This paper develops an empirical methodology to consistently compare alternative
sustainability paradigms (weak sustainability (WS), strong sustainability (SS), a-growth (AG) …

Purpose Food consumption is one of the main drivers of environmental impacts. To develop
meaningful strategies for the reduction of impacts, food consumption patterns need to be …

Production of food contributes to climate change and other forms of environmental impact.
Input data used in environmental impact assessment models, such as life cycle assessment …

It might seem that it would be easy to calculate the energy used to produce your nightly
cocktail, by dividing the energy use in the production facility by the output (in liters) of …

Currently, stakeholders' increasing attention to quality is driving the wine sector to rethink
and change its own production processes. Amongst product quality dimensions, the …

The increasing water consumption as a result of population growth and economic
development, especially in fast growing developing countries, puts an increasing strain on …