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green ict supply chain and smart logistics

2020
Digitalization: enabling the new phase of energy efficiency - UNECE
Accelerating Digitalization : Critical Actions to Strengthen the Resilience of the Maritime Supply Chain – World Bank Group
Two ends of the supply chain connected in one goal – Accenture
Sustainable supply chains – digital transformation technologies’ impact on the social and environmental dimension – Elsevier
Digital Buying Guide – Government of Digital Service
State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report 2020 – MIT
Managing Supply Chain Risk and Disruption – Deloitte
Towards a Regenerative Supply Chain – Brambles
A More Sustainable Supply Chain – Harvard Business Review
Requirement Analysis for the Design of Smart Logistics in SMEs – Springer
A Review of Further Directions for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in Smart Logistics – MDPI
2019
Drivers of Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Identification and Classification – MDPI
Evaluation of sustainable supply chain management performance: Indicators – Wiley
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Management: Innovative Approaches for Supply Chains – HICL
Smart Logistics in the development of Smart Cities – Elsevier
Smart logistics as a basis for the development of the smart city – Elsevier
Smart logistics: Study of the application of blockchain technology – Elsevier
Green is clean: the role of ICT in resource management – Springer
The critical nature of road logistics industry process capability’s role in sustainable tourism development - African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure
Advanced Green Logistics Strategies and Technologies – Springer
The role of e-government in sustainable public procurement in developing countries: A systematic literature review - International Academic Journal of Sustainable Resource Management and Environmental Efficiency
Green Supply Chain Management - Routledge
Building a Cognitive Digital Supply Network - Deloitte
Sustainable Public Procurement: The Impact of Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity on the Implementation of Different Types of Sustainable Public Procurement - MDPI
A literature review on green supply chain management: Trends and future challenges – Elsevier
Decision support for collaboration planning in sustainable supply chains – Elsevier (2019)
The Importance of Information Flow and Knowledge Exchange for the Creation of Green Supply Chains – Springer
How Green Can the Lettuce Be? A Case Study on Greening Initiatives in Supply Chains and Sustainable ERP Systems – Elsevier
Green supply chains: Implications and challenges for Rhine-Scheldt Delta Seaports – ING
To Greener Pastures: An Action Research Study on the Environmental Sustainability of Humanitarian Supply Chains – Emerald
2018
Sustainable Public Procurement Policies on Promoting Scientific and Technological Innovation in China: Comparisons with the U.S., the UK, Japan, Germany, France, and South Korea - MDPI (2018)
A Proposed Model for Green Practice Adoption and Implementation in Information Technology Based Organizations - European Academy of Science and Arts, Salzburg (2018)
Barriers to Green ICT Adoption in Romania - Academic Journal of Economic Studies (2018)
Role of supplier's use of green manufacturing technology on organizational performance of energy and petroleum state corporations in Kenya - International Academic Journal of Procurement and Supply Chain Management (2018)
Evaluating Complex Decision and Predictive Environments: The Case of Green Supply Chain Flexibility - Technological and Economic Development of Economy (2018)
Green supply chain management and the circular economy - International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (2018)
A systematic literature review on green supply chain management: Research implications and future perspectives - Journal of Cleaner Production (2018)
Role of Information and Communication Technology in Green Supply Chain Implementation and Companies' Performance – MDPI (2018)
Mapping the Landscape and Evolutions of Green Supply Chain Management – MDPI (2018)
Extending Green Supply Chain Management Activities to Manufacturing Small and Medium enterprises in a developing economy – South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (2018)
Closing the Hall of Mirror: How Blockchain Will Simplify and Transform the Supply Chain – Accenture (2018)
Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Small and Medium Enterprise – MDPI (2018)
Closing the Gap: Scaling up Sustainable Supply Chains – CDP (2018)
Enhancing Supply Chain Performance Through Supplier Social Sustainability: An Emerging Economy Perspective– Elsevier (2018)
Using Smart Sensor to Drive Supply Chain Innovation: A Series Exploring Industry 4.0 Technologies and their Potential Impact for Enabling Digital Supply Networks in Manufacturing – Deloitte (2018)
2017
Smart Logistics of Organic Waste Collection in Cities – HICL (2017)
Fujitsu Group's Green Logistics – Fujitsu (2017)
Fujitsu Group's Green Procurement – Fujitsu (2017)
Digital Continuity in ICT Procurement and Contract Management – the National Archives (2017)
Technology and Innovation for the Future of Production: Accelerating Value Creation – World Economic Forum (2017)
Industry 4.0 and the digital twin – Deloitte University Press (2017)
Mapping the Creative Value Chains: A Study on the Economy of Culture in the Digital Age – European Commission (2017)
The Importance of Green Supply Chain Management and its Role in Marketing Management – International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues (2017)
The Role of Guanxi in Green Supply Chain Management in Asia's Emerging Economies: a Conceptual Framework– Elsevier (2017)
When Two Chains Combine Supply Chain Meets Blockchain – Deloitte (2017)
2016
Green Public Procurement Criteria for Office Building design, construction and Management – European Commission (2016)
Study on Best Practices for ICT Procurement Based on Standards in order to Promote Efficiency and Reduce Lock-in – European Commission (2016)
Implementing Green Supply Chain Practices: an Empirical Investigation in the Shipbuilding – Maritime Policy & Management (2016)
Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Current Debate and Future Directions – G&P (2016)
The State of Sustainable Supply chains: Building Responsible and Resilient Supply Chains – EY (2016)
The Rise of the Digital Supply Network: Industry 4.0 Enables the Digital Transformation of Supply Chain – Deloitte (2016)
2015
Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement – UN Global Compact (2015)
The Impact of Industry 4.0 on the Supply Chain – HICL (2015)
Enabling Actionable Insights Through Smart Logistics – Software AG (2015)
2014
JAC Supply Chain Sustainability Guidelines – Joint Audit Cooperation (2014)

