Tourism Sector: The Supply Chain Social Footprint of an Italian Accommodation Facility

Arzoumanidis, Ioannis; D’Eusanio, Manuela

doi:10.3390/su15129793

Cited by 4 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 17 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Despite its widespread use, methodology development in SLCA is still progressing [25]. This systematic approach can assist companies in administering their supply chains and promoting social responsibility and sustainability by evaluating products' social and socioeconomic aspects throughout their life cycle [26,27]. Hence, it has been applied to different product value chains for social hotspots and improvements, using SLCA databases as a data source (see Table 1).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Sustainability of Raw Rubber Production: A Supply Chain Analysis under Sri Lankan Scenario

Dunuwila

Rodrigo²,

Daigo

et al. 2023

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Raw rubber production is the sole foundation for the rubber product industry, rendering raw rubber to manufacture essential commodities to mankind, such as tires, condoms, surgical gloves, and so forth. Raw rubber production involves various stakeholders; however, literature focusing on the social impacts of the supply chains of raw rubber production has hereto been absent. Social life cycle assessment, a popular tool to assess the social impacts of a product or process and was deployed herein to assess the social profiles of three Sri Lankan raw rubber supply chains (crepe rubber, concentrated latex, and ribbed smoked sheets) in a cradle-to-gate manner. The Social Hotspots Database v4 on Sima Pro v9.3 was used for the analysis. Results indicated that Governance, Labour rights & decent work had been affected due to Corruption and Freedom of association & collective bargaining issues, mainly in Belarus and China. Proposed improvement options to address these touchpoints were found to be effective. If the importation of K-fertilizer shifted into countries with lower risks, such as Canada, Israel, and Lithuania, overall social risks associated with Corruption and Freedom of association & collective bargaining could be reduced by ca. 36% and 25%, respectively. As a result, social risks in the impact described above categories, i.e., Governance and Labor rights & decent work, were reduced by ca. 35–41% and ca. 17–20%, respectively. Managers may pay thorough attention to the hotspots identified herein in the first place and try to avoid them as much as possible. They may consider importation from the aforesaid low-risk countries while weighing the trade-offs with economic and environmental aspects.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Sustainability of Raw Rubber Production: A Supply Chain Analysis under Sri Lankan Scenario

Dunuwila

Rodrigo²,

Daigo

et al. 2023

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Sustainability performance evaluation in the organic durum wheat production: evidence from Italy

Vinci,

Prencipe,

Ruggeri

et al. 2024

Int J Life Cycle Assess

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Social sustainability in the hospitality and tourism supply chains: what can we learn from existing research and what remains unexplored?

Elbelehy,

Crispim

2024

JHTI

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

PurposeThis research systematically reviews the literature on social sustainability within hospitality and tourism supply chains (H&T SCs). The aim is to identify research approaches, emerging themes, geographic and sectoral scopes and current gaps in understanding social sustainability practices in this sector.Design/methodology/approachThe review has been carried out using the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines” (PRISMA). The authors analyzed 17 peer-reviewed journal papers from 2008 to the present.FindingsEarly research focused on qualitative methods and developed countries, while recent studies have shifted to quantitative approaches. There is a notable gap in using multi-criteria decision-making for social sustainability. The review identified eight categories of social practices, with the most attention given to “society and community development” and the least to “human rights.”Research limitations/implicationsTo enhance social sustainability, businesses and policymakers should focus on improving supply chain collaboration, standardizing social sustainability metrics, assessing stakeholder perceptions and supporting small enterprises in developing countries. This review is limited to English open-access journals and excludes studies in other languages. Additionally, by not including articles on sustainable tourism or development – which often emphasize environmental and economic aspects – important social dimensions may have been overlooked. Future research should broaden search parameters to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of social sustainability in H&T SCs.Originality/valueThis study addresses a critical gap in the literature on social sustainability within H&T SCs, particularly in databases like Web of Science and Scopus, offering new insights and directions for future research.

show abstract

Tourism Sector: The Supply Chain Social Footprint of an Italian Accommodation Facility

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Social Sustainability of Raw Rubber Production: A Supply Chain Analysis under Sri Lankan Scenario

Social Sustainability of Raw Rubber Production: A Supply Chain Analysis under Sri Lankan Scenario

Sustainability performance evaluation in the organic durum wheat production: evidence from Italy

Social sustainability in the hospitality and tourism supply chains: what can we learn from existing research and what remains unexplored?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About