Food Retailers as Mediating Gatekeepers between Farmers and Consumers in the Supply Chain of Animal Welfare Meat - Studying Retailers’ Motives in Marketing Pasture-Based Beef

Schulze, Maureen; Spiller, Achim

doi:10.1007/s41055-019-00040-w

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“…Similarly, producers of more sustainable products cannot market these in a credible way without adequate labels (Leach et al, 2016). Retailers are increasingly setting private sustainability standards that go beyond legal requirements to meet consumer demand for more sustainable products (Schulze et al, 2019;Shah & Thaning, 2019).…”

Section: Purpose and The Evolution Of Sustainability Labelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Still, a significant number of consumers respond to sustainability labels. In some markets, demand for sustainable products is increasing strongly, and industry is adapting to meet this demand (Lusk, 2011;Schulze et al, 2019;Shah & Thaning, 2019;Storcksdieck et al, 2020) This has an influence on upstream suppliers. Manufacturers and retailers increasingly demand proof of their suppliers' sustainability (Tébar Less, 2005).…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Sustainability Labelling Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable food labelling: considerations for policy-makers

Stein

Lima

2021

Rev Agric Food Environ Stud

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Improving the sustainability of the global food system is a policy priority. There are multiple types of sustainability labels in the food market, and policy-makers need to know what constitutes an effective label. We discuss the use of labels to inform consumers about the economic, social and environmental sustainability implications of their food purchasing choices. We categorise these sustainability labels and explain the opportunities they offer and the challenges they pose to be effective. Improved consumer information on the sustainability of food products can serve as an incentive for operators in the food supply chain to increase their sustainability. Specific choices made on the type of food label used are likely to affect their. A comprehensive mandatory labelling and certification scheme is a promising course of action from a policy perspective, if it covers the multiple dimensions of sustainability, and uses scoring and evidence-based criteria.

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Section: Purpose and The Evolution Of Sustainability Labelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Effectiveness Of Sustainability Labelling Schemesmentioning

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Sustainable food labelling: considerations for policy-makers

Stein

Lima

2021

Rev Agric Food Environ Stud

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“…In classifying groups of themes in food retailers' corporate social responsibility reports and on own label products, Souza-Monteiro and Hooker (2017) suggested that health and safety and the environment were the most popular group, while animal welfare, along with community, biotechnology and novel foods were in the second rank of groups. Schulze et al (2020), looked to explore how food retailers were motivated to take on the marketing of products with increased animal welfare standards, and their findings suggested that a focus on animal welfare can not only achieve more successful marketing, but can also help both consumers and farmers to change their consumption and production habits.…”

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Animal Welfare and Major Food Retailers

Jones¹,

Comfort²

2022

AJBE

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This paper offers an exploratory review of how some of the major US and European food retailers have publicly addressed animal welfare. The findings reveal that six interlinked themes, namely, strategic corporate commitment, animal welfare as good business policy, a focus on supply chains, policies on specific categories of animals and animal products, antibiotics, and auditing, illustrated the food retailers’ approach to animal welfare. The authors raise a range of issues about the retailers’ approach to animal welfare, including the aspirational nature of their commitments, the emphasis on regular audits, the role of external assurance in the reporting process, pressure from animal welfare campaigns, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper offers an accessible review how some of the major US and European food retailers have publicly addressed the issue of animal welfare. Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare statements, food retailers, supply chain, audit, external assurance

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“…Furthermore, food retailers and food companies as key actors along the food supply chain play a central role, e.g., by excluding unsustainably manufactured goods from their portfolio of products [59]. A case study from Germany on the motives of retailers to market pasture-based beef identified as main factors both meeting perceived consumers' demands as extrinsic, and concern for animal welfare as intrinsic motives [120]. Even though the importance of retailers' personal interest in animal welfare is highlighted in this study, results nevertheless demonstrate the powerful influence of consumer behaviour, implying that a change to sustainable food products must be initiated by the demand side.…”

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Industrial Animal Farming and Zoonotic Risk: COVID-19 as a Gateway to Sustainable Change? A Scoping Study

Brozek¹,

Falkenberg

2021

Sustainability

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The threat of zoonoses (i.e., human infectious diseases transmitted from animals) because of industrial animal farming may be receiving less attention in society due to the putative wildlife origin of COVID-19. To identify societal responses to COVID-19 that do address or affect the risk of future zoonoses associated with industrial animal farming, the literature was screened for measures, actions, proposals and attitudes following the guidelines of a scoping review. Forty-one articles with relevant information published between 1 January 2020 and 30 April 2021 were identified directly or indirectly via bibliographies from 138 records retrieved via Google Scholar. Analysis of relevant content revealed ten fields of policy action amongst which biosecurity and change in dietary habits were the dominant topics. Further searches for relevant records within each field of policy action retrieved another eight articles. Identified responses were furthermore classified and evaluated according to groups of societal actors, implying different modes of regulation and governance. Based on the results, a suggested policy strategy is presented for moving away from food production in factory farms and supporting sustainable farming, involving the introduction of a tax on the demand side and subsidies for the development and production of alternative meat.

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Food Retailers as Mediating Gatekeepers between Farmers and Consumers in the Supply Chain of Animal Welfare Meat - Studying Retailers’ Motives in Marketing Pasture-Based Beef

Cited by 13 publications

References 32 publications

Sustainable food labelling: considerations for policy-makers

Sustainable food labelling: considerations for policy-makers

Animal Welfare and Major Food Retailers

Industrial Animal Farming and Zoonotic Risk: COVID-19 as a Gateway to Sustainable Change? A Scoping Study

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