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Climate change adaptation strategy in the food industry - insights from product carbon and water footprints
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 19:19 authored by Ridoutt, B, Sanguansri, P, Lawrence BonneyLawrence Bonney, Crimp, S, Gemma LewisGemma Lewis, Lim-Camacho, LClimate change adds an additional layer of complexity that needs to be considered in business strategy. For firms in the food industry, many of the important climate impacts are not directly related to food processing so a value chain approach to adaptation is recommended. However, there is a general lack of operational tools to support this. In this study, carbon and water footprints were conducted at a low-precision screening level in three case studies in Australia: Smith’s potato chips, OneHarvest Calypso™ mango and selected Treasury Wine Estates products. The approach was cost-effective when compared to high-definition studies intended to support environmental labels and declarations, yet provided useful identification of physical, financial, regulatory and reputational hotspots related to climate change. A combination of diagnostic footprinting, downscaled climate projection and semi-quantitative value chain analysis is proposed as a practical and relevant toolkit to inform climate adaptation strategies.
History
Publication title
ClimateVolume
4Article number
26Number
26Pagination
1-14ISSN
2225-1154Department/School
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)Publisher
MDPI AGPlace of publication
SwitzerlandRights statement
Copyright 2016 the Authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Repository Status
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