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Leesatapornwongsa, F.; Thawesaengskulthai, N.; Vaiyavuth, R. Sustainability and the Food Industry. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/53282 (accessed on 04 July 2024).
Leesatapornwongsa F, Thawesaengskulthai N, Vaiyavuth R. Sustainability and the Food Industry. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/53282. Accessed July 04, 2024.
Leesatapornwongsa, Fontip, Natcha Thawesaengskulthai, Ronnakorn Vaiyavuth. "Sustainability and the Food Industry" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/53282 (accessed July 04, 2024).
Leesatapornwongsa, F., Thawesaengskulthai, N., & Vaiyavuth, R. (2023, December 29). Sustainability and the Food Industry. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/53282
Leesatapornwongsa, Fontip, et al. "Sustainability and the Food Industry." Encyclopedia. Web. 29 December, 2023.
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The potential for organizational growth is dependent upon the organization’s ability for generating novel concepts and effectively leveraging them to achieve sustained competitive advantage. Innovation success can give a business an edge over its competitors. Scholars have emphasized the importance of innovation in securing enduring competitive advantages for organizations. Companies benefit from innovation and create market-differentiating products. Regarding the growing need for sustainability and the presence of management strategies, companies constantly encounter challenges with developing innovation without overlooking the sustainability issues.

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1. Innovation Management and Sustainability

Innovation is valued in academia and business; thus, many studies focus on how to manage it to maximize its benefits. Innovation management is a program or technique that facilitates a corporation manage and offer decision-making information [1]. Innovation management is defined as the start of a company’s departure from traditional management practices, processes, and concepts [2]. It includes managerial practices that support companies to reach their goals and boost their success [3] by creating and applying management practices, processes, structures, and techniques [3]. Innovation management advises managers on how to increase and sustain competitiveness. Innovation management inevitably involves company changes. Managers can change how they direct, decide, organize, and motivate teams [4]. Additionally, innovation management system is essential for company innovation. The system should (a) consider related factors like customers’ needs, the company’s strategies, resources, and technological opportunities, (b) set innovation process goals based on these factors, and (c) manage and control each step of the innovation process [5].
The concept of sustainability has substantial significance and is now experiencing considerable development within the domain of business transformation. This occurrence has a significant impact on innovation [6]. It is generally acknowledged by academics, industry experts, and government officials that innovation is a crucial factor in achieving sustainability. This is because sustainable development is an urgent matter that demands reforms and immediate action from businesses, governments, and society broadly [7]. In order to achieve the ambitious sustainable development goals, it is imperative to implement substantial modifications in policy, technology, and innovation paradigms [8]. Attaining sustainability requires the implementation of fundamental, disruptive, and system-wide innovation [9]. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development asserts that innovation plays a central role in the establishment of a sustainable human society [10].
Numerous studies have emphasized the significance of the relationship between innovation and the attainment of sustainable development objectives. The values-based perspective on innovation management is more effectively advocated by discussions on sustainability-oriented innovation and responsible innovation [11]. From 2010 to 2019, the quantity of articles devoted to innovation and sustainability has increased significantly. The bibliometric analysis identifies the journals, authors, and papers that have had the greatest impact on the field under study. Based on the findings of this research, it is possible to generate a novel research direction in the expansive domain of sustainability and the burgeoning domain of innovation by integrating their defining characteristics into a single concept such as “sustainable innovation” [12]. Furthermore, an investigation employing meta-analysis to examine the influence of innovation on sustainability performance within organizations, including environmental, economic, and social aspects, unveiled that innovation has a favorable effect. Economic innovation exhibited the most robust and advantageous correlations with sustainability performance, while environmental innovation demonstrated the same pattern [13].

