scholarly journals HoReCa Food Waste and Sustainable Development Goals—A Systemic View

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5510
Author(s):  
Aleksander Buczacki ◽  
Bartłomiej Gładysz ◽  
Erika Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Food Services ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Development Goals

A significant share of food waste originates in the food services domain and HoReCa sector. Organizational improvements leading to the decrease of food waste and related costs in HoReCa are needed to make progress in this issue. A systems engineering approach was applied to examine the links between food waste generated in the HoReCa industry and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A literature review discovered two dimensions of actions leading to decreasing food waste in HoReCa; i.e., actions triggered by companies and by authorities (e.g., governmental policies). Additionally, customers and society were also considered. A framework is proposed to explicitly illustrate the dependencies of different micro actions devoted to food waste reduction in HoReCa in support of the SDGs. The other dimension of this framework is macro policies and their impact on SDGs. To increase food waste reduction awareness and collaboration, stakeholders on both the macro (launched by authorities for the whole sector) and micro (initiated by single organizations on their own) levels must work together. The results of this research will be useful in coordinating the efforts of all (consumers, HoReCa companies and suppliers, policymakers and administrations on different levels) involved in the supply chain of food production and consumption.

scholarly journals Local Action with Global Impact: The Case of the GROW Observatory and the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10518
Author(s):  
Raquel Ajates ◽  
Gerid Hager ◽  
Pavlos Georgiadis ◽  
Saskia Coulson ◽  
Mel Woods ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

This article reports on Citizen Observatories’ (COs) potential to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reflecting on the experience of the GROW Observatory (GROW). The research aims to take the first steps in closing the gap in the literature on COs’ potential contributions to the SDG framework, beyond quantitative data contributions for indicator monitoring. Following an analysis of project activities and outcomes mapped against the SDG framework, the findings reveal GROW’s potential contributions across two dimensions: (i) Actions to advance the implementation of goals and targets through awareness raising and training; participatory methods; multi-stakeholder connections; and supporting citizens to move from data to action and (ii) Data contributions to SDG indicator monitoring through citizen-generated datasets. While earlier research has focused mostly on the latter (dimension ii), CO activities can impact numerous goals and targets, highlighting their potential to relate global SDGs to local level action, and vice versa. These findings align with the growing literature on COs’ ability to bring together policy makers, scientists and citizens, and support changes to environmental policy and practice. Furthermore, this research suggests groundwork activities that address the goal and target level can also enhance sustained data collection to contribute to indicator level monitoring. We conclude with future trends and recommendations for COs wishing to contribute to the SDGs.

scholarly journals Systemic Insights on the Integration of UN Sustainable Development Goals within the Norwegian Salmon Value Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 12042
Author(s):  
Mohd Abualtaher ◽  
Turid Rustad ◽  
Eirin Skjøndal Bar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Step Method ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Industrial Value Chain ◽  
And Performance

This study proposes a conceptual framework that aims to gain insight into the integration of the sustainable development goals (SDG) within the Norwegian salmon value chain (NSVC). The proposed framework was developed by applying the systems engineering six-step method and validated through empirical findings from the NSVC. The framework’s application highlighted and analyzed the presence of the SDGs in corporate sustainability reports, academic curriculum, research, and governmental policies. This study uncovered the complexity-reduction elements within the system that drive SDG integration and assure their progress. The SDGs provide a global context for sustainability endeavors in the NSVC. A globally expanded value chain has an organic relationship with global sustainability terms and schemes. The existing practice of corporate sustainability annual reporting was found to be a significant channel for SDG communication. The novelty of this study was that it proposed a mind-map to understand SDG integration within an industrial value chain abstracted into three concepts: commitment, communication, and performance measurability.

scholarly journals Urban Food Waste: A Framework to Analyse Policies and Initiatives

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Daniele Fattibene ◽  
Francesca Recanati ◽  
Katarzyna Dembska ◽  
Marta Antonelli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Waste Policy ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
New Framework

