Opportunities and challenges in sustainable supply chain: An operations research perspective

AP Barbosa-Póvoa, C da Silva, A Carvalho - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Sustainable Supply Chain have become a cornerstone to any company that seeks
to achieve sustainable goals. A company's image is no longer related to the old paradigm of …

Assessment and optimization of sustainable forest wood supply chains–A systematic literature review

A Santos, A Carvalho, AP Barbosa-Póvoa… - Forest Policy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
When it was first introduced, the concept of sustainability in the forestry sector had a narrow
focus on sustainable wood production. Since then, this concept has evolved and it now …

Salvage logging effects on regulating and supporting ecosystem services—A systematic map

AB Leverkus, JM Rey Benayas, J Castro… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
Wildfires, insect outbreaks, and windstorms are increasingly common forest disturbances.
Post-disturbance management often involves salvage logging, ie, the felling and removal of …

Current and projected cumulative impacts of fire, drought, and insects on timber volumes across Canada

D Boucher, Y Boulanger, I Aubin… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Canada's forests are shaped by disturbances such as fire, insect outbreaks, and droughts
that often overlap in time and space. The resulting cumulative disturbance risks and …

A flexible robust possibilistic programming approach toward wood pellets supply chain network design

Z Abusaq, MS Habib, A Shehzad, M Kanan, R Assaf - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasing energy demand and the detrimental environmental impacts of fossil fuels have
led to the development of renewable energy sources. Rapid demand growth for wood …

Upgrading agro-pellets by torrefaction and co-pelletization process using food waste as a pellet binder

F Guo, J Chen, Y He, J Gardy, Y Sun, J Jiang, X Jiang - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents a study on the properties of upgraded agro-pellets produced by
torrefaction and co-pelletization process, where starch-rich food waste was used as a pellet …

Supply chain optimization of sugarcane first generation and eucalyptus second generation ethanol production in Brazil

JGG Jonker, HM Junginger, JA Verstegen, T Lin… - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The expansion of the ethanol industry in Brazil faces two important challenges: to reduce
total ethanol production costs and to limit the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of …

Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of replacing diesel fuel with wood-based bioenergy in an arctic Indigenous community: A pilot study in Fort McPherson, Canada

J Buss, N Mansuy, J Laganière, D Persson - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
Remote and northern communities surrounded by forested areas are well positioned to use
wood-based bioenergy to meet their energy needs and thereby reduce their greenhouse …

Evaluation of the potential of agricultural waste recovery: Energy densification as a factor for residual biomass logistics optimization

LJR Nunes, JCO Matias, LMEF Loureiro, LCR Sá… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of residual forms of biomass, resulting from processes of transformation of the agri-
food and/or forest industries, presents itself as an alternative with high potential for energy …

Multiperiod stochastic programming for biomass supply chain design under spatiotemporal variability of feedstock supply

C Guo, H Hu, S Wang, LF Rodriguez, KC Ting, T Lin - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Spatiotemporal uncertainties in the collection of crop residues pose great challenges to the
development of a long-term and economic biomass-to-biofuel supply chain network (BSCN) …