Life cycle modelling CO2 emissions for lettuce, apples and cherries
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Executive Summary
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Phase 1: The Baseline Scenario
- 2.1 The Driving Forces which have shaped Today's UK Grocery Supply chain
- 2.1.1 Customer Expectations
- 2.1.2 The UK Grocery Retailer
- 2.1.3 Developing Customer Loyalty
- 2.1.4 Logistic Capability
- 2.1.5 Conclusion
- 2.2 The Baseline Model
- 2.2.1 Setting the Boundaries
- 2.2.2 Obtaining the Data
- 2.2.3 Introducing the Mapping Technique
- 2.2.4 Refining the Product Choice
- 2.2.5 Mapping Results
- Summary for All Three Products
- 2.3 Qualitative Discussion of Non-Transport Processes
- 2.3.1 Trade-Off Data Collection
- 2.3.2 Description of Processes
- 2.4 Baseline Conclusions
- 3.0 Phase 2: Distribution Patterns
- 3.1 Transport Effectiveness
- 3.2 Shared Networks
- 3.3 Distribution Trade-offs
- 3.4 Conclusions
- 4.0 Phase 3: Alternative Sourcing Assessment
- 4.1 Options for More Local Sourcing
- 4.1.1 Apples
- 4.1.2 Lettuce
- 4.1.3 Cherries
- 4.2 UK Locally Focused Supply and Distribution System
- 4.2.1 Local Sourcing Scenarios 1 and 2
- 4.3 Radical Sourcing Patterns: Three Case Studies
- 4.3.1 Case Study 1 - Seikatsu Club Consumer Co-operative (Japan)
- 4.3.2 Case Study 2 - BioCoop (France)
- 4.3.3 Case Study 3 - El Tamiso Organic producers co-op, Padova, Italy and Mercabio
- 4.3.4 Common Themes from the three case studies
- 4.4 Could the UK Multiples Source More Locally?
- >4.4.1 Customer Demand and Preferences
- 4.4.2 Brand
- 4.4.3 Quality control and buying
- 4.4.4 Logistical Issues
- 4.4.5 Price
- 4.4.6 Conclusions - multiple retailers
- 4.5 The practicality of changes in sourcing patterns
- 4.5.1 Moving towards "closer to home" sourcing
- 4.5.2 Moving towards "local" sourcing
- 4.6 More complex future scenarios
- 4.7 Levers to Encourage More Local Sourcing
- 4.8 A qualitative discussion of sourcing trade-offs
- 5.0 Discussion and Conclusions
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Scenario Learning Points
- 5.3 Generic Learnings
- Bibliography
- Appendices
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Appendix 7
- Background information for case studies
- Appendix 8
- BioCoop: The three conventions (General Principles)
- Appendix 9
- The BioCoop Agreement
