Overview
- Details the development and quantification of various sustainability indicators in the food sector
- Discusses the evaluation of corporate sustainability performance in the food industry
- Highlights the environmental indicators in the meat chain and agri-food wastes
Part of the book series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (EFEPP)
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About this book
This book highlights various methods of quantifying sustainability indicators in the food sector, highlighting the environmental indicators in the meat chain and agri-food wastes from a bio-refinery perspective. Numerous sustainability indicators that encompass all three pillars – economic, environmental and social areas – as well as individual and joint indicators (e.g. environmental and social) have been developed and quantified to date. Some of these indicators can be utilised for any industrial sector, while others are sector-specific. Behind each indicator developed, there is a unique scientific model, method or assessment technique. This book enumerates these indicators, providing details such as the concept, development methodology, assessment technique, and applications, mainly in the food industry.
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About the editor
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu holds a PhD in Textiles Sustainability and has written 40 books along with 80 research publications. With extensive academic and industrial experience, he is well known for his contributions in the field of textile sustainability. He is the Editor-in-chief of the Textiles & Clothing Sustainability Journal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantification of Sustainability Indicators in the Food Sector
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2408-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2407-9Published: 18 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4772-6Published: 11 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2408-6Published: 29 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2345-7651
Series E-ISSN: 2345-766X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 82
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Food Science, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Sustainability Management, Environmental Management