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Wie übernehmen Unternehmen Verantwortung in globalen Zulieferketten? Eine explorative Analyse der „Supply Chain Responsibility“ des schweizerischen Lebensmitteleinzelhandels

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Verantwortliche Produktions- und Konsummuster sind ein zentraler Bestandteil der Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung der Vereinten Nationen. Einzelhandelsunternehmen spielen bei der Erreichung dieses Zieles eine wichtige Rolle, da sie durch die Gestaltung ihrer Zulieferketten eine wichtige Schnittstelle zwischen Produktion und Konsum einnehmen und damit großen Einfluss auf eine nachhaltige globale Entwicklung haben. Aber wie übernehmen Lebensmitteleinzelhändler Verantwortung in ihren globalen Lieferketten vor dem Hintergrund der Komplexität transnationaler Produktionsnetzwerke? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage leisten wir zwei Beiträge: Zunächst diskutieren wir den aktuellen Stand der interdisziplinären Forschung zur sogenannten Supply Chain Responsibility im Hinblick auf drei zentrale Konzepte: Global Value Chains, Full Producer Responsibility und Global Governance. Anschließend untersuchen wir mit einem qualitativen Forschungsdesign auf Basis der drei Konzepte, welche Verständnisse, Grenzen und Möglichkeiten der Verantwortungsübernahme aus Perspektive der Lebensmitteleinzelhändler, sowie beobachtender NGOs in Zulieferketten bestehen. Zu diesem Zweck führen wir Experteninterviews im Feld des schweizerischen Lebensmitteleinzelhandels, welches als führend im Bereich der Supply Chain Responsibility gilt. Unsere Analyse zeigt, dass Unternehmen im Sinne der Global Value Chain Literatur Upgrading-Prozesse entlang der Zulieferkette initiieren, die Ausweitung der Verantwortung auf das Gesamtsortiment anstreben und dies mit einem holistischen Verantwortungsanspruch verbinden. Entsprechend der Global Governance Literatur zeigt sich dabei eine nachgelagerte Rolle des Staates und eine durchaus große Bedeutung von Multi-Stakeholder Initiativen.

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Responsible production and consumption patterns are a core dimension of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Retailers play an important role in achieving these goals, since they occupy a crucial intersection between production and consumption. In managing and governing global supply chains they shape sustainable development, not only in the Global North but also in the Global South. But how do retailers in the food sector assume responsibility in their global supply chains? To answer this question, we make two contributions: first, we give an overview on the current state of research on Supply Chain Responsibility, focusing on three core concepts: Global Value Chains, Full Producer Responsibility and Global Governance. Based on this review we, secondly, use a qualitative research design to analyze the understanding, limits and opportunities of supply chain responsibility focusing on the Swiss food retailing sector. To this end we conduct expert interviews with professionals of major food retailers and NGOs. Our study shows, that Swiss retailers initiate upgrading processes along the supply chains, extend responsibility to the overall assortment and combine this with a holistic understanding of responsibility. Corresponding to the global governance literature experts report a secondary role of the state, but a crucial role of multi-stakeholder initiatives in advancing supply chain responsibility.

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Koos, S., Kattermann, L. (2020). Wie übernehmen Unternehmen Verantwortung in globalen Zulieferketten? Eine explorative Analyse der „Supply Chain Responsibility“ des schweizerischen Lebensmitteleinzelhandels. In: Baur, N., Fülling, J., Hering, L., Kulke, E. (eds) Waren – Wissen – Raum. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30719-6_18

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