Investigating environmental management practices within the Northern Cape wine supply chain
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Investigating environmental management practices within the Northern Cape wine supply chain | |
| Creator | Trollip, Elize G. | |
| Description | Background: Environmental management systems and practices have become a necessity in wine supply chains, given their vulnerability to climate change. Climate change could lead to a 55% loss of wine-cultivating land in South Africa by 2050, which would harm the first two tiers of the wine supply chain.Objectives: The objective was to investigate the current environmental systems and practices applied in the first two tiers of the Northern Cape wine supply chain.Method: This qualitative exploratory study was conducted by semi-structured interviews to determine the various environmental management systems and practices adopted by role players. The data collected were analysed by thematic analysis.Results: The results indicated the implementation of an environmental management tool, namely the Integrated Production of Wine scheme. Supportive practices such as water- and energy-wise approaches, soil management and waste management were also identified. Furthermore, a sincere relationship between farmers, cellars and viticulturists results in collaboration based on mutual information sharing and cooperation between role players to reduce their environmental impact.Conclusion: The various environmental management practices and the collaborative approach between role players can serve as an example to other agricultural supply chains. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-08-27 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jtscm.v12i0.404 | |
| Source | Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management; Vol 12 (2018); 9 pages 1995-5235 2310-8789 | |
| Language | eng | |
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