Increasing attention is being focused on the issue of transport and the environment. Environmentalists have expressed concerns about the policies and practices of the industry. This guide aims to present an objective view of the distribution industry's response to the environmental challenge.

Increasing attention is being focused on the issue of transport and the environment. In Britain almost 90% of internal freight is moved by road transport, mainly by heavy goods vehicles and light commercial vehicles. Environmentalists have expressed concerns about the policies and practices of the industry in general, including vehicle size, safety, diesel smell, pollutant emissions, noise and overall intrusion into community life. This guide aims to present an objective view of the distribution industry's response to the environmental challenge during recent years. The guide is divided into three complementary sections: the first section is a comprehensive overview of the industry which highlights the progress and achievments by the industry in environmental areas; the second section documents, by subject grouping, the wide range of environmentally-based literature produced by a broad spectrum of road distribution industry sectors; the final section consists of a number of case studies, each representing a different industry sector.