2. Sustainabiilty in the Food Industry

The food industry is dynamic as consumer demands evolve. The industry needs to develop and adapt in order to meet them. In recent years, the food industry has grown in scale and significance. On the contrary, the food industry exerts a substantial influence on the environment [14]. The environmental impacts and resource depletion associated with food production are substantial and can be examined [15]. The importance of food packaging waste management is recognized by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems. The preservation of biodiversity, water, and land on a global scale gives rise to concerns regarding the ability to fulfil forthcoming global needs. Over the next half-century, population expansion, urbanization, and wage increases will drive the expansion of the food processing industry, and thus, transforming global food supply chains is required. A considerable quantity of biodegradable waste and remainders with high biochemical and chemical oxygen demand are discarded by the food industry. Due to this, waste disposal regulations have become more stringent globally over the past ten years [16].
Food operations that are industrialized utilize mass production. In contemporary food supply chains, production, financing, and marketing are interconnected on a global scale [17][18][19]. Technological advancements, globalization, and altering consumer preferences and marketing have all contributed to economic, social, and environmental difficulties [20][21]. Green and sustainable alternatives for minimizing energy consumption in food production, processing, and packaging have been developed in response to this critical issue [14]. A collaborative effort is required among farmers, manufacturing enterprises, policymakers, retailers, consumers, and investors in order to develop and execute agri-food production processes and products that are environmentally sustainable [15].
There is a growing consumer awareness regarding various aspects of food products, including their origin, inputs, the labor standards enforced by food corporations and farmers, animal welfare, and environmental footprint [19][22]. Additionally, customers value sustainable foods and adhere to strict food safety standards. Consumers who are conscious of the social, economic, and environmental circumstances surrounding the production and distribution of food prefer businesses that adhere to these standards [23]. Simultaneously, the food industry places significant importance on safety and quality, which focuses on supply chain management [18], quality assurance [17][24], and improved tracking and tracing essential concerns [25]. There has been a longstanding public apprehension regarding the sustainability of the food industry, encompassing its ecological, social, and economic ramifications. Fair trade and organic food initiatives are particularly significant [23].
Prior studies have shown that the assessment of sustainability within the realm of food production has three dimensions, namely economic, environmental, and social with the details in Table 1.
Table 1. Sustainability measurement and description.
Dimension Measurement Description Source
Economic
sustainability		 Economic value Increase economic value, such as by increasing income or reducing expenses. [26][27][28]
Financial health Increase the organization’s financial stability and health. [29][30]
Trade opportunity Increase trade opportunity. [29]
Traceability Trace back through the production process to improve production efficiency, such as reducing raw materials used and reducing innovation development time. [27]
Government support Receive financial assistance from the government. [26]
Environment
sustainability		 Water and chemical consumption Reduce the consumption of water and chemicals. [26][27][28][29][30]
Waste management Reduce or manage waste. [26][27][28][29][30]
Energy efficiency Efficiently use energy in production and reduce the use of non-renewable energy. [26][27][28][29][30]
Efficiency of material consumption and eco-friendly material Use eco-friendly materials and have efficient material consumption, and select suppliers that operate with the same environmental consciousness. [26][28][29][30]
Air pollution Reduce air pollution. [26][28]
Biodiversity Support biodiversity, such as by not causing pollution or invasion of weeds or pests, having no effect on housing, nor changing the ecosystem. [26]
Social
sustainability		 Product safety Increase product safety and take responsibility for the health and safety of customers. [26][27][28][29][30]
Labelling Label information about products and services about raw materials and nutrients to customers. [26][28]
Employee’s health and safety Employees are healthy and safety. [26][28][29][30]
Career development Provide employees with career development opportunities, such as training and career advice. [26][27][28][29]
Human rights and laws Provide employment stability, equal opportunity, and consider human rights and other laws. [26][28][29]
Workplace accidents Reduce workplace accidents involving employees. [30]
Accidents related to environment Reduce accidents related to the environment and reduce the company’s environmental penalties. [30]
Economic and environmental effects at the social level Impact to economic and environment at the social level, such as the creation of socially beneficial products and community-supporting operations. [26][28][29]
Corruption Reduce corruption. [26]
Public policy Align with public policy. [26]

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