By 2025, the material handling and logistics industry should have standard methods of incorporating sustainable development into business plans and operating strategies, according to the Material Handling Institute (MHI) U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling and Logistics. Such methods should adhere to the goals of sustainability. Any attempt to reduce the environmental impact of the material handling and logistics industry requires an accurate assessment of environmental impact itself, the roadmap notes. To this end, there is a need to: 1. Specify in some unit of measure the relevant emissions released. 2. Identify an environmental impact factor that may be expressed in monetary terms.
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