Theoretical Framework: Sustainability and Innovation

Sustainable Supply Chain Based on News Articles and Sustainability Reports: Text Mining with Leximancer and DICTION

“…These include qualitative studies resembling case studies [14,30,31], based on semi-structured questions and interviews [32][33][34], as well as quantitative analyses with analytical, mathematical, and empirical approach [23,25,[35][36][37]. Excluding purely technical [38,39] and socio-scientific theoretical discussions [5,40,41], the SSCM themes can be classified as follows: functions of supply chain processes; the role of related organizations and partners, including government, which may enforce regulations or provide policy support; and SSCM in the context of business globalization.…”

Optimizing the Design and Planning of a Sugar-Bioethanol Supply Chain under Uncertain Market Conditions

“…In other words, its territorial position between the tropics allows the production of sugar cane and its derivatives in a wide geographic space and during different periods of the year. Therefore, the disposition of a large territorial portion in the north–south direction grants the country a great diversity of climatic zones that allows the economic scale production of most of the world’s commercial crops. , Consequently, the country maintains, with different intensities, the production of sugar and ethanol for almost every month of the year, enabling distribution logistics at a low product handling cost, in addition to supplying the populous markets without major difficulties…”

“…Therefore, the disposition of a large territorial portion in the north−south direction grants the country a great diversity of climatic zones that allows the economic scale production of most of the world's commercial crops. 2,13 Consequently, the country maintains, with different intensities, the production of sugar and ethanol for almost every month of the year, enabling distribution logistics at a low product handling cost, in addition to supplying the populous markets without major difficulties. 14 From the current perspective of the world S&E sector, the particularities of the Brazilian segment, and the future uncertainties regarding the replacement of fossil fuels with biofuels, the research question on how to manage efficiently this kind of complex system under uncertain conditions is timely.…”

“…Sugar cane has played a prominent role in the world economy for centuries, but now a new and promising stage has begun . The main factors that have currently driven the sugar and ethanol (S&E) sector around the world, by improving its efficiency and inducing its modernization, are the incentive to replace fossil fuels with biofuels, the appreciation of sugar and other sugar cane derivatives in the commodities market, and the growth of the alcohol-chemical industry. , Bioethanol, in particular, when compared to fossil fuels, not only has the advantage of being a renewable and sustainable energy but also presents a low environmental impact and, therefore, helps to combat the greenhouse effect and, consequently, the global warming. , In this regard, it is worth mentioning that the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission released into the atmosphere by the bioethanol production process is compensated by the subsequent sugar cane plantations . Simultaneously, all these facts have driven the world’s S&E sector toward modernization and high productivity …”