Sustainable supply chain management in a global context: a consistency analysis in the textile industry between environmental management practices at company level and sectoral and global environmental challenges

Torres, María Jesús Muñoz; Izquierdo, María Ángeles Fernández; Rivera-Lirio, Juana María; Ferrero-Ferrero, Idoya; Escrig-Olmedo, Elena

doi:10.1007/s10668-020-00748-4

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“…For this reason, we regard EF as a frame of reference for the identification and management of citrus fruit environmental hotspots along global supply chains. Moreover, it is consistent with the ecological system defined by the main international frameworks for institutions to address global environmental challenges, i.e., COP21, SDGs, or Planetary Boundaries (Muñoz-Torres et al, 2021). Furthermore, the SHDB enables users to identify all potentially relevant social issues and to analyze information grouped under social category and impact category, which reduces the possibility of offsetting bad scores with good scores in social impact measurement and allows exploring every potentially relevant social issue separately .…”

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Transitioning the agri-food system. Does closeness mean sustainability? how production and shipping strategies impact socially and environmentally. Comparing Spain, South Africa and U.S. citrus fruit productions

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Izquierdo²,

Ferrero-Ferrero³

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Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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Agricultural techniques and orchard management play an important role in food production sustainability and there is an increasing number of research papers which focus on food cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment. In addition, there is also an emerging body of research on short food supply chains and on whether or not proximity can be a proxy for sustainability in the agri-food system. The objective of this analysis is to consider the most relevant social and environmental impacts of the Environmental Footprint and Social Life Cycle Assessment in the citrus fruit sector and identify crucial hotspots. We will explore the relevance of the length of citrus fruit supply chains on maps of social and environmental impacts in order to reach more wiser sustainabilitybased decisions. The results obtained show mixed conclusions regarding the relevance and implications of choosing short food supply chains to achieve more sustainable food systems.

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confidence: 80%

Transitioning the agri-food system. Does closeness mean sustainability? how production and shipping strategies impact socially and environmentally. Comparing Spain, South Africa and U.S. citrus fruit productions

Torres¹,

Izquierdo²,

Ferrero-Ferrero³

et al. 2022

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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“…Saeed and Kersten (2019:2) of these drivers may assist practitioners to prioritise sustainability-related initiatives for retailers. Muñoz-Torres et al (2020:2) confirm that environmental measurement and reporting practices of companies align with global environmental challenges and cite the textile industry as a case in point. By contrast, despite evidence of increased commitment to sustainable sourcing, not much research has been done on the nature and extent of disclosure by retailers, of the mechanisms and practices they use to ensure that their suppliers are addressing sustainability in their own production processes in turn, and in fact, whether they report on it at all (Morhardt, 2009:437;Niehaus et al, 2018:1, Fernandes & Bornia, 2019.…”

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What do South African supermarket retailers disclose about the sustainability of suppliers?

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Journal of Contemporary Management

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Background: As intermediaries between producers, manufacturers and consumers, retailers are uniquely positioned to influence production practices and consumption trends. Supermarket retailers are increasingly imposing responsibility on their suppliers to improve the sustainability of their supply chains. Purpose of study: The ways in which supermarket retailers disclose their sustainable sourcing initiatives are not well understood. The purpose of the study was to investigate the manner in which South African supermarket retailers disclose their sustainable sourcing practices and performance. The objective was to understand if sustainable sourcing is a key aspect of disclosure in the annual reporting of these retailers and if so, what information and performance measures are communicated. Design/Methodology/Approach: The annual reports of the five largest supermarket retailers in South Africa were downloaded from the internet. Content analysis was used to obtain information from the annual reports. Research questions were formulated from which the content categories were defined, for which in turn coded data was extracted from the reports. A scoring system was developed to score the status quo of the coded sustainable sourcing disclosure information. Results/Findings: The results show inconsistency in what information which the different supermarket retailers disclose with regard to sustainable sourcing and how they present it. It is difficult to compare sustainable sourcing practices and performance measurement amongst supermarkets. This has the potential to compromise the competitive advantage of the retailer. Recommendations: The authors recommend a standardised reporting protocol to aid the verification of sustainable sourcing claims and to enable comparisons between retailers. Managerial implication: Being able to disclose information on sustainable sourcing in the supply chains of retailers in a consistent manner, will enable performance comparisons amongst competing businesses. Using a standardised reporting protocol will facilitate the process of consistent and comparable disclosure, providing a basis for continuous improvement.

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“…It is important to know the environmental impact of the value chains and find a way to measure it (Muñoz-Torres et al, 2021). Therefore, it is necessary to know and store information about each one of the steps in the value chain, allowing traceability, enabling the final consumer to be informed and assessing whether or not to buy the garment.…”

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“…Nevertheless, for the consumer to trust brands, it is necessary to create transparency in the whole T&C supply chain. It is important to know the environmental impact of a product’s value chain and find a way to measure it (Muñoz-Torres et al, 2021). To do that, it is necessary to store information, regarding sustainability impacts, in each step along the supply chain.…”

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Towards circular economy in the textiles and clothing value chain through blockchain technology and IoT: A review

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The textile and clothing industry sector has today a big environmental impact, not only due to the consumption of water and the use of toxic chemicals but also due to the increasing levels of textile waste. One way to reduce the problem is to circularise the, currently linear, textile and clothing value chain, by using discarded clothes as raw material for the production of new clothes, transforming it into a model of circular economy. This way, while reducing the need to produce new raw materials (e.g. cotton), the problem of textile waste produced is also reduced, thus contributing to a more sustainable industry. In this article, we review the current approaches for traceability in the textile and clothing value chain, and study a set of technologies we deem essential for promoting the circular economy in this value chain – namely, the blockchain technology – for registering activities on traceable items through the value chain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, for easily identifying the traceable items’ digital twins.

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Sustainable supply chain management in a global context: a consistency analysis in the textile industry between environmental management practices at company level and sectoral and global environmental challenges

Abstract: Sustainable supply chain management in a global context: a consistency analysis in the textile industry between environmental management practices at company level and sectoral and global environmental challenges, Environment, Development and Sustainability,

Cited by 28 publications

References 74 publications

Transitioning the agri-food system. Does closeness mean sustainability? how production and shipping strategies impact socially and environmentally. Comparing Spain, South Africa and U.S. citrus fruit productions

Transitioning the agri-food system. Does closeness mean sustainability? how production and shipping strategies impact socially and environmentally. Comparing Spain, South Africa and U.S. citrus fruit productions

What do South African supermarket retailers disclose about the sustainability of suppliers?

Towards circular economy in the textiles and clothing value chain through blockchain technology and IoT: A review

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