Sustainability in retailing – research streams and emerging trends

Wiese, Anne; Zielke, Stephan; Toporowski, Waldemar

doi:10.1108/ijrdm-02-2015-0024

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“…In fact, increasing consumer awareness, pressure from government, and other stakeholders, increasing regulations and developments in information and communication technologies is forcing retailers to reconsider and take some actions regarding their environmental, and social impact as well as economic impact. Another reason for increased responsibility of retailers is that, they might be held responsible for the activities of their supply chains by consumers and non-governmental organizations leading to a loss of reputation (Wiese et al, 2015). Thus, sustainability issues are becoming more important for today's retailers.…”

Section: Grocery Retailing In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sürdürülebi̇li̇r Perakendeci̇li̇k: Türki̇ye'deki̇ Süpermarketleri̇n Keşi̇fsel Bi̇r Anali̇zi̇

Ilter¹

2016

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi Dergisi

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Sustainable consumption and production patterns offer better quality of life through minimizing the use of natural resources so as to not jeopardize future generations' needs. Retailers, especially supermarkets/hypermarkets, can play a crucial role in maintaining sustainability through influencing consumption and production patterns. However, literature review related to sustainability remains fairly unexplored in the retail research in Turkey. Thus, the aim of this paper is to provide an exploratory review of the publicly reported most recent sustainability reports, official web sites, and Facebook accounts of BİM, MİGROS, METRO and CARREFOURSA, largest retailers in Turkey, and offer an understanding of the applications these retailers are currently implementing as part of their sustainability agendas. Further, the analyses of the written material are supplemented by actual observation visits to the retail stores, to identify sustainability applications carried out by the retailers in their store environment. The analysis revealed some important findings: The review suggests that all the retailers are addressing sustainability agendas. However, the Internet search related to sustainability applications of the retailers put forth considerable variation in the volume and detail of information, and sustainability commitment is rather limited and more tactical for most of the retailers analyzed.

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Section: Grocery Retailing In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sürdürülebi̇li̇r Perakendeci̇li̇k: Türki̇ye'deki̇ Süpermarketleri̇n Keşi̇fsel Bi̇r Anali̇zi̇

Ilter¹

2016

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi Dergisi

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“…Some studies have stated that internet-based shopping causes less CO2 emissions compared to the traditional system [24]. Online purchasing could be considered more sustainable since most of the emissions of traditional stores are caused by travelling to and from the stores [7]. To contribute to the current knowledge, this paper explores the possible environmental benefits of the NIFSL, where the online market is not only an additional operation for a business but actually the dominating business model.…”

Section: Logistics and Sustainable Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, retailers can use their position to open or restrict market access for suppliers, but also to influence consumer behavior, and consequently, the retailer's role is important in the process of achieving sustainable consumption and understanding what it means to consume sustainably [22,23]. In addition to motivating customers to be-have more sustainably, retailers can implement sustainability by offering more sustainable products and even addressing more sustainable business processes [7]. Even though the impact of retail on sustainability has lately been acknowledged, the interaction between sustainability and supply chains will require attention increasingly in the coming years [18].…”

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“…Especially retailers are crucial in supply chains, as they are intermediaries between consumers and producers and therefore in a key position in implanting sustainability along supply chains [20,21]. Retailers alone may not have a large environ-mental impact, but since they act as intermediaries, they are able to secure sustainable behavior in their sup-ply chains [7,5]. For example, retailers can use their position to open or restrict market access for suppliers, but also to influence consumer behavior, and consequently, the retailer's role is important in the process of achieving sustainable consumption and understanding what it means to consume sustainably [22,23].…”

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“…In addition, the effect of the retail industry on sustainability has also been a target of special interest. The magnitude of retailers' environmental impact might not be large, but retailers play an important role in ensuring sustainable behavior in their supply chains [6,7]. In addition, the cur-rent literature of internet-based grocery shopping tends to focus on business models that are an additional operation for traditional grocery retailers, such as Tesco or Walmart [8,9].…”

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