Miljöpåverkan : Fallstudie på en tredjepartslogistikers lagerverksamhet

Sammanfattning: In todays' society where the environment is in focus, it is important that companies take their responsibility (Naturvårdsverket, 2019). Company X, which is a Swedish listed third-party logistics company, is one of the companies that has realized their obligation and desire to reduce the environmental impact created by the warehouse operations. In this case, Company X does not settle for reducing the environmental impact of the most common parts of a warehouse, the company desires to take even greater responsibility.The purpose of the study is to contribute with an expanded meaning of the environmental impact of a warehouse operation. With a case-specific study of a third-party logistics warehouse, the purpose is further to contribute with the foundation for decision-making for future improvement work regarding the environmental impact of the company’s warehouse.The study defines the parts of a warehouse that should be considered when calculating the environmental impact of a warehouse operation. Furthermore, based on the defined parts, Company X's environmental impact is calculated in order to finally elucidate actions that companies can implement to reduce the environmental impact. This is done by answering the following three research questions. 1. Which parts of a warehouse should be considered when calculating the environmental impact of a warehouse? 2. What was company X's environmental impact of its warehouse in the year of 2018? 3. What actions can be identified in order to reduce the environmental impact of the warehouse operations for Company X?All calculations of the environmental impact, both before and after the identified measures, are gathered in an Excel file and presented in the study that follows. An established Excel tool for Company´s X further use is also presented. The tool enables continuously record of the previously defined parts of the warehouse and contribute to effective feedback of the impact of the recommended measures.If Company X implements the recommended measures that the study results in, the company can reduce the environmental impact with 85 082 kilos of CO2 equivalents, which is a reduction of 15.5 per cent based on data from the year of 2018.