Food waste policy analysis has traditionally concentrated on supranational or national policies and paid little attention to the role of cities in tackling this phenomenon. Nevertheless, cities have proved to be crucial actors in tackling food waste, launching effective policies and initiatives to address it. By looking at 40 cities across 16 European countries, this study aims to present a new framework for assessing urban food waste policies and initiatives. The framework proposed identifies and sheds light on the links between the different types of policies launched, the main areas of interventions addressed, as well as the different actors intervening in urban food waste management. Finally, it identifies direct and indirect links with the Sustainable Development Goals, showing the role that cities can play in achieving the targets of the UN 2030 Agenda.

scholarly journals The Crossovers and Connectivity between Systems Engineering and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Scoping Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3176
Author(s):  
Lan Yang ◽  
Kathryn Cormican
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Scoping Study ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Stakeholder Perspective ◽  
Development Goals

The United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) are interconnected and indivisible and need to be addressed in a systematic and holistic way. However, a lack of stakeholder perspective, fragmented responses, and a dearth of integration across sectors have long been perceived as the SDGs’ main pitfalls. In recent years, scholars are calling to address these issues by adopting a systems engineering perspective, as this approach espouses a stakeholder-focused position, embraces a holistic and dynamic mindset, and provides a variety of technical and managerial toolkits, which can help to untangle the complexity and interactions inherent in global sustainability. Nevertheless, little has been done to map the existing literature, comprehensively review, and synthesize research evidence in this field. Therefore, this paper aims to conduct a scoping study that analyzes the extant evidence to uncover the contributions of systems engineering in advancing the SDGs. A three-phase methodology integrating natural language processing and systematic literature review is used to investigate this space. We conclude that systems engineering has been an active catalyst promoting the SDGs, and that systems engineering has the potential to support more transdisciplinary research to achieve long-term transformational and sustainable change across sectors and disciplines.

scholarly journals The Concept of Sustainable Development: the Basis for the Emergence of Integrated Reporting of the Enterprise

2018 ◽  
pp. 75-88
Author(s):  
K. V. Bezverkhiy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Growth Production

The sustainable development of societies, countries, economic sectors or business enterprises is based on the assumption that economic growth, production and consumption has the limitations imposed by the possibility for rehabilitating ecological systems. Issues of the rational use of resources form the conceptual framework for the sustainable development. But the emergence of information support in form of integrated reporting of the enterprise causes much debate in the theoretical and practical field. The purpose of the study is to analyze the evolution of the provisions of the sustainable development concept and identify the preconditions for the emergence of integrated reporting of the enterprise. The components of the sustainable development and its purpose are highlighted; the sustainable development goals of UN and their respective indictors are illustrated. The relation of the categories of capital (financial, industrial, intellectual, human, social and nature capital), reflected in the integrated reporting of the enterprise, with the sustainable development goals is substantiated. The analysis shows that the top category of capital contributing in all the sustainable development goals (the total of 17) is social capital; financial capital (contributing in 14 goals) ranks second, human capital (12 goals) ranks third, production capital (10 goals) comes fourth, intellectual capital (9 goals) is the fifth, and nature capital (8 goals) ranks sixth. These results are indicative of high relevance of integrated reporting of the enterprise to the sustainable development goals.

scholarly journals Co-creating local socioeconomic pathways for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Szetey ◽  
Enayat A. Moallemi ◽  
Emma Ashton ◽  
Martin C Butcher ◽  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Local Case ◽  
Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise the importance of action across all scales to achieve a sustainable future. To contribute to overall national- and global-scale SDG achievement, local communities need to focus on a locally-relevant subset of goals and understand potential future pathways for key drivers which influence local sustainability. We developed a participatory method to co-create local socioeconomic pathways by downscaling the SDGs and driving forces of the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) via a local case study in southern Australia through contextual analysis and community engagement. We linked the SSPs and SDGs by identifying driving forces and describing how they affect the achievement of local SDGs. We co-created six local socioeconomic pathways with the local community which track towards futures with different levels of fulfilment of the SDGs and each encompasses a narrative storyline incorporating locally-specific ideas from the community. We tested and validated the local pathways with the community. This method extends the SSPs in two dimensions – into the broader field of sustainability via the SDGs, and by recontextualizing them at the local scale. The local socioeconomic pathways can contribute to achieving local sustainability goals from the bottom up in alignment with global initiatives.

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