The relationship between environmental sustainability, logistics performance andcorporate governance and their effects on global competitiveness

While the high logistics performance of countries is an important opportunity for economic growth and international competitiveness, the fact that a large part of the realization of these activities depends on energy, which can cause serious harm to the environment and human health. In this study, the relationships between environmental sustainability, logistics performance, corporate governance and global competitiveness are examined. In order to measure these relations in the literature, indices calculated by international organizations are based. In the study, the data of 112 countries for the years 2014, 2016 and 2018 were researched to test the models including the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Logistics Performance Index (LPE), Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) and Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). Findings based on the analysis were evaluated at the level of development groups of countries. As a result of the analysis, it has been found that the environmental sustainability of the countries has a significant relationship with the logistics performance. In addition, corporate governance has a significant impact on logistics performance and global competitiveness, and corporate governance; it has been seen that environmental performance mediates the relationship between logistics performance and global competitiveness.