HoReCa Food Waste and Sustainable Development Goals—A Systemic View

Aleksander Buczacki, Bartłomiej Gładysz and Erika Palmer
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Aleksander Buczacki: Faculty of Production Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 02-524 Warszawa, Poland
Bartłomiej Gładysz: Faculty of Production Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 02-524 Warszawa, Poland
Erika Palmer: Sintef Ocean, N-7010 Trondheim, Norway

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: A significant share of food waste originates in the food services domain and HoReCa sector. Organizational improvements leading to the decrease of food waste and related costs in HoReCa are needed to make progress in this issue. A systems engineering approach was applied to examine the links between food waste generated in the HoReCa industry and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A literature review discovered two dimensions of actions leading to decreasing food waste in HoReCa; i.e., actions triggered by companies and by authorities (e.g., governmental policies). Additionally, customers and society were also considered. A framework is proposed to explicitly illustrate the dependencies of different micro actions devoted to food waste reduction in HoReCa in support of the SDGs. The other dimension of this framework is macro policies and their impact on SDGs. To increase food waste reduction awareness and collaboration, stakeholders on both the macro (launched by authorities for the whole sector) and micro (initiated by single organizations on their own) levels must work together. The results of this research will be useful in coordinating the efforts of all (consumers, HoReCa companies and suppliers, policymakers and administrations on different levels) involved in the supply chain of food production and consumption.

Keywords: food waste; food services; HoReCa; Sustainable Development Goal; regional policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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