Ornella Malandrino

Università degli Studi di Salerno | UNISA · Department of Business Studies and Research DISTRA

This conceptual paper aims to develop an approach that integrates the circular economy paradigm (4-R) with the new pathway proposed by McKinsey & Company for the post-Covid-19 renaissance (5-R) to reimagine the post-pandemic context as a new normal scenario. From an ecosystem perspective, the authors highlight the interconnections between this appr...

In recent years, attention to the circular economy (CE) has grown considerably and it is now recognised as a model capable of overtaking the current linear economy of unsustainable production and consumption. Organisations have started to implement circular practices to transition towards this sustainable business model and to disclose CE performan...

The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the environmental crisis in which our ecosystem is posed. In this context, the call to reorganize the production and consumption models to implement sustainable economic models is emerging. Accordingly, the Circular Economy paradigm, based on the reduction, reuse and recycling practices, has spurred as one of t...

Among the species cultivated since ancient times and neglected for many decades, the carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is enjoying renewed interest owing to the valuable applications of its derivatives—principally of locust bean gum (LBG), used as a food stabilizer, thickening agent, and emulsifier (E410). It is also used for pharmaceutical, medical, nutra...

Purpose This paper aims to develop a scenario analysis on the experts’ perceptions of benefits and barriers related to adopting digital technologies for the life cycle assessment (LCA) to catalyse a circular economy transition in the agri-food system. Methods A literature review was performed to identify LCA’s digital technologies that can be impl...

Dear Colleagues, In recent decades, the environmental crisis caused by the over-exploitation of resources coupled with the reckless consumption and production models and climate change has increased the urgency to act in order to preserve the survival of the whole ecosystem (García-Sánchez et al., 2021). The recent COVID-19 outbreak has exacerbate...

Purpose This paper investigates the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated service innovation in the restaurant sector. It explores the use of digital technologies (DT) as a safety-empowerment and resilient strategy in the food-service industry during the pandemic. It also investigates the impact of DT on customers' risk perception (...

Il Life Cycle Assessment rappresenta uno degli strumenti più idonei per la valutazione degli impatti ambientali derivanti dai sistemi di produzione agroalimentare. Tuttavia, la validità delle informazioni ottenute dalle analisi di LCA è strettamente interrelata alla qualità dei dati forniti in input ai software all'uopo preposti. La difficoltà ad a...

Over the last few decades, stakeholders’ growing attention towards social and environmental issues has challenged universities’ traditional accountability boundaries, imposing the adoption of innovative reporting tools that facilitate stakeholders’ engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices and performances. Against this backdrop...

The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly compromised the global economy. In this context, the restaurant sector has been particularly affected by the outbreak because restaurants operators and customers are particularly exposed to the risk of contracting the virus. Accordingly, authorities have imposed many restrictive measures on restaurants, which...

As a safety-empowerment strategy, technology innovation is likely to play a pivotal role in the restaurant sector’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. However, its impact on customers’ perceptions is still unexplored in the literature. To fill this gap, this research attempts to provide an innovative contribution to the existing literature by inv...

Purpose This paper aims to explore how the Italian wine industry discloses corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices and quality certifications and the corresponding determinants via websites. The study also aims to investigate the relationship between CSR practices and financial performance. The information consistency between the quality ce...

This paper discusses the main criticisms and alternative proposals advanced by several scholars regarding the market economy based development model. The literature review highlights a significant and growing awareness of environmental issues and strong criticism of the current economic development model, which does not account for limited natural...

Over the last decade, the unsustainability of the current economic model, based on the so-called take-make-dispose paradigm, has emerged. In particular, the agro-food sector (AFS) has been severely affected by such problems as resource scarcity and food loss and waste generation along the supply chain. In addition, climate change and biodiversity l...

Nell’attuale scenario economico e sociale si è affermata l’esigenza di orientare i sistemi di produzione e gli stili di consumo verso nuovi modelli virtuosi di gestione in cui l’innovazione, la qualità e la sostenibilità rappresentano elementi fondanti per la creazione di strategie sapienti e lungimiranti capaci di creare un valore “sostenibile” pe...

