UK Food Industry Views on Reduction of Distances Travelled in the Supply Chain
This paper presents the findings of a study to investigate the perceptions and review the initiatives of food industry managers with respect to the reduction of food transportation (food miles). This issue is particularly important because of the increased awareness of sustainability and environmental issues in many parts of the world. A questionnaire survey and telephone interviews of 25 food organisations of different sizes was carried out. The questionnaire sought information relating to the awareness of food miles and the subsequent initiatives taken by the respondent organisations to reduce food miles. The study indicated that although most manufacturing companies that participated in the questionnaire survey were aware of food miles, most had done very little or nothing to manage its effects at an organisational level. This could be because some of the costs of food miles are not directly attributable to individual companies implying a potential role for government regulation. The paper concludes by identifying and discussing the challenges to be addressed if the environmental impacts of food miles are to be reduced.
Food Miles UK Environment
Dotun Adebanjo
Operations Management and E-Business Group, Management School University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZH, England
国际会议
The Third International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management(第三届运营与供应链管理国际会议)
武汉
英文
557-564
2009-07-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）