Malliaroudaki, M.I., Watson, N.J. orcid.org/0000-0001-5216-4873, Ferrari, R. et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Energy management for a net zero dairy supply chain under climate change. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 126. pp. 153-167. ISSN 0924-2244
Abstract
Background: The dairy industry requires substantial energy resources at all stages of production and supply to meet consumer needs in terms of quantity, quality and food safety. The expected future climate change effects will cause serious uncertainty to the dairy industry. Adapting to these upcoming conditions is a challenge and one that is compounded by the continuous increase in food demand, as a result of global population growth. Predictably, under current conditions, this situation might lead to a significant increase in the energy requirements of the dairy industry. Therefore, there is a clear need to mitigate energy use through enhanced energy conservation, waste reduction and waste management.
Scope and approach: This review paper presents and discusses alternative dairy operations and mitigation strategies that have the potential to lead the dairy industry towards net-zero carbon emissions. Further, the focus of this work turns to supply chain energy modelling (SCEM) as means to mitigate energy use, while relevant work in the literature is reviewed.
Key findings and conclusions: Supply chain energy models can provide a complete overview of the energy demand and the energy mix of a dairy supply chain. Additionally, they can highlight the most energy consuming processes and allow the evaluation of alternative energy-saving operations that can lead towards the net-zero carbon target. Overall, the development or use of computational tools for simulating the energy demand in the industry has strong potential for improving sustainability across the dairy supply chain.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Energy use; Dairy Food supply chain; Climate change; Modelling; Net-zero; Sustainability |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Food Science and Nutrition (Leeds) > FSN Nutrition and Public Health (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2024 15:56 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2024 15:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tifs.2022.01.015 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:214614 |