Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?

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Autor(a) principal: Paiva, Ely Laureano
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Biazzin, Cristiane, Di Serio, Luiz Carlos, de Andrade, Marta Cleia Ferreira
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: JOSCM. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/joscm/article/view/51901
Resumo: Biofuel has been pointed out as one “green” option for traditional fossil fuels like petroleum.  Brazil is one the leading countries within this proposal competing globally with its sugar ethanol.. Nevertheless, there is a debate between corn ethanol and sugar ethanol .regarding the appropriateness to produce fuel instead of food in highly fertile regions. This industry is also severely criticized regarding its socio-environmental practices. We analyzed three cases  identified as featuring best practices in this industry in Brazil. Two of the companies are located in the state of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, the most important region in sugar-ethanol production. The third is situated in the Brazilian Midwest, a region with fast growth in this industry. In this region, cattle, soy and corn have been substitute by sugarcane plantation. The results suggest that, when a company in this industry pursues a sustainable approach to its operations, it is possible to mitigate environmental impacts and to improve local social conditions. Such practices are potential sources of competitive advantage. However, clear gaps are still present regarding integration and collaboration along the supply chain. Nevertheless, sustainable business policies have also created new business opportunities. The continuous challenge is to develop synergetic operational capabilities that are able to mitigate environmental impacts, to decrease operational costs and to add value to the products.DOI:10.12660/joscmv8n1p45-56URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/joscmv8n1p46-56
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
title Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
spellingShingle Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
Paiva, Ely Laureano
green supply chain
sustainability
integration
ethanol
biofuel.
title_short Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
title_full Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
title_fullStr Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
title_full_unstemmed Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
title_sort Is There a Bitter Flavor in Sustainability for the Sugar-Alcohol Industry?
author Paiva, Ely Laureano
author_facet Paiva, Ely Laureano
Biazzin, Cristiane
Di Serio, Luiz Carlos
de Andrade, Marta Cleia Ferreira
author_role author
author2 Biazzin, Cristiane
Di Serio, Luiz Carlos
de Andrade, Marta Cleia Ferreira
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Paiva, Ely Laureano
Biazzin, Cristiane
Di Serio, Luiz Carlos
de Andrade, Marta Cleia Ferreira
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv green supply chain
sustainability
integration
ethanol
biofuel.
topic green supply chain
sustainability
integration
ethanol
biofuel.
description Biofuel has been pointed out as one “green” option for traditional fossil fuels like petroleum.  Brazil is one the leading countries within this proposal competing globally with its sugar ethanol.. Nevertheless, there is a debate between corn ethanol and sugar ethanol .regarding the appropriateness to produce fuel instead of food in highly fertile regions. This industry is also severely criticized regarding its socio-environmental practices. We analyzed three cases  identified as featuring best practices in this industry in Brazil. Two of the companies are located in the state of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, the most important region in sugar-ethanol production. The third is situated in the Brazilian Midwest, a region with fast growth in this industry. In this region, cattle, soy and corn have been substitute by sugarcane plantation. The results suggest that, when a company in this industry pursues a sustainable approach to its operations, it is possible to mitigate environmental impacts and to improve local social conditions. Such practices are potential sources of competitive advantage. However, clear gaps are still present regarding integration and collaboration along the supply chain. Nevertheless, sustainable business policies have also created new business opportunities. The continuous challenge is to develop synergetic operational capabilities that are able to mitigate environmental impacts, to decrease operational costs and to add value to the products.DOI:10.12660/joscmv8n1p45-56URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/joscmv8n1p46-56
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