Sustainability motivations and challenges in the Australian agribusiness

Amin-Chaudhry, Anjum; Young, Suzanne; Afshari, Leila

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132229

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“…Stress was on waste in production and to make better use of recyclable scraps. This means there needs to be a system for reducing the amount of waste produced and then recycling it [45][46][47][48][49]. Several researchers have recently raised concerns on greening the packaging, as it affects other value chain connections of the supply chain, energy consumption, and other crucial elements of business operations [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54].…”

Section: Literature Review For Gap Identificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Fear of the Known and Unknown in Being the Sustainable Business: Environmental Concern Reflected by Axfood (Sweden)

Shahzad¹,

Dar

Wazirali

2023

Sustainability

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This research aims to examine the feasibility of adopting a corporate social responsibility strategy that prioritises environmental protection within the food distribution and retail sectors. The environmental strategy involves ecofriendly packaging, streamlined logistics, and conservative energy use. The company Axfood serves as a case study. The study involved public records observation, store visits, and discussions with the managers and head of CSR. The study employed a case study approach, utilising data collected from various sources and analysing it for depth and breadth of understanding to uncover systemic causes of environmental concern at Axfood. Three outcomes were derived from the practical experience gathered from observation, repeated store inspection, interviewing customers and store managers, and five conversations with top management. Recycling and cutting costs through energy efficiency allow businesses to compete based on low prices and high-quality products. It is not a long-term fix to have the market pressure businesses to prioritise products above social audits and unclear reports. Finally, the answer for future business is to learn from competitors and reach parity by having what others have while being distinctive in some respects, such as having a superior environmental conscience.

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Section: Literature Review For Gap Identificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the product storage strategy speaks volumes about the company's commitment to social responsibility. It describes the company's measures to reduce energy consumption and maximise storage capacity, and eliminates the need for plastic bags and display shelving in their product packaging [4,29,48,55,56].…”

Section: Literature Review For Gap Identificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Fear of the Known and Unknown in Being the Sustainable Business: Environmental Concern Reflected by Axfood (Sweden)

Shahzad¹,

Dar

Wazirali

2023

Sustainability

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“…For example, the declarations of the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) incorporates the term sustainable development to describe the need to meet the present environmental challenges without compromising the ability of subsequent generations to meet their own challenges, such as excessive water and air pollution, scarcity of natural resources, deforestation, climate change, and social inequality, created in the last centuries by industrial development, with limited attention to social and environmental externalities (Hummels & Argyrou, 2021). Consequently, Amin‐Chaudhry et al (2022) argue that companies should incorporate the use of ecological materials into their production processes, minimize pollution, and adopt ecological procurement strategies and governments should promote laws that avoid inconsistency between industrial requirements (e.g., extra packaging to make product‐stacking faster and more profitable) and the practices that companies adopt to reduce the use of polluting materials (e.g., plastic).…”

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“…The acceleration of industrial and technological growth has pushed the planet beyond its natural limits, forcing corporations to face environmental challenges such as the integral maintenance of the biosphere, the acidification of the oceans, massive deforestation, and atmospheric pollution due to the burning of fossil fuels (Hummels & Argyrou, 2021; Tao et al, 2022) while also attempting to generate value for their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, and customers (Amin‐Chaudhry et al, 2022). As a result, companies worldwide currently seek ways to mitigate and/or prevent environmental damage to lessen the conflict between environmental protection and economic growth (Tao et al, 2022).…”

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Corporate governance and environmental sustainability: Addressing the dual theme from a bibliometric approach

Enciso‐Alfaro

García‐Sánchez

2022

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Environmental sustainability represents a business challenge that draws the attention of multidisciplinary and multicultural researchers. This study presents a comprehensive picture of the most relevant research on corporate governance and environmental sustainability since 1991. Through a bibliometric analysis of 233 articles retrieved from the Scopus database, we find that 71.67% of the research that addresses the dual theme in the last 7 years appears in journals of recognized impact (e.g., BusinessStrategy and the Environment). Researchers in the field focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, and China; determined by total link strength, D. M. Patten, D. Cormier, and P. Berrone are the most influential authors. We also identify 11 thematic groups or subdomains notable for their size and/or validity, including green innovation, institutional factors, climate change, environmental impact, and the board. Remaining to be addressed in future research are the agrifood sector, investment and energy efficiency, and patents and invention. In addition, theoretical approaches should be incorporated with cultural nuances that enrich our understanding of corporate governance as a driving mechanism of climate change.

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“…Development practices that pursue productivity and ignore environmental aspects have a negative impact. The impacts of agricultural development include: 1) natural resource degradation and declining soil fertility, 2) expansion of critical land, 3) levels of pollution and environmental damage continue to increase, 4) decline in water quality, 5) poverty and unemployment rates in rural areas remain high [8], [9], [10], [11]. Based on the explanation above, the implementation of sustainable agriculture is important.…”

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The Adoption and Diffusion Process of Sustainable Agribusiness Management through the Role of Vocational High School Graduates

Salam¹,

Rianse²,

Hos³

et al. 2023

IJMRA

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Unsustainable agricultural development has an impact on land damage, decreased water quality, increased critical land and it is hoped that agriculture will transform towards sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is development that considers economic, ecological and social dimensions, so that agricultural development can be enjoyed by current and future generations. Sustainable agricultural development requires human resources as agents of change. The existence of Vocational High Schools in agriculture as a subsystem of national education is expected to produce graduates who have competence in the agricultural sector. Research on the process of conveying sustainable agribusiness messages through the role of Vocational High School graduates uses a phenomenological approach to understand the experiences of research subjects. The research subjects were graduates of Vocational High Schools who worked as farmers and extension workers with the sampling technique using snowball sampling by examining the role of graduates of Vocational High Schools as adopter farmers and distributors, non-adopter farmers, extension workers and extension officers who own farming businesses due to the success of the adoption process and Diffusion is influenced by information sources and message delivery methods. The results of the study show that the learning-by-doing method of information sources is considered effective in the process of adoption and diffusion of sustainable agribusiness.

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Sustainability motivations and challenges in the Australian agribusiness

Cited by 19 publications

References 39 publications

The Fear of the Known and Unknown in Being the Sustainable Business: Environmental Concern Reflected by Axfood (Sweden)

The Fear of the Known and Unknown in Being the Sustainable Business: Environmental Concern Reflected by Axfood (Sweden)

Corporate governance and environmental sustainability: Addressing the dual theme from a bibliometric approach

The Adoption and Diffusion Process of Sustainable Agribusiness Management through the Role of Vocational High School Graduates

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