Asian Palm Oil Production and European Vegetable Oil Market: What Can We Learn in Terms of Sustainability?

Bentivoglio, Deborah; Finco, Adele; Bucci, Giorgia; Zolin, Maria Bruna

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00913-7_6

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“…Competitive advantages are created that improve the context in which they operate, satisfying the economic expectations of the company (Bentivoglio, Finco, Bucci, & Zolin, 2018; Civero, Rusciano, & Scarpato, 2017; Gusmerotti, Testa, Macellari, & Frey, 2019).…”

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Sustainable strategies and corporate social responsibility in the Italian fisheries companies

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Civero

Rusciano

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The fisheries industry is currently characterized by a social context where levels of competitiveness and economic development must continue to grow, while simultaneously ensuring commitment to and guarantee of levels of environmental and social sustainability. Such businesses, demonstrate an elevated sensitivity to the territory in which they operate, voluntarily implementing corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies in a sustainable development and stakeholder engagement perspective. This study will analyse-through an empirical analysis developed in the Italian contextthe level of sustainable strategies and CSR of the large buyers in the fisheries industry, as well as willingness to invest to create a sustainable product. Using multivariate statistical techniques, such as principal component analysis and cluster analysis, we will identify the various groups of buyers in the adoption of sustainable strategies and CSR practices in their business.

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Sustainable strategies and corporate social responsibility in the Italian fisheries companies

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Rusciano

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“…7 However, relying on pure vegetable oils as feed has been found unsustainable given their rising costs, 8 food vs fuel disputes, 9,10 and growing deforestation for expanded farming activities. 11 Since feedstock prices make up around 75% of the cost of manufacturing, rising feedstock prices directly impact the price of biodiesel. These factors have slowed down biodiesel manufacturing worldwide especially because sustainable feedstock supplies are scarce and seldom have comparable feed quality as that of pure vegetable lipids, thus requiring pretreatment.…”

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“…Biodiesel, also known as fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), a petro-diesel alternative, is commercially synthesized from triglycerides derived mostly from vegetable oils such as canola, sunflower, and oil palm. − The proven homogeneous transesterification method comes with a feedstock constraint due to the vulnerability of ester conversion during the reaction to the amount of free fatty acids (FFAs) present in the feed; as FFA% increases, FAMEs conversion decreases . However, relying on pure vegetable oils as feed has been found unsustainable given their rising costs, food vs fuel disputes, , and growing deforestation for expanded farming activities . Since feedstock prices make up around 75% of the cost of manufacturing, rising feedstock prices directly impact the price of biodiesel.…”

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Application of Quaternary Ammonium-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents as Catalysts for the Glycerolysis of Free Fatty Acids

2023

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Nonedible waste sourced lipids such as fatty acid distillates, brown grease, and animal tallow, among many others, are excellent alternatives for expanding the feedstock inventory for biodiesel synthesis. A quaternary ammonium-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) was used as a catalyst in the glycerolysis of free fatty acids (FFAs) in this study. Reaction optimization was carried out with oleic acid as the model molecule, followed by an in-depth examination of the reaction mechanism. Optimum conditions such as 130 °C and 10 wt % catalyst dosage with 10 min of reaction time gave an equilibrium conversion of 94%. The catalyst was found to remain in the glycerol phase allowing its reuse. Palm fatty acid distillate, brown grease, and crude glycerol were utilized for testing the novel DES at optimum conditions. FFA conversion was found to be 94% for both palm fatty acid distillate and brown grease. In the case of crude glycerol, FFA conversion decreased proportionally to the impurity level. Water was responsible for restricting equilibrium conversion and decreasing catalyst recyclability, necessitating further research into effective removal during the reaction. Aggressive nitrogen purging to remove water during the reaction pushed the reaction toward near-completion in 60 min. The catalyst reusability study showed a drop in equilibrium conversion to 62.5% at the end of the 5th cycle, even when water was removed.

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“… 4 Over the last decades, palm oil has become the most consumed and traded vegetable oil in the world and demand will very likely continue to grow in the near future. 5 , 6 , 7 However, in contrast to other major agricultural commodities such as rice or wheat, increased demand for oil palm has mostly been met by expanding the total area under production rather than intensification (i.e. increasing yields on existing production areas).…”

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Projecting global oil palm expansion under zero-deforestation commitments: Direct and indirect land use change impacts

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Asian Palm Oil Production and European Vegetable Oil Market: What Can We Learn in Terms of Sustainability?

Cited by 4 publications

References 25 publications

Sustainable strategies and corporate social responsibility in the Italian fisheries companies

Sustainable strategies and corporate social responsibility in the Italian fisheries companies

Application of Quaternary Ammonium-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents as Catalysts for the Glycerolysis of Free Fatty Acids

Projecting global oil palm expansion under zero-deforestation commitments: Direct and indirect land use change impacts

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