Description
The purpose of the ERA-Net project "iPOPY" was to obtain knowledge on barriers for implementing sustainable food in the supply chain for public institution. The case of school meals was chosen for detailled studies. Especially the public procurement of organic food supply chains have been studied. The study was carried out in Denmark, Finland, Italy an Norway. The economic turnover in this sector are counted in billion euros.The study identified a number of institutional, regulatory, economic, ideological and marked based barriers. The analysis of the collected data documents that many italian provinces and municipalities have succeded in implemeting a relatively high share of sustainable, local and fair trade produced food in the supply chain for school meals, with user payment. In Finland there is a national policy of free school meals for all school children, but Finland have no policy and almost no practices on using sustainable food in school meal provision. In Norway and Denmark the municipalities have sustainbility policies for public procurement, but as school lunch primarily are packed lunch brought from home, sustainable school meal are not well implemented.
The conclusion of the study is that procurement policies on sustainability is possible in the framework of public governance but not always in public-private networks. The methodologies and supply chain management instruments are not yet awailable for embedding sustainable food in public procurement and practices. The implementation of such supply chain policies has to be well tailored for being effective.
| Period | 30 Aug 2011 |
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| Event title | LCM2011- Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Berling, GermanyShow on map |