Enhancing the sustainability of food waste management practices in emerging economies’ hospitality industry through SECA multi-criteria group decision-making

IF 9.9 1区管理学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

International Journal of Hospitality Management Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI:10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104233

Collins Opoku Antwi , Adjei Peter Darko , Jianzhen Zhang , Kwame Omono Asamoah , Emmanuel Affum-Osei , Jun Ren

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Abstract

Food waste poses a critical challenge to human flourishing, especially in emerging economies. However, sustainable food waste management in these nations neglect downstream retail and consumer management. Considering the increasing demand for hospitality and tourism services in these nations, this neglect is a major shortcoming. So, this paper examines the barriers to sustainable food waste management practices in an emerging economy. We proposed a novel linguistic distribution assessment simultaneous evaluation of criteria and alternatives (LDA-SECA) multi-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) model to optimize the practices and barriers. Analyzing experts’ assessment, we found food waste recovery practice faces the greatest implementation challenge followed by recycling, and reuse. The results further revealed that financial and economic problems constitute the greatest barrier to sustainable food waste management followed by technical difficulties, socio-cultural disadvantages, ineffective communication and information sharing, inappropriate regulation and legislation framework, and human resources limitation. These findings have been discussed thoroughly.

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通过SECA多标准小组决策，加强新兴经济体酒店业食物垃圾管理实践的可持续性

食物浪费对人类繁荣构成了严峻挑战，尤其是在新兴经济体。然而，这些国家的可持续食物垃圾管理忽视了下游零售和消费者管理。考虑到这些国家对酒店和旅游服务的需求日益增长，这种忽视是一个主要的缺点。因此，本文考察了新兴经济体中可持续食物垃圾管理实践的障碍。我们提出了一种新的语言分布评估同时评价标准和替代（LDA-SECA）多标准群体决策（MCGDM）模型来优化实践和障碍。分析专家的评估，我们发现食品垃圾回收实践面临的最大挑战是实施，其次是回收和再利用。结果进一步表明，财政和经济问题是可持续食物垃圾管理的最大障碍，其次是技术困难、社会文化劣势、沟通和信息共享不力、监管和立法框架不合理以及人力资源限制。这些发现已被充分讨论过。

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International Journal of Hospitality Management HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

CiteScore

21.20

自引率

9.40%

发文量

218

审稿时长

85 days

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Hospitality Management serves as a platform for discussing significant trends and advancements in various disciplines related to the hospitality industry. The publication covers a wide range of topics, including human resources management, consumer behavior and marketing, business forecasting and applied economics, operational management, strategic management, financial management, planning and design, information technology and e-commerce, training and development, technological developments, and national and international legislation. In addition to covering these topics, the journal features research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and analyses of business practices within the hospitality industry. It aims to provide readers with valuable insights and knowledge in order to advance research and improve practices in the field. The journal is also indexed and abstracted in various databases, including the Journal of Travel Research, PIRA, Academic Journal Guide, Documentation Touristique, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, Lodging and Restaurant Index, Scopus, CIRET, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. This ensures that the journal's content is widely accessible and discoverable by researchers and practitioners in the hospitality field.