A5059400374- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Public Procurement and Policy
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Business Law and Ethics
- Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues
- Quality and Supply Management
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Employer Branding and e-HRM
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Risk and Safety Analysis
University of Edinburgh
2017-2024
Bioversity International
2021
Lancaster University
2016
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how local supply chains prepare for and respond the threats opportunities presented by constitutional change, thereby building resilience. Design/methodology/approach Multiple case study analysis 14 firms in food sector context UK’s impending exit from European Union (Brexit). Organisations studied include farmers, processors, retailers non-government organisations (NGOs). Data interviews roundtable discussions has been interpreted using...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact institutional pressures, logics and complexity on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) practices across mixed public private sector supply chains. Design/methodology/approach Multi-case data were collected from three tiers food catering chains: customer/consumer tier; focal UK Universities; suppliers/contractors. Findings findings indicate that: normative mimetic pressures are more prevalent in Universities,...
Increasingly, policymakers are setting ambitious goals for sustainability in public procurement, integrated across different pillars. Such ambitions apparent catering services, where procurement models have been shifting towards greater localisation of supply chains and purchasing more organically grown food. To date however, few studies examined empirically what the impacts these multiple pillars sustainability. This research aimed to fill gap, by measuring comparing environmental, economic...
Sustainable supply chain management practices can be particularly difficult to implement when the responsibility for sustainable procurement (SP) rests with buyers employed by a contractor, rather than an in-house team. Yet there is no extant research that investigates effect of outsourcing on SP. To address this gap, paper uses multi-case study data explore impact versus implementation modes in pursuit The findings suggest each mode has distinctive challenges and facilitators. However,...
Abstract Objective: This study aims at comparing two Italian case studies in relation to schoolchildren’s plate waste and its implications, terms of nutritional loss, economic cost carbon footprint. Design: Plate was collected through an aggregate selective weighting method for 39 d. Setting: Children from the first fifth grade four primary schools, each (Parma Lucca), were involved. Results: With respect served food, Parma, percentage lower than Lucca ( P < 0·001). Fruit side dishes...
This study belongs to the pattern of experiential experimental studies for analytical descriptive as it is most appropriate types suitable nature subject which aims describe and analyze balanced performance periodic maintenance in order achieve sustainable development our desire know define scientifically help us reach a proposed framework implementing model Periodic. Thus, we can obtain facts through information, interpret them, draw conclusions, develop indicators that reduce consumption...