Energy efficient data centers

2020

A new indicator for a fair comparison on the energy performance of data centers – Elsevier
Best environmental management practice in the telecommunications and ICT services sector – 2020 (EC)
Bringing the cloud to your data center – Oracle
KOREA DATA CENTER MARKET 2020-2023 – KDCC
Recalibrating global data center energy-use estimates – Science
Minimal Green Energy Consumption and Workload Management for Data Centers on Smart City Platforms – MDPI
Efficient Strategies for Green Cloud Computing – EverScience
Energy-Efficient Hybrid Framework for Green Cloud Computing – IEEE

2019

Google Environment Report 2019 – Google
An Analysis Report on Green Cloud Computing Current Trends and Future Research Challenges – Elsevier
Principles of Green Data Mining - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Energy efficiency comparison of hypervisors – Elsevier

2018

Reusing Residual Heat from Data Center: How Data Centers will Help Heat 2 Million Household by 2030 – Unica (2018)

2017

High Performance Data Centers and Energy Efficiency Potential in Greece – ScienceDirect (2017)
Realization of Energy-Efficient, Green Data Centers – Fujitsu (2017)
Data Center and Broadband for Sustainable Economic and Social Development: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean – IDB (2017)
Data Center Cooling and Heat Recovery: Cost Efficient and Sustainable Data Center Cooling – Fortum (2017)
State of the Dutch Data Center 2017 Report: Room for Growth – Dutch Datacenter Association (2017)
Economic Impact of Dutch Data Center 2017 Report - Dutch Datacenter Association (2017)
The Foundation of our Digital Economy: Structure Study on the Infrastructure Behind our Data Economy – DHPA (2017)

2016

Data Center Sustainability: The Next Dimension – EvoSwitch (2016)
Building a Modern Data Center: Principles and Strategies of Design – Actual Tech Media (2016)
Toward Sustainable Data Centers: A Comprehensive Energy Management Strategy (2016)

Cloud computing

2020

2019

2020 Technology Industry Outlook as cloud and AI deployments rise, edge computing is poised to join the mix – Deloitte
Assessment of the Data Centre Equipment Circular Economy - Université de Liège
An Analysis Report on Green Cloud Computing Current Trends and Future Research Challenges - International Conference on Sustainable Computing in Science, Technology & Management
Towards Green Cloud Computing an Algorithmic Approach for Energy Minimization in Cloud Data Centers - International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing

