In Europe, green hydrogen and biogas/green gas are considered important renewable energy carriers, besides renewable electricity and heat. Still, incentives proceed slowly, and the feasibility of local green gas is questioned. A supply chain of decentralised green hydrogen production from locally generated …

Hoewel autonome voertuigen een oplossing kunnen bieden voor het chauffeurstekort in de logistiek, is het voor veel ondernemingen te duur om deze voertuigen zelf aan te schaffen. In dit artikel onderzoeken we daarom de gedeelde exploitatie van een pool van autonome voertuigen. Als casus bestuderen we …

The Port of Duqm serves as the primary entry point to the largest Special Economic Zone in the entire Middle East region (SEZD). This graduation thesis focuses on the Port of Duqm company in Oman. A key performance indicator (KPI) for the company in 2023 is the adoption of digitalization and the utilization …

Many neighborhoods dating from the 1970s, with corporation-owned terraced housing in open urban schemes, saw a round of renovation for the houses in the last decades, but left the supply of family homes intact. This housing stock doesn’t meet the needs of the elderly still living in them anymore, nor …

This paper presents challenges in city logistics for circular supply chains of e-e-waste. Efficient e-waste management is one of the strategies to save materials, critical minerals, and precious metals. E-waste collection and recycling have gained attention recently due to lower collection and recycling …

Due to various lockdowns during the pandemic, the hospitality industry in the Netherlands experienced a shrinkage (CBS, 2021). This had an effect on the entire supply chain, including on the entire alcoholic sector, and the distilled sector in particular (Slijtersvakblad, 2022). Worldwide, the market …

In this thesis, titled "Unlocking the Path to Sustainability: Multi-Brand Retail SMEs as Agents of Change in the Fashion Supply Chain," we explore how fashion multi-brand retail Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can play a crucial role in driving sustainability and effecting positive change throughout …

Making food packaging more sustainable is a complex process. Research has shown that specific knowledge is needed to support packaging developers to holistically improve the sustainability of packaging. Within this study we aim to provide insights in the various tradeoffs designers face with the aim …

Smallholders, who cultivate ±30% of the global palm oil land, are critical to the realization of a sustainable palm oil sector. However, particularly independent smallholders, untied to mills, lag behind in yields and experience challenges to market their produce. Sustainability certification, such as …

Little progress has been made in recent years toward achieving a fully circular economy by 2050. Implementing circular urban supply chains is a major economic transformation that can only work if significant coordination problems between the actors involved are solved. On the one hand, this requires …