infrastructure need to be assessed since

infrastructures are built with an expected life cycle, which can be reduced
by climate change or increase maintenance costs. The prospects of  sea
level rises are particularly challenging for coastal transport systems. The
extent to which climate change is influenced by and will impact global
transport systems remains to be assessed more rigorously instead of
speculatively.
 Transportation decarbonization.

As a direct outcome of the risks of climate change, strategies are being implemented to reduce, mitigate,
and even eliminate carbon emissions by adapting transportation infrastructures, conveyances, and
operations. A core aspect is switching away from technologies supported by fossil fuels to technologies
that are not, thus the decarbonization. The question remains about what suitable level of decarbonization
can be achieved and how sustainable this level is.
The sustainability of transportation systems will be achieved through a series of innovations
Corporate social responsability and
transportation
 Corporate social responsibility has a big role to play in the transport and logistic industry. CSR is really
fostering research and innovation: promoting sustainable technologies and behaviors. It’s even more
important, now that new digital technologies help us monitor and analyze our activity. New electric trucks
models are announced for the coming years  , electric vans are getting more and more common for last mile
deliveries.
The logistics industry needs to become a forerunner in CSR .
 We would all benefit from a general commitment towards CSR. Instead of competing on prices, adding CSR
goals in your strategy allows you to improve you financial efficiency while differentiating yourself from
your competitors.
VIIA is a transport operator that has a wide railway network spread
throughtout Europe, basically the company is a subsidiary of SNCF and was
created in the first place in 2012 to manage SNCF (AFA and Lorry-Rail) rail
motorway activities and develop new lines in Europe.

Mainly specialised in goods transport via an optimal combination of road and

rail forms, the thing that grants efficiently and match properly with the
environmental standards relative to this activity as well as a certain level of
respect towards the working conditions of their drivers.
 VIIA MULTIMODAL RESPONSIBLE TRANSPORT POLICY

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONS- SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY COMMITMENT

IBILITY

It pays a special attention towards their drivers work-life Semi-trailers, containers, and mobile body shells are
The company’s policy enables to save more than 87,500 balance. ultimately, drivers spend less time far from home tracked, checked on, and monitored from the pick-up
tonnes of CO2 per year, This represents 70 million fewer while still driving the same number of km per week by point at the terminals until the are delivered to the
kilometres travelled by trucks on the road. performing other trips in the same region. client .
WHAT IS IN THERE FOR THE COMPANY ?

Increases the attractiveness of the business,

the thing that favors their services over the
Promoting the company’s label as green entity
competition.

1 2
Reduces the overall operating costs, which
could eventually boost the profit margin and
profitability

4 3
Source of Employees’ satisfaction
CONCLUSION
The engagement of civil society is a critical and crucial factor that exacerbate
and put intensively companies under pressure to lead some sort of strategic
approach of transformation towards a so-called sustainable transport policy.

The advent of eco-friendly means of transportation such as electic cars and also
drones powered 100% with electricity is ultimately the most convenient and
promising way to concretize this policy and capitalize on the current
achievements in the field of green transport.