A sustainability compass for policy navigation to sustainable food systems

Aniek Hebinck, Monika Zurek, Thom Achterbosch, Björn Forkman, Anneleen Kuijsten, Marijke Kuiper, Birgit Nørrung, Pieter van ’t Veer, and Adrian Leip

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Abstract: The growing acknowledgement that food systems require transformation has led to a call for comprehensive sustainability assessments to support decision-making. For frameworks to serve sustainability governance, they must show the trade-offs and unintended consequences that might result from policy decisions across key goals relevant to food system actors. This paper reviews existing literature and frameworks and builds on stakeholder input to present a sustainability compass with associated metrics for food system assessments. The compass defines sustainability scores for four societal goals, underpinned by areas of concern. The operationalisation approach for assessment balances policy-usability, system complexity and comprehensiveness, while providing actionable insights. It concludes by outlining additional challenges for research to continue development of food system frameworks that support sustainability governance.

Date: 2020-11-30
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