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…During the last three decades, the production, transport, storage and consumption of goods have induced serious environmental problems worldwide. The impact of supply chain (SC) activities on the depletion of natural resources and the generation of different forms of waste is now clearly established. The dangerous consequences of industrial activities on the environment have motivated stakeholders, especially government regulators and conscious consumers, to put pressure on industrial managers and to encourage or/and impel them to adopt a responsible behaviour.

…As of August 2015, approximately 40 national jurisdictions and over 20 cities, states, and regions representing nearly a quarter of the global GHG emissions are putting a price on carbon (Kossoy et al. 2015). Together, carbon-pricing instruments cover approximately half of the emissions in these jurisdictions, which translate to approximately 12% of global emissions. This statistic represents significant progress: the number of carbon-pricing instruments has expanded by 90% since 2012 (Kossoy et al. 2015). However, more efforts must be deployed to cover a larger portion of GHG emissions. Furthermore, tighter carbon-pricing legislation must be developed to overcome the limits of actual legislation and boost its effectiveness. We assume that quantitative modelling and OR techniques may play an important role in helping policy-makers reach such objectives.

...To the best of our knowledge, researchers have not yet clearly established how customers’ environmental awareness (in particular, customer sensitivity to carbon emissions issues) affects demand. This is a challenging research topic since the result would depend on the type of products and the market sector, among other factors. Hence, more empirical research is needed to clarify the relation between low-carbon emissions products, their cost functions, the customers’ sensitivity and their willingness to pay for them.

...As the problem of carbon reduction remains at the forefront of occupations in the business community, political and social actors, it will continue to attract the interest of the OM community to help solve this problem and provide optimal strategies and decision support tools for managers and policy-makers...

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During the last three decades, the production, transport, storage and consumption of goods have induced serious environmental problems worldwide…The dangerous consequences of industrial activities on the environment have motivated stakeholders, especially government regulators and conscious consumers, to put pressure on industrial managers and to encourage or/and impel them to adopt a responsible behaviour.

…As of August 2015, approximately 40 national jurisdictions and over 20 cities, states, and regions representing nearly a quarter of the global GHG emissions are putting a price on carbon. Together, carbon-pricing instruments cover approximately half of the emissions in these jurisdictions, which translate to approximately 12% of global emissions. This statistic represents significant progress: the number of carbon-pricing instruments has expanded by 90% since 2012. However, more efforts must be deployed to cover a larger portion of GHG emissions. Furthermore, tighter carbon-pricing legislation must be developed to overcome the limits of actual legislation and boost its effectiveness.

…As the problem of carbon reduction remains at the forefront of occupations in the business community, political and social actors, it will continue to attract the interest of the OM community to help solve this problem and provide optimal strategies and decision support tools for managers and policy-makers…

 

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