Sustainability in Logistic Systems:
An Analysis of Articles Published
in the Main Event of Production
Engineering in Brazil
Vitor William Batista Martins, Rosley Anholon,
Osvaldo Luis Gonçalves Quelhas, and Walter Leal Filho
1 Introduction
Sustainability insertion in several areas has been gaining importance worldwide,
mainly after the publication of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals proposed by
UN (Gunawan et al. 2020; Khalili et al. 2017; Martins et al. 2019a, b). Much of this
importance is due to the pressure exerted by stakeholders who increasingly demand
environmentally correct and socially adequate production processes, products and
services. According to Abedini et al. (2020) and Gomes et al. (2019), the insertion of
sustainability guidelines in companies strategies and routine can provide competitive
advantages for organizations.
Within the operations developed by the companies, logistical activities stand out.
Wu et al. (2020) argue that these activities can greatly contribute to a more sustainable
future, as long as they include actions in the economic, social and environmental
V. W. B. Martins (B)
Department of Production Engineering, State University of Pará, Travessa Dr. Enéas Pinheiro,
Belém, PA 2626, Brazil
e-mail: vitor.martins@uepa.br
V. W. B. Martins · R. Anholon
Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Materials, State University of Campinas,
Mendeleyev Street, 200. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: rosley@fem.unicamp.br
O. L. G. Quelhas
Laboratory of Technology, Business and Environment Management, Federal Fluminense
University, Passo da Pátria Street, 156. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
e-mail: osvaldoquelhas@id.uff.br
W. Leal Filho
Faculty of Life Sciences, European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg
University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: walter.leal2@haw-hamburg.de
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An Analysis of Articles Published
in the Main Event of Production
Engineering in Brazil
Vitor William Batista Martins, Rosley Anholon,
Osvaldo Luis Gonçalves Quelhas, and Walter Leal Filho
1 Introduction
Sustainability insertion in several areas has been gaining importance worldwide,
mainly after the publication of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals proposed by
UN (Gunawan et al. 2020; Khalili et al. 2017; Martins et al. 2019a, b). Much of this
importance is due to the pressure exerted by stakeholders who increasingly demand
environmentally correct and socially adequate production processes, products and
services. According to Abedini et al. (2020) and Gomes et al. (2019), the insertion of
sustainability guidelines in companies strategies and routine can provide competitive
advantages for organizations.
Within the operations developed by the companies, logistical activities stand out.
Wu et al. (2020) argue that these activities can greatly contribute to a more sustainable
future, as long as they include actions in the economic, social and environmental
V. W. B. Martins (B)
Department of Production Engineering, State University of Pará, Travessa Dr. Enéas Pinheiro,
Belém, PA 2626, Brazil
e-mail: vitor.martins@uepa.br
V. W. B. Martins · R. Anholon
Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Materials, State University of Campinas,
Mendeleyev Street, 200. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: rosley@fem.unicamp.br
O. L. G. Quelhas
Laboratory of Technology, Business and Environment Management, Federal Fluminense
University, Passo da Pátria Street, 156. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
e-mail: osvaldoquelhas@id.uff.br
W. Leal Filho
Faculty of Life Sciences, European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg
University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: walter.leal2@haw-hamburg.de
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_21
321