Purpose

The transportation sector is frequently criticized for its adverse environmental impacts. Industrial managers and decision-makers in the transportation sector have difficulty embracing sustainable transportation. Taking this difficulty into consideration, this study intends to locate and evaluate the enablers of sustainable transportation.

Design/methodology/approach

Using the Pareto analysis, the study finalized 20 enablers from the list of 25 enablers. The finalized enablers are prioritized, and their causal inter-relationships are revealed using the grey-decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (grey-DEMATEL) method. A sensitivity analysis is performed to determine the influence of experts' weight in the final results.

Findings

Findings reveal enhancement of cross-departmental cooperation, decision synchronization, technology cooperation, policy cooperation and route optimization as the five most critical enablers of sustainable transportation. Based on the results, the study proposes some policy implications for the decision-makers to proactively incorporate sustainability concepts.

Originality/value

This paper is the first of its kind to evaluate the enablers of sustainable transportation in the Indian leather industry. This paper proposes a comprehensive list of enablers of sustainable transportation and reveals their causal interrelationships using grey-DEMATEL. The weight of the provided enablers will help the industrial managers to more proactively take sequential actions to incorporate sustainable transportation.

中文翻译：

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探索中小型制造企业可持续交通的关键推动因素

目的

运输部门经常因其对环境的不利影响而受到批评。运输部门的工业管理者和决策者难以接受可持续运输。考虑到这一困难，本研究旨在定位和评估可持续交通的推动因素。

设计/方法/方法

使用帕累托分析，该研究从 25 个促成因素列表中最终确定了 20 个促成因素。对最终确定的促成因素进行优先排序，并使用灰色决策试验和评估实验室 (grey-DEMATEL) 方法揭示它们的因果关系。进行敏感性分析以确定专家权重对最终结果的影响。

发现

调查结果显示，加强跨部门合作、决策同步、技术合作、政策合作和路线优化是可持续交通的五个最关键的推动因素。根据研究结果，该研究为决策者主动融入可持续性概念提出了一些政策启示。

原创性/价值

这篇论文是同类论文中首次评估印度皮革行业可持续运输的推动因素。本文提出了一份可持续交通推动因素的综合清单，并使用灰色-DEMATEL 揭示了它们之间的因果关系。所提供的推动因素的权重将帮助行业管理者更主动地采取连续行动以纳入可持续交通。