2018

Exploiting data centres energy flexibility in smart cities: Business scenarios - Information Sciences (2018)
Transforming Cooling Optimization for Green Data Center via Deep Reinforcement Learning - arXiv (2018)
A Descriptive Study towards Green Computing Practice Application for Data Centers in IT Based Industries - EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences (2018)
Adoption of Cloud Computing Services for Sustainable Development of Commercial Banks in Uganda – Global Journals of Computing Science and Technology (2018)
A Circular Business Model for Cloud Computing Services Providers – JMSB (2018)
Cloud Computing: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean – IDB (2018)

2017

A Taxonomy and Future Directions for Sustainable Cloud Computing: 360 Degree View – Arxiv (2017)
Green Cloud Computing: A Literature Survey – MDPI (2017)
Role of Cloud Computing in Creating a Sustainable Green ICT Infrastructure – International Journal of Computer Application (2017)
Energy-Efficient Cloud Computing: Autonomic Resource Provisioning for Datacenter – UMEA University (2017)
An Approach to Transforming Systems for Execution on Cloud Computing – Fujitsu (2017)
Cloud-based Development Platform for Next-Generation Monozukuri (Manufacturing) – Fujitsu (2017)
Cloud Service for Transformation of On-site Work through Smart Devices – Fujitsu (2017)
Private Cloud Platform Based on Open Source Technology – Fujitsu (2017)
A Cloud-based Architecture for Smart Video Surveillance – The international Archives of the Photogrammetry (2017)
Smart Cities and the journey to the Cloud – Deloitte (2017)
The Cloud is Here: Embrace the Transition – Deloitte (2017)
Cloud Strategy ad Readiness – Deloitte (2017)
How Cloud Computing Enables Modern Manufacturing – ITIF (2017)
Cloud Computing: An Overview of Economic and Policy Issues – European Parliament (2017)
Measuring the Economic Impact of Cloud Computing in Europe – European Parliament (2017)

2015

SDG ICT Playbook: From Innovation to Impact – Intel (2015)

setting the environmental requirements of 5g

2020

2019

5G Wireless Communication and Health Effects—A Pragmatic Review Based on Available Studies Regarding 6 to 100 GHz – MDPI
Energy Efficiency and Coverage Trade-Off in 5G for Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Cellular Networks – MDPI
5G Telecom Power Target Network – Huawei
How to Meet Increased Capacities by Future Green 5G Networks: A Survey – IEEE
A Survey on Recent Trends and Open Issues in Energy Efficiency of 5G – MDPI
Practical Aspects for the Integration of 5G Networks and IoT Applications in Smart Cities Environments - Wiley; Hindawi
Green Mobile Networks for 5G and Beyond – IEEE
CP Antenna Array with Switching-Beam Capability Using Electromagnetic Periodic Structures for 5G Applications - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

2018

5G wireless telecommunications expansion: Public health and environmental implications - Environmental Research (2018)
Resource Allocation for Energy Efficiency in 5G Wireless Networks - EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems (2018)
Review of Latest Advances in 3GPP Standardization: D2D Communication in 5G Systems and Its Energy Consumption Models – MDPI (2018)
An Energy-Efficient User-Centric Approach High-Capacity 5G Heterogeneous Cellular Networks - International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA) (2018)
Wideband Broadcasting: A Power-Efficient Approach to 5G Broadcasting - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2018)
On Measuring Electromagnetic Fields in 5G Technology - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2018)
Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure Assessment for future 5G networks – Researchgate (2018)
5G: Great Risk for EU, US, and International Health. Compelling Evidence for 8 Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them - Washington State University (2018)
EMF Exposure Analysis for a Compact Multi-Band 5G Antenna - Progress in Electromagnetics Research (2018)

2017

5G, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wearable Devices: What do the new uses of wireless technologies mean for radio frequency exposure? - GSMA (2017)
From Standards to Service - the European Way to 5G - IEEE (2017)
How to make key 5G wireless technologies environmental friendly: A review - WILEY (2017)
Human Exposure to RE Fields in 5G Downlink - arXiv (2017)
What is 5G? Emerging 5G Mobile Services and Network Requirements - MDPI (2017)

2016

An Overview of Sustainable Green 5G Networks - Research Gate (2016)