Emerging Horizons of Environmental Management in Food Sector Companies
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2015
Iveta Mežinska, Santa Strode

The aim of the Research is to reflect emerging horizons of environmental management in food sector company, identifying environmental aspects and assessing their impact on the environment, using life cycle approach. Review of academical publications, reports, international standards, case studies revealed importance of environmental management for sustainability of food industry companies. Part of practical research is performed in one beverage industry company in Latvia, identifying environmental aspects, related to one product line, and their impact on the environment. Environmental management systems and other methods are widely used to identify environmental aspects of company and its’ products, including related industries. Together with well known environmental management practices, used in food sector companies - ISO 14001, EMAS, new intiatives are used more and more - ISO 50001, calculation of carbon footprint


Atslēgas vārdi
Social responsibility; Environmental management; Environmental impact; ISO 14001
DOI
10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.445
Hipersaite
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815058000

Mežinska, I., Strode, S. Emerging Horizons of Environmental Management in Food Sector Companies. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015, Vol.213, 527.-532.lpp. ISSN 1877-0428. Pieejams: doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.445

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)
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