scholarly journals Sustainability Indicators for Foods Benefiting Climate and Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3621
Author(s):  
Anna Strid ◽  
Elinor Hallström ◽  
Ulf Sonesson ◽  
Josefin Sjons ◽  
Anna Winkvist ◽  
...  

New methods for combined evaluation of nutritional and environmental aspects of food products are needed to enable a transformation of dietary guidelines integrating both health and environmental perspectives. We evaluated two sustainability aspects; nutrition and climate impact, of foods commonly consumed in Sweden and the implications of using parallel or integrated assessments of these two aspects, also discussing the usability and suitability of these food sustainability indicators in relation to Swedish dietary guidelines, industry food product development, and consumer communication. There were large differences in both nutrient density and climate impact among the different foods. The parallel assessment easily visualized synergies and trade-offs between these two sustainability aspects for the different foods. Coherence with dietary guidelines was good, and suitability and usability deemed satisfying. The integrated indicator showed better coherence with dietary guidelines than indicators based solely on nutrient density or climate impact; however, the difficulty to interpret the score limits its usability in product development and consumer communication. With both methods, advantageous as well as less advantageous plant-based and animal-based food alternatives were suggested. The two alternative methods evaluated could serve as useful tools to drive individual and societal development towards more sustainable food production and consumption.

Author(s):  
Mary Earle ◽  
Earle Richard ◽  
Allan Anderson

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-277
Author(s):  
Preeti Verma ◽  
◽  
Sheel Sharma ◽  
Vibha Sharma ◽  
Shilpi Singh ◽  
...  

2022 ◽  
pp. 233-271
Author(s):  
Divyani Panwar ◽  
Parmjit Singh Panesar ◽  
Anuradha Saini

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (340) ◽  
pp. 38-52
Author(s):  
Irina Pilvere ◽  
Mihails Silovs ◽  
Janis Ozolins ◽  
Aleksejs Nipers ◽  
Olga Dmitrijeva

Abstract To survive in today's competitive environment, companies must continuously develop and offer customers new products. To increase the probability of a successful business case of investing in the development of a new product, careful attention must be paid to risk analysis in terms of the present value of future potential income. The article considers an example of the research work of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, in the framework of which a technical and technological project was developed to produce a new product, like Mediterranean anchovy, from cheaper Baltic sprats. The main goal of this work is to explore the application multi-factor sensitivity and fuzzy real option analysis to the valuation of new product development project. The multivariate analysis of the sensitivity of the financial model of the greenfield production project described in this article revealed the main risk groups, as well as their degree of influence on the assessment of the Net Present Value of the project by a potential investor. The use of Fuzzy Real Option Valuation made it possible to evaluate the project with uncertain parameters, as well as to calculate the potential upside from preliminary refinement of parameters to eliminate negative scenarios. The described approach is applicable to risk assessment of new food product development and allows investors to make a more informed decision about participation in such projects.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document