Digital Technologies and Sustainability – identified synergies, challenges and anticipated impact on the transportation business segment

• Published in: Journal of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Society Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 72 - 75
• Main Author: Papa, Alina-Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: THOT Publishing House 31.03.2023
• Subjects: decarbonization; digital; electrification; fleet; solutions; technology; transportation
• ISSN: 2668-0416; 2668-0416
• DOI: 10.33727/JRISS.2023.1.8:72-75

Under increasing pressure to decarbonize, in order to stay compliant and competitive, transportation industry is actively looking for the right next steps and actions. The main challenge is to become greener in an effective way that ensures the business performance. Technology and digital solutions, from electrification to artificial intelligence, help to accelerate the transition towards sustainability. However, they currently come with a significant share of risks mainly due to the still weak infrastructure and the unprepared workforce which could generate an inefficacious usage of digital technologies. In this complex environment and lacking reliable data and benchmark to guide their next moves, the fleets have to make their decisions concerning suppliers, partners or tools. While the direction is clear, it’s critical now for the transportation players to speed up into the execution of decarbonization. This will allow them to take business advantages as early movers, and to deal on the way with operational aspects in order to secure their productivity. Starting from the today’s landscape of the industry, this article highlights the outputs of existing researches, aiming to provide a structured frame of the key inquiries and to identify possible paths for fleets, on their journey towards sustainability