Preventing and Recovering Food Waste in Manufacturing Firms: A Contingency Perspective on Circular Economy Practices

IF 13.3 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Business Strategy and The Environment Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI:10.1002/bse.70261

Stella Viscardi, Claudia Colicchia, Alessandro Creazza

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Abstract

Food waste is a sustainability concern in the food industry, which can be mitigated through a circular economy. Circularity can be limited by contextual constraints, such as the characteristics of the waste to be recovered. However, their study in the context of food waste is scarce. Through contingency theory, this work explores which food waste flow characteristics (homogeneous quality, certain timing, sufficient quantity, economic value, and nutritional value) play a role in achieving high circular economy performance. The food waste flows generated by 15 Italian food manufacturing firms are analyzed with qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). The analysis reveals that only a few characteristics may be sufficient for high circular economy performance. The characteristics are contingency factors: Depending on the recognized contingencies, firms may decide to prevent or recover food waste flows out of convenience, necessity, or because of ethics. To improve their circular economy performance, firms can also modify the contingencies themselves.

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制造企业食物浪费的预防和回收：循环经济实践的应急视角

食物浪费是食品行业可持续发展的一个问题，可以通过循环经济来缓解。循环度可能受到环境约束的限制，例如要回收的废物的特性。然而，他们在食物浪费方面的研究很少。本研究通过权变理论，探讨食物垃圾流动特征（质量均匀、时间确定、数量充足、经济价值和营养价值）在实现高循环经济绩效中发挥的作用。本文采用定性比较分析（QCA）对意大利15家食品制造企业产生的食物垃圾流进行了分析。分析表明，只有少数几个特征可能足以实现高循环经济绩效。特征是偶然性因素：根据公认的偶然性，企业可能出于方便、需要或道德原因决定防止或回收食物垃圾流。为了提高其循环经济绩效，企业也可以自行修改偶然性。

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Business Strategy and The Environment Multiple-

CiteScore

22.50

自引率

19.40%

发文量

336

期刊介绍： Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is a leading academic journal focused on business strategies for improving the natural environment. It publishes peer-reviewed research on various topics such as systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, industry sectors, and responses to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. The journal aims to provide original contributions that enhance the understanding of sustainability in business. Its target audience includes academics, practitioners, business managers, and consultants. However, BSE does not accept papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), as this topic is covered by its sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. The journal is indexed in several databases and collections such as ABI/INFORM Collection, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOBASE, Emerald Management Reviews, GeoArchive, Environment Index, GEOBASE, INSPEC, Technology Collection, and Web of Science.