Reducing Food Waste

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pearson ◽  
Anji Perera
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Communication Campaign ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Negative Environmental Impact ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Selection Of

This article specifies behavior changes and identifies content for an integrated social marketing communication campaign to reduce amount of food wasted by individuals. The findings are based on a review of literature and discussions with experts. After gaining attention, the campaign will need to inform individuals of negative environmental impact, social injustice, and economic costs of wasting food. Individual behavior changes required are to plan purchases and store correctly, which will reduce amount of spoilage, and to prepare appropriate amounts, which will reduce food waste from leftovers. In addition, individuals are required to redistribute or recycle inevitable food waste rather than throwing it out as rubbish. Identification of these behavior changes will be useful for practitioners in industry, government, and not-for-profit sectors who are engaging in activities encouraging individuals to reduce food waste. Due to wide variations in food provisioning behaviors across different cultures and geographies, additional market research on the population of interest is required to design content for the campaign. This will allow for framing message and selection of media to appeal to identified target groups of individuals who both waste large amounts of food and, importantly, are receptive to changing their behaviors to reduce amount of food wasted. And finally, the success of any such “downstream” behavior change campaign will be increased when it is supported by enabling “upstream” contextual influences associated with supportive social networks, communities, infrastructure, and regulation.

scholarly journals The Human Capital for Value Creation and Social Impact: The Interpretation of the IR’s HC Definition

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 6989
Author(s):  
Maurizio Cisi ◽  
Francesca Alice Centrone
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Selection Of

The paper aimed at assessing and identifying in a comparative way the potentiality and suitability of the Integrated Reporting (IR)’s definition of human capital (HC) within a selection of companies and social cooperatives. Employing in-depth interviews, the qualitative study analyzed the points of view of a selection of human resources managers to firstly check and test the connection between human capital, value creation, and social impact. The contribution of human capital to value creation is not easily recognized, especially by smaller-sized companies. The results suggested that the HC definition of the IR in the for-profit sector seems to be more applicable to the top management than to the whole workforce, while it appears as “fitting” for the managers of social cooperatives because of its explicit focus on ethical values, loyalty, and motivation. This allowed opening possible channels of dialogue between the profit and not-for-profit sectors. The paper proposed practical recommendations to operationalize the IR’s HC definition.

scholarly journals Overcoming the social stigma of consuming food waste by dining at the Open Table

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferne Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Community Group ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Holistic Approaches ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Food Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Food Network

AbstractStigma is often encountered by recipients who receive food donations from charities, while the consumption of wasted food, also traditionally considered to be a stigmatized practice, has recently become part of a popular food rescue movement that seeks to reduce environmental impacts. These two stigmas—charitable donation and the consumption of waste—are brought together at the Open Table, a community group in Melbourne, Australia, that serves community meals cooked from surplus food. This paper examines how Open Table de-stigmatizes food donations through food waste discourse to enable greater social inclusion. I draw on the experiences of donors, cooks, volunteers and eaters gathered from diverse Open Table sites. Taking a ‘follow-the-thing’ approach, I analyze how food ‘waste’ becomes re-valued by embracing goals of environmental justice enacted through local processes of care and conviviality. Relying on networks of volunteers and not-for-profit agencies, Open Table provides a simple, effective and adaptable model for possible replication for overcoming drawbacks of traditional charity practices. Critically though, as hunger in society continues to grow, this approach is increasingly threatened by the need to ‘single out’ disadvantaged recipients to justify continued supply. This paper contributes to food poverty, waste, and Alternative Food Network literature in two important ways: first, by analyzing the outcomes of community food redistribution approaches with regards to stigma and inclusion; and secondly, by arguing that such holistic approaches need to be acknowledged, valued and supported to shift current discourses and practice.

scholarly journals Groundwater protection in Denmark and the role of water supply companies

1969 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Jacob Dyrby Petersen ◽  
Lisbeth Flindt Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Groundwater Protection ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Selection Of

Denmark has a decentralised water supply structure with about 2500 water supply companies. Until recently, about 150 of these, especially the larger ones, were owned by local authorities; the rest are private, all run on an independent and not-for-profit basis. Recently, a new law, the Water Sector Law (Miljøministeriet 2009), was implemented. Its purpose is to privatise the water supply sector (although, as hitherto, into not-for-profit corporations), and statutory duties are separated from operations in order to make the supply of drinking water to consumers as efficient as possible. An important element of the Water Sector Law is the introduction of a new regulatory body, the Utility Secretariat. The role of this new institution under the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority is to enforce price ceilings on drinking water, based on a selection of benchmark parameters.

Accounting Based Risk Measures for Not-for-Profit Hospitals

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-226
Author(s):  
Dean G. Smith ◽  
John R. C. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Discount Rate ◽  
Risk Measures ◽  
Systematic Risk ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Selection Of

This paper discusses the issues involved with determining an appropriate discount rate for not-for-profit hospitals and develops a method for computing measures of systematic risk based on a hospital's own accounting data. Data on four hospital management companies are used to demonstrate the method. Results indicate the need for sensitivity analysis in the selection of estimation methods and in the final determination of a discount rate.

The Development of Not-For-Profit Hospital Cost Models

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Greg M. Thibadoux ◽  
Nicholas Apostolou ◽  
Ira S. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Cost ◽  
Cost Models ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit

10. Designing an online curriculum supporting risk management and patient safety

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
T. Gondocz ◽  
G. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Online Curriculum ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Managing Risk

The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) is a not for profit mutual defence organization with a mandate to provide medico-legal assistance to physician members and to educate health professionals on managing risk and enhancing patient safety. To expand the outreach to its 72,000 member physicians, the CMPA built an online learning curriculum of risk management and patient safety materials in 2006. These activities are mapped to the real needs of members ensuring the activities are relevant. Eight major categories were developed containing both online courses and articles. Each course and article is mapped to the RCPSC's CanMEDS roles and the CFPC's Four Principles. This poster shares the CMPA’s experience in designing an online patient safety curriculum within the context of medico-legal risk management and provides an inventory of materials linked to the CanMEDS roles. Our formula for creation of an online curriculum included basing the educational content on real needs of member physicians; using case studies to teach concepts; and, monitoring and evaluating process and outcomes. The objectives are to explain the benefits of curricular approach for course planning across the continuum in medical education; outline the utility of the CanMEDS roles in organizing the risk management and patient safety medical education curriculum; describe the progress of CMPA's online learning system; and, outline the potential for moving the curriculum of online learning materials and resources into medical schools.

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