Sustainable business cycles: Some findings from Sweden and the UK

Author

Wagner, Beverly ; Svensson, Goran

Author_Institution

Dept. of Marketing, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper is a based on research following on from our paper, “Sustainable Supply Chains: Overview and Research Agenda” presented at SCMIS 2009. We compare and contrast three case studies conducted in Sweden and the UK over the past year. The companies comprise a Swedish dairy producer, a fast food chain and a UK potato packaging company. All three aspire to create sustainable business models to reduce carbon footprints, increase recycling and waste management, and conserve energy while at the same time maintaining profit and sustainability. The paper highlights similarities and differences within these organisations and the challenges they face to maintain competitive market positioning.

Keywords

air pollution; energy conservation; recycling; supply chain management; sustainable development; waste management; Swedish dairy producer; UK potato packaging company; carbon footprint reduction; competitive market positioning; energy conservation; fast food chain; organisations; profit; recycling; sustainable business cycles; sustainable supply chains; waste management; Agriculture; Companies; Supply chains; Water conservation; consumer; environment; retailers; supply chains; sustainability; sustainable business cycles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Supply Chain Management and Information Systems (SCMIS), 2010 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-962-367-696-0

Type

conf

Filename

5681793