Essays about: "food wastage"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 33 essays containing the words food wastage.

  1. 6. Business Model Innovation for a Foodtech Startup : Solving Food Waste Using Real Time Spoilage Indicator

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Devanand Pasunuri; [2023]
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    Abstract : Food, an essential to human existence is also a major contributor to negative environmental and social impact due to the complexity of the food system, current ways of working of the stakeholders and consumer behaviour. This thesis deals with one such food product, fresh meat which has a high carbon footprint due to extensive land and water usage during production. READ MORE

  2. 7. Business Intelligence and Analytics for Sustainability: A Study on the Swedish Food Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Johanna Alm; Hilda Malmberg; [2022]
    Keywords : BI A; business intelligence; analytics; sustainability; food industry; affordances; capabilities; Technology and Engineering; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The food industry is facing challenges in responding to the climate crisis, and research highlights the potential of using Business Intelligence & Analytics for organizations sustainability efforts. The aim of this study is to holistically map through the affordance lens, what capabilities organizations in the food industry may potentially gain by using BI&A for sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 8. The climate impact of the bread take-back agreement : a scenario-based assessment of decarbonization opportunities along the Swedish bread supply chain

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Leonie Weber; [2022]
    Keywords : food waste; bread take-back agreement TBA ; life cycle assessment; supply chain; transport emissions;

    Abstract : Food waste has economic, environmental, and social implications; the importance of reducing food waste is recognized in Sustainable Development Goal 12.3. The Swedish bread take-back agreement (TBA) has been identified as a risk factor for food waste generation at the supplier-retailer interface. READ MORE

  4. 9. Towards a Collective Goal! Identifying relevant factors for collective action in local community initiatives. An ethnographic study of Food Rescue Gotland.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Uppsala universitet Innovation (UU Innovation)

    Author : Tolulope Olalekan; [2022]
    Keywords : Collective Action; Sustainability; Local Community Initiatives; Relevant factors; Individual cooperation; Mancur Olsson; Elinor Ostrom; Food Rescue Gotland;

    Abstract : The challenges of sustainability and its complexities born out of overexploitation of resources, leading to climate change issues, food wastage, and scarcity, economic and health-related dilemmas, has yet to find their solution in top-down models, taking the form of hierarchical control (rulers), as such, researchers have considered other alternatives to how communities can tackle these issues, and one of such approach is the bottom-up model. Recent research and literature on collective action have focused on sequencing events like regime changes, riots, revolutions, protests, and the founding of social movement organizations. READ MORE

  5. 10. Is it illegal to waste food? : a study on applying the Swedish Environmental Code in food control for reduced food waste

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Ida Alexandra Escudero Saukko; [2020]
    Keywords : food waste; food control; supervision; supervisory authority; food inspector; food waste quantification; food legislation; general rules of consideration; Swedish environmental code;

    Abstract : One third of all food produced for human consumption globally is lost or wasted, making food waste a major problem from both an economic, social and environmental perspective. One way of preventing food waste is through legislation. READ MORE