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    Principles and design scenarios for sustainable urban food logistics

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    Food and nutrition systems are linked to all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which makes their transition toward social-ecological behavior patterns crucial for an overarching sustainability transformation. The perspective of (urban) logistics is of special interest. It couples the production and consumption physically and virtually. In this context, we shed light on the design of the turnover point of food in urban areas from the supply chain toward consumers and contribute to an overarching systemic perspective toward establishing a sustainable multilevel food system. We describe current patterns in urban food systems and propose several principles for sustainable design of (urban) food systems based on concepts such as (regional) collaboration and food literacy. Using these principles, we provide four design scenarios that concretely imagine future urban food consumption and production patterns titled "slow stock supply service," "deliver into the daily walk," "central district food depot," "super food action place." With this work we provide a starting for reflecting whether certain combinations of principles actually lead to patterns of daily life that are feasible, acceptable, or desirable. Moreover, we provide an initial qualitative assessment to stimulate further research that explores scenario pathways and incorporates additional indicators regarding the impact on social-ecological. We open up various research questions with regard to the overarching question of how urban food logistics should be designed to be consistent with the SDGs

    ZukunftsfÀhige ErnÀhrungssysteme und Konsummuster gestalten : aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung zu nachhaltiger ErnÀhrung am Wuppertal Institut

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    ErnĂ€hrung ist einer der wichtigen Bereiche fĂŒr die große Transformation. Doch wie kann eine Umstellung auf ein nachhaltiges ErnĂ€hrungssystem gelingen? Der vorliegende Zukunftsimpuls setzt sich mit dieser Frage auseinander - basierend auf ĂŒber zehn Jahren Forschung zu nachhaltiger ErnĂ€hrung am Wuppertal Institut. Einen Schwerpunkt setzt das Papier auf die Außer-Haus-Gastronomie, denn bereits kleine Umstellungen - etwa in der Zutatenauswahl - haben hier große Wirkung. Mit geeigneten Rahmenbedingungen kann die Außer-Haus-Gastronomie den Konsumierenden als leicht zugĂ€nglicher Erlebnisort fĂŒr nachhaltigere ErnĂ€hrung dienen und gleichzeitig Landwirtinnen und Landwirten ein zuverlĂ€ssiger Abnehmer fĂŒr biodiversitĂ€tsschonende und klimafreundliche Lebensmittel sein. Doch fĂŒr eine Transformation des ErnĂ€hrungssystems sind auch andere Akteure gefragt: Der Zukunftsimpuls adressiert Politik, (Land-)Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und jeden und jede Einzelne - denn die Transformation des ErnĂ€hrungssystems ist eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe

    Digitalisation for a sustainable food system : opportunities for shaping production and consumption ; a study commissioned by Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH

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    The food system faces a multitude of challenges, including high greenhouse gas emissions, threats to biodiversity, increased diet-related diseases due to unbalanced diets, and socially problematic complex supply chains. This requires not only a transformation of the agricultural economy but also a change in the diet and lifestyles of all consumers. Developing and using digital and technological innovations can help to solve these challenges. In this context, the study provides impulses on how digitalisation can contribute to transforming production and consumption and which prerequisites have to be given to achieve this. The study describes the approaches for digitalisation along the value chain. These include optimising the use of resources in agriculture - for example with the help of smart farming - and supporting consumers with digital tools and assistance systems - such as apps designed to support grocery shopping. In addition, new business models and a better connection between production and consumption processes are also possible. This includes, for example, new digital sales channels or tracking and communicating sustainability indicators such as CO2 emissions across all steps of the value chain in order to enable all stakeholders to take reliable action

    Designing sustainable food systems and consumption patterns : current insights from the Wuppertal Institute's research into sustainable food

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    Nutrition is one of the most important areas for the great transformation. So how can a shift towards a sustainable food system be achieved? This paper addresses this question - based on more than ten years of research on sustainable nutrition at the Wuppertal Institute. It focuses on public catering, because even small changes - for example in the choice of ingredients - have a huge impact here. With appropriate policy frameworks, public catering can serve as an easily accessible place for consumers to experience sustainable food and at the same time be a reliable buyer of biodiversity and climate-friendly food from farmers. However, other actors are also needed for a transformation of the food system: The "Zukunftsimpuls" addresses politics, (agricultural) industry, science and every individual - because the transformation of the food system is a task for the entire society

    Digitalisierung fĂŒr ein nachhaltigeres ErnĂ€hrungssystem: Potenziale zur Gestaltung von Produktion und Konsum ; eine Studie im Auftrag von Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH

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    Das ErnĂ€hrungssystem steht vor einer Vielzahl von Herausforderungen, wie unter anderem: hoher Treibhausgas-Emissionen, der GefĂ€hrdung der BiodiversitĂ€t, der vermehrten ernĂ€hrungsbedingten Krankheiten durch unausgewogener ErnĂ€hrung sowie sozial-problematischen komplexen Lieferketten. Das erfordert nicht nur eine Transformation der Agrarwirtschaft sondern auch einen Wandel in den ErnĂ€hrungs- und Lebensstilen aller Konsumierenden. Digitale und technologische Innovationen zu nutzen und weiterzuentwickeln kann helfen, diese Herausforderungen zu lösen. Vor diesem Hintergrund liefert die vorliegende Studie des Wuppertal Instituts Impulse, wie die Digitalisierung dazu beitragen kann Produktion und Konsum umzugestalten und welche Voraussetzungen dafĂŒr gegeben sein mĂŒssen. Die Studie beschreibt die Ansatzpunkte fĂŒr die Digitalisierung entlang der Wertschöpfungskette. Dazu zĂ€hlen die Optimierung des Ressourceneinsatzes in der Landwirtschaft, etwa mithilfe von Smart Farming, die UnterstĂŒtzung von Verbraucher*innen durch digitale Tools und Assistenzsysteme - beispielsweise mit Apps als Einkaufshilfe. Daneben erlauben auch neue GeschĂ€ftsmodelle und Rahmenbedingungen eine bessere Vernetzung von Produktions- und Konsumprozessen. Dazu gehören zum Beispiel neue digitale AbsatzkanĂ€le oder Prozessstufen-ĂŒbergreifend Nachhaltigkeitskennzahlen wie beispielsweise CO2-Emissionen mitzufĂŒhren und zu kommunizieren, um allen Akteur*innen richtungssicheres Handeln zu ermöglichen

    Guidance on classification for reproductive toxicity under the globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS)

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    With a wider remit, the United Nations formulated a classification and labelling system for universal application, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The GHS was first published in 2003 (UN, 2003) and subsequently updated on a biannual basis, with the most recent revision published in 2009 (UN, 2009a). It was enacted into the European legislative framework as Regulation 1272/2008 (EC, 2008). The supplementary guidance text of the GHS explains the application of the classification criteria (Box 1). It uses more advisory, less obligatory, language than the equivalent EU text (e.g. “should” vs. “shall”), but overall the differences between the two are minor and are noted in the footnotes to Box 1. This review offers guidance for the classification of substances for toxicity to reproduction according to the GHS; as a whole it applies equally to both regulatory frameworksJRC.I.5-Systems Toxicolog

    Guidance on classification for reproductive toxicity under the globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS)

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