Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, H: Environment & Earth Science, Volume 23 Issue 5

Global Journal of Science Frontier Research: H Environment & Earth Science Volume 23 Issue 5 Version 1.0 Year 2023 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4626 & Print ISSN: 0975-5896 Assessing the Sustainability Performance, the Food-Processing Industry through Causal Loop: A Mauritian Case Study University of Mauritius Abstract- Sustainability has emerged as one of the megatrends in the food processing industries prevails as one of the most important items on the agenda of many companies. The major sustainability domains: environmental, social and economic aspects are topics that companies are called to focus on nowadays for achieving success. These include, utilisation of resources such as water, energy, working conditions, safety at work, and investments, among others. This research work aims at assessing the sustainability performance of food processing organisations and propose sustainable practices with a focus on environmental, social and economic. The interactions of the sustainable practices from the causal loop diagrams have shown the importance of recycling and reusing of solid wastes, water treatment, investment in renewable energy and continuous improvement of practices and policies through audits. Keywords: sustainability, sustainability indicators, food processing industries, causal loop diagrams. GJSFR-H Classification: LCC: HD9000.5 AssessingtheSustainabilityPerformancetheFoodProcessingIndustrythroughCausalLoopAMauritianCaseStudy Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: © 2023. Yuktishaan Sharma Sumessur & Devkumar S Callychurn. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creative commons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. By Yuktishaan Sharma Sumessur & Devkumar S Callychurn