Tuinstra, Danniek (2021) Sustainability Awareness of Employees within the Food Industry. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
This thesis aims to find an answer on the question of what the current level of sustainability awareness among employees is and how it is raised in the food industry. In this thesis, the main concepts of sustainability in the food industry and sustainability awareness among employees are explained. In order to answer the main question, the research uses the case study of Helwa which is a wafer manufacturer in the Netherlands. It does so by examining the current knowledge and perception within the organization about sustainability by selecting data through interviews. Outcomes suggests that there is a respective level of sustainability awareness among employees and employees perceive sustainability as an important topic. The employees feel motivated to engage in sustainability, but have more practical constraints like additional costs and technology which keeps them from truly integrating sustainability in their daily operations. Future research might be able to help solve these constraints, but also see whether sustainability awareness levels are respective among employees in the food industry in other cases and across multiple countries.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Polen, J. van |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2021 08:22 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2021 08:22 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/48 |
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