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An Exploration of Attitudes and Perceptions of Freight Operators in Ireland toward adopting Bio-methane Fuelled Heavy Good Vehicles (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kanellos, N., Plant, E., Zhnag, X., & Abraham, V. (in press). An Exploration of Attitudes and Perceptions of Freight Operators in Ireland toward adopting Bio-methane Fuelled Heavy Good Vehicles.

Road transport accounts for 75% of all transport related emissions. Within road transport, road freight contributes around 40% of the emissions, posing significant obstacles to achieving decarbonisation goals (deSaxe et al., 2023). Cleaner energy fue... Read More about An Exploration of Attitudes and Perceptions of Freight Operators in Ireland toward adopting Bio-methane Fuelled Heavy Good Vehicles.

Towards a Decarbonisation Roadmap for Road Freight in Ireland: A Gap Analysis of Policy Agenda and Industry Perception (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, X., & Plant, E. (2021, September). Towards a Decarbonisation Roadmap for Road Freight in Ireland: A Gap Analysis of Policy Agenda and Industry Perception. Paper presented at Logistics Research Network Conference 2021: Sustainable and resilient supp

Purpose - Transport carbon emissions in Ireland have been steadily increasing over the past ten years, in contrast to other countries in Europe. There have been policy measures proposed by the Irish government to support the transport industry in red... Read More about Towards a Decarbonisation Roadmap for Road Freight in Ireland: A Gap Analysis of Policy Agenda and Industry Perception.

Transport Policy Review: Where does Ireland Stand on Climate Change for Transport and Logistics Sectors? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Plant, E., & Zhang, X. (2020, September). Transport Policy Review: Where does Ireland Stand on Climate Change for Transport and Logistics Sectors?. Paper presented at e-LRN 2020 Special Web Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains During Times

Purpose - In response to the increasing climate disruption and global effort to the low-carbon transition, the Irish Government has set out the national carbon emissions reduction target. The transport sector in Ireland is the second-largest contribu... Read More about Transport Policy Review: Where does Ireland Stand on Climate Change for Transport and Logistics Sectors?.

Environmental Sustainability of Logistics Service Providers: a systematic literature review on indicators for city logistics (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, X., Plant, E., & Valantasis Kanello, N. (2019). Environmental Sustainability of Logistics Service Providers: a systematic literature review on indicators for city logistics

Purpose: United Nations reported that currently in Europe, 70% of the population lives in urban and metropolitan areas, this number is expected to reach 85% by 2050 (Russoand Comi, 2016). The increasing logistics and transport activities in the city... Read More about Environmental Sustainability of Logistics Service Providers: a systematic literature review on indicators for city logistics.

The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ablola, M., Plant, E., & Lee, C. (2014). The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London. . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0953

The use of electric delivery vehicles in urban applications is a viable solution proposed by government and academic research to enable the logistics industry to achieve the carbon emissions reduction targets set in the UK for 2050. This paper examin... Read More about The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London.

Sustainable Six Sigma – An Organisational Learning Perspective (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomas, A., Plant, E., & Paul, B. (2012). Sustainable Six Sigma – An Organisational Learning Perspective. In ICMR 2012: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Manufacturing Research

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Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Plant, E., & McGovern, J. (2011). Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry. In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Universities’ Transport Studies Group

The Irish road haulage industry exhibits a structure dominated by single-vehicle owner-managed operators. This has implications for the Irish economy through reduced efficiency. It is crucial that Ireland’s transport policies sustain its trade-depen... Read More about Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry.