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CSR and Postal Service Sustainable Development and Its Impact on Urban Environment at the Example of Courier Service Operator Solutions in Europe

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Advanced Studies in Efficient Environmental Design and City Planning

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This paper aims at analyzing actions taken by courier service operators following the concept of CSR. The author compares activities related to the reduction in air pollution and road traffic, mostly in highly urbanized areas. This is a particularly important topic taking into account the increase in the number of courier shipments related, e.g., to the development of e-commerce market. The analysis regarding the CSR concept implementation methods among courier service operators rendering services on the European market will help indicate changes in the area of postal service sustainable development. The research methods applied in this study include inter alia the critical analysis of literature as well as evaluation and comparison of secondary research results from various sources. The character of research work is illustrative.

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The project is financed within the framework of the program of the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the name “Regional Excellence Initiative” in the years 2019–2022; project number 001/RID/2018/19; the amount of financing PLN 10,684,000.00.

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Janowski, M. (2021). CSR and Postal Service Sustainable Development and Its Impact on Urban Environment at the Example of Courier Service Operator Solutions in Europe. In: Trapani, F., Mohareb, N., Rosso, F., Kolokotsa, D., Maruthaveeran, S., Ghoneem, M. (eds) Advanced Studies in Efficient Environmental Design and City Planning. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65181-7_41

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