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The role of sustainability reporting in the agri-food supply chainTopp, Jessie Marie January 1900 (has links)
Master of Science / Department of Communications and Agricultural Education / Jason D. Ellis / Agricultural sustainability is a growing concern for the general public because of agriculture’s considerable use of land, water, and other natural resources. In response to this growing concern, companies have started to publish sustainability reports to highlight sustainable practices. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of sustainability reporting from companies in the agri-food supply chain. The research objectives of this study were (1) determine the prevalence of sustainability reporting among food system companies, (2) identify, to what extent, the three components of the triple bottom line model are represented in sustainability reports, (3) determine if/how sustainability reporting differs among sectors of the agriculture supply chain, (4) assess how companies describe stakeholder engagement in sustainability reports, and (5) explore which aspects of reputation are included in sustainability reports. In total, 66 agribusinesses were included in this study of which 16 had published sustainability reports. Data for the quantitative content analysis were collected using a scorecard based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. Results indicated that sustainability reporting is limited among companies involved in the agriculture and food supply chain. Though better than sectors studied in previous research, agribusinesses also struggle to explain stakeholder engagement and need to focus sustainability report content to align more closely with the three components of the triple bottom line model – environment, economic, and social.
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[en] ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 IMPACTS ON FRESH FOOD CHAINS: A CASE STUDY IN AN ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO / [pt] ANÁLISE DE IMPACTOS DA COVID-19 EM CADEIAS DE ALIMENTOS FRESCOS: UM ESTUDO DE CASO EM UMA ORGANIZAÇÃO NA CIDADE DO RIO DE JANEIROANTONIO ANDREI PINHO BRAGA 06 June 2022 (has links)
[pt] A COVID-19 foi declarada como uma pandemia em março de 2020 pela
OMS (Organização Mundial da Saúde) e até abril de 2022 infectou
aproximadamente 490,7 milhões de pessoas, com pelo menos 6,17 milhões de
mortes. A pandemia desafiou a segurança alimentar, agricultura e cadeias de
alimentos frescos. Pesquisas sobre a análise de cadeias de suprimentos
agroalimentares durante a COVID-19 indicam um maior impacto em pequenos
fornecedores destas cadeias, principalmente as cadeias mais curtas, que são
aquelas que possuem poucos elos. Neste contexto, esse trabalho analisa os
efeitos da COVID-19 em cadeias de alimentos frescos. É desenvolvido, assim, um
estudo de caso em uma organização de produtores do Rio de Janeiro. Esse
estudo cobre uma revisão de escopo que identifica na literatura os principais
impactos e políticas da pandemia nessa cadeia. Em seguida, os resultados são
avaliados através de uma pesquisa de levantamento (survey) na organização para
avaliar se as variáveis encontradas na literatura possuem aderência com as
variáveis identificadas pelos respondentes da survey, que são pequenos
produtores no estado do Rio de Janeiro. Por fim, o problema é modelado por meio
de uma simulação por dinâmica de sistemas. Os resultados mostraram que a
cadeia de suprimentos da organização é sensível a variáveis de impacto como
aumento do custo de produção e não entrega de produtos, pois ao aumentar o
custo de produção e a não entregar produtos, a taxa de vendas é impactada
negativamente. A política de investimento em logística mostra que a taxa de
vendas é impactada positivamente quando se aumenta o investimento. / [en] COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020 by the WHO (World
Health Organization), and at the beginning of April 2022, it had infected
approximately 490.7 million people, with at least 6.17 million deaths. The pandemic
has challenged food security, agriculture, and fresh food chains. Research on the
analysis of agri-food supply chains during COVID-19 indicates a more significant
impact on small suppliers of these chains, especially the shorter chains, which are
those with few links. In this context, this work analyzes the effects of COVID-19 on
fresh food chains. Thus, a case study is developed in a producer organization in
Rio de Janeiro. This study covers a scoping review that identifies in the literature
the main impacts and policies of the pandemic in this chain. Then, the results are
evaluated through a survey in the organization to assess whether the variables
found in the literature match the variables identified by the survey respondents,
who are small producers in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Finally, the problem is
modeled through a system dynamics simulation. The results showed that the
organization s supply chain is sensitive to impact variables such as increased
production cost and non-delivery of products. As increasing production cost and
not delivering products, the sales rate is negatively impacted. The investment
policy in logistics shows that the sales rate is positively impacted when investment
increases.
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