Carbon footprint in green public procurement: Policy evaluation from a case study in the food sector

Food Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-93

  Cerutti, Alessandro K ^a,b   Contu, Simone ^b   Ardente, Fulvio ^c   Donno, Dario ^a   Beccaro, Gabriele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Sustainability (IRIS)   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Food miles; Food supply chain; Life cycle assessment; Organic farming; Public policies; School catering

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD POLICY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FARMING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 84953775138     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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