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    A framework for sustainable road freight decarbonisation in South Africa
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12) Terblanche, Lee-Anne; Havenga, Jan H.; Goedhals-Gerber, Leila Louise; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Logistics. Logistics.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Local and international governments are becoming more aware of carbon emission outputs and the damage that these emissions are inflicting on the environment. The definite impact that carbon emissions have on global warming has received public and media attention, which has placed high carbon-intensive companies and products under surveillance. Following electricity, road freight in South Africa is the second-biggest generator of carbon emissions. Thus, this research problem identified the need to decrease South Africa’s road freight emissions through the use of a road freight decarbonisation framework. The research problem entailed applying a framework to South Africa and expanding the structure to include the unique challenges in the South African road freight industry. A mixed methods research design was conducted to include both qualitative and quantitative data for the road freight industry in South Africa. The first objective of the research was to establish which road freight decarbonisation strategy, framework, system or tool would suit South Africa that also provides a holistic approach to decarbonising road freight activities. A literature review and criteria analysis concluded that the McKinnon road freight decarbonisation framework would be best suited to adapt and expand within the South African context. The literature review was followed by qualitative and quantitative data gathering to establish how industry professionals perceived the McKinnon framework, and to determine what further inputs into the framework could be provided. The data gathering consisted of personal interviews with industry professionals and data questionnaires that were sent out to working professionals in the road freight industry. After South African challenges were established and added to the chosen framework, the South African challenges for road freight carbon emission were quantified, through data questionnaires, to determine what total impact these challenges have on total road freight emissions and to quantify the carbon variables on a national basis. The outcome of the research provided the first South African decarbonisation framework, which highlights the road freight challenges South African companies are facing daily. The study identifies what the current main road freight carbon-intensive challenges are in South Africa, so that South Africa can focus on these costly and highly intensive emission influences and be aware that the problems are not isolated events, but can affect all road freight companies in South Africa. Keywords: Road freight, decarbonisation, carbon emissions, challenges