A continuous growth characterizes the restaurant sector in Italy. Indeed Federazione Italiana Pubblici Esercizi (FIPE) reports have shown, from 2010 to 2017, a dimensional growth of about 11, 56% corresponding to 36.048 companies. However, this growth is accompanied by a global impact on economic, social and environmental fields: waste production i...

The commitment to improve energy and environmental performance in public administration is essential for the development models geared towards lasting sustainability. The Public Administration (PA) in Italy, in particular, plays a key role to affirm models oriented towards energy and environmental sustainability, thanks to a wider and more innovati...

Recent trends in the international photovoltaic (PV) sector indicate strong growth in terms of capacity and production, which is positively influencing the process of energy system decarbonisation. The aim of this review was to promote productive paradigms for a ‘closed cycle’ economy based on the enhancement of resource efficiency and the reductio...

Glass manufacturing is a high-volume process, during which large substance quantities are transformed into commercial products, and significant amounts of non-renewable resources and energy (i.e., thermal fuels and electrical power) are consumed. The main purpose of this study is to give a critical explanation of the performance of the Italian cont...

The purpose of this work is to carry out a review of the main technical-economic and environmental implications associated with the production of photovoltaic (PV) energy, one of the renewable sources for the production of electricity which currently presents the highest rate of growth worldwide-particularly in Europe and in Italy. The review provi...

The olive oil industry is a significant productive sector in the European Union and the related production process is characterised by a variety of different practices and techniques for the agricultural production of olives and for their processing into olive oil. Depending on these different procedures, olive oil production is associated with sev...

The IMS model, proposed in chapter 3, has been applied to Petti Spa, a well known company producing processed tomatoes. During the integration process two different kinds of strong points (internal/external) emerged. Those relative to internal processes include: the focus on a holistic approach and underpinning relationships; synergies in terms of...

The characteristics of MSs related to Quality, Environment, Health and Safety provide the opportunity for synergic integration, for enhancing operations and disseminating results in order to improve efficacy and efficiency in terms of resources and experience, as suggested by the regulations themselves. The proposed model represents a path for the...

Various Management Systems (MSs) (Quality, Environment, Health and Safety, etc.) are put in place by a great number of organisations, to improve their global performance and recently, the most important challenge is their integration. An Integrated Management System (IMS) is based on the combination of a number of MSs to plan, realise, control, aud...

The Eco-Management for Food Project (EMAF Project - PRIN No.2008TXFBYT co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research) has the purpose to design and implement a Product-Oriented Environmental Management System (POEMS) framework that is specified for the agri-food industry. The POEMS framework has a modular structure resulti...

The aim of this abstract is to present a LCM tool designed for the agri-food industry, a POEMS framework with a modular structure resulting from the integration of complementary tools: an Integrated Management System (IMS), a simplified Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and a suitable Environmental Product Label or Declaration (EPLD) - EMAF Project co-fu...

Purpose The aim of this paper is to map and analyse the state of the art of eco‐energy labelling and its potential as a fundamental component in the transition process towards eco‐sustainability. Design/methodology/approach A detailed scenario of trends in eco‐energy labelling systems, both on an international and European Union scale are outlined...

The renewed interest in the cultivation of hemp as a source of fibre in Italy is described. Hemp has a relatively short vegetative cycle (about 5 months) and can be grown in a variety of soils. After harvesting the cut stalks are dried, threshed, soaked, the internal and external parts of the stalks are separated and dried and the fibres released....

The article profiles some profitable textile opportunities that can be developed out of the Italian agro-industrial sectors. The competitiveness of the Italian agro-industrial field - one of the more traditional sectors of the Italian economy - can not be completely realised due to many political objections regarding these opportunities.

The relation between agricultural resources, industrial activities and the environment has complex aspects because of many dynamic interrelationships. Among the sectors that are showing a certain environmental sensibility, there is the textile one, and particularly the cotton sector. Cotton is one of the most important non-food crops in the world....

The certification of a product represents one of the most current orientations on the world market. It has become clear that the Certification of Quality Systems is not ca- pable of assuring the quality of goods to explicit or implied customer requirements, above all in the agroindustrial sector. The recent problems related to the commercialisation...