Craft Breweries and Sustainability: Challenges, Solutions, and Positive Impacts
2014 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year))
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Currently our society is heading towards the walls of the funnel; the funnel being a metaphor that describes the growing pressures that is acting on society. In order to move society towards sustainability and away from the walls of the funnel, all areas of our society need to move in that direction. Craft breweries being a part of this society need to move, as well. This research uses the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) to assess the sustainability challenges and the positive impacts of a craft brewery, as well as viable solutions to overcome the challenges these breweries face. The data was collected through literature, sustainability reports and a survey. Our research revealed five main challenges and four main positive impacts of a craft brewery; these challenges are energy, water, agriculture, packaging and distribution, and alcohol consumption, while the positive impacts are local connection, local economy, social interaction, and cultural identity. Furthermore, a prototype of a tool was developed to help craft breweries to become more sustainable and could help to move society, as a whole, towards sustainability.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. , p. 81
Keywords [en]
Craft Brewery, Positive Impacts, Solutions, Strategic Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Sustainability Challenges
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-1944Local ID: oai:bth.se:arkivex98EE688AD95A6032C1257CFC0034FEA8OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-1944DiVA, id: diva2:829201
Educational program
SLASL (Master programme in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Supervisors
2015-04-222014-06-192018-01-11Bibliographically approved