Sustainability in large food and beverage companies and their supply chains: An investigation into key drivers and barriers affecting sustainability strategies
通过对16家澳大利亚大型食品饮料企业（含11家跨国公司）的21次半结构化访谈，运用制度理论和扩展资源基础观，分析了企业实施可持续性的内外驱动因素与障碍，发现政府监管缺失是主要障碍，而高层管理承诺是关键内部驱动。
Abstract Food and beverage companies have a very significant environmental and social impact, and this has become a global issue. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the drivers and barriers to implementing sustainability in large food and beverage companies and their supply chains. A total of 21 semistructured interviews were undertaken with 16 large food and beverage companies operating in Australia, including 11 multinationals. Institutional theory and extended resource‐based view (ERBV) were applied to evaluate the companies' responses to the external pressures that they faced. The lack of a government regulatory and environmental framework was seen as a major barrier, while top management commitment was generally strong across the sample companies and was seen as a key internal driver. In order to develop an effective sustainability strategy, it is important that a company understands the drivers and barriers to sustainability implementation so that the appropriate actions can be taken. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is first time that the drivers and barriers to sustainability of large food and beverage manufacturers have been evaluated.