MUMBAI: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Sheffield, UK, in a bid to develop the ‘Green Logistics’ concept in the country, a senior Sheffield University Professor said.

This is the first initiative by the CII to partner with a foreign university for knowledge-sharing.“In order to build capacity on ‘Green Logistics’ across sectors, we have partnered with CII. With this MoU, we will organise different education and training programmes with workshops taking a few professionals from different sectors,” The University of Sheffield Director (Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Lenny Koh, said here on the sidelines of a CII conference on ‘Green Logistics 2010’.
Initially, the MoU will work on sectors like ports, shipping, food and auto, she said, adding that after completion of education and other training programmes, a pilot project would be launched. Commenting on this MoU, CII National Logistics Council Member, B Sridhar, said that the CII was working closely on developing environment-friendly supply-chain management systems through various initiatives.