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

Reinforcing loop R4 demonstrate that by investing the profits locally either by vertical or horizontal integration strategies could cause increase in revenues over the long run. Thus, investing locally can also encourage other business or employment opportunities which would support the Mauritian market and economy. Besides, balancing loop B5 demonstrate that the profits obtained from the revenues can be used to reimburse loans to banks, which took part on the sustainability initiatives to provide green loan at low interest rates. The reimbursement of the loans would enable the banks to again fund loans and would enable more companies to seize the initiative to invest in renewable energy to decrease dependence on fossil energy and decrease production cost over the long run. Additionally, balancing loop B6 demonstrate that sensitisations campaigns on sustainable consumption and production from the sustainable initiatives would decrease the product dem and which would also cause decrease in production intensity. Thus, enabling less resource use and consequently solve the rebound effect of reinforcing loop R1 in figure 6.2 of environmental CLD. V. R ecommendations and C onclusions The sustainable environmental targets and practices that need to be implemented are detailed in table 5. Assessing the Sustainability Performance, the Food-Processing Industry through Causal Loop: A Mauritian Case Study Table 5: Environmental Targets and Practices Target Practices Assessments Improve management practices  Implement environmental, quality orfood safety management systems  ISO 14001  ISO 9001  HACCP Reduce GHG emissions and improve air quality  Equip facilities with pollution prevention devices  Monitor emissions  Perform regular airtest emissions Reduce energy consumption  Optimise lighting systems withenergy efficient technologies  Install energy efficient cooling andheating systems  Maintenance practices to optimise machine efficiency and detect steamor compressed air leakages  Install heat recovery and condensaterecycling for boilers  Invest in VSD for compressor control  Perform energyaudit  Document every maintenance practices for redundancy check  ISO 50001 Reduce water consumption  Implement water conservation technologies  Maintenance practices to detect waterleakages  Perform water audit Reduce material consumption  Implement proper inventory management system  Perform resource audit  Substitute to recycled materials  Implement lean production to reducewastes Hazardous chemical use  Maintain proper inventory of allchemicals  Maintain up-to-date MSDS  Proper disposal of hazardous waste  Comply to OSHA  Perform chemical hazard assessment Reduce solid waste  Improves processes through lean  Reuse possibilities  Recycling program (outsource orinternal)  Perform waste audit © 2023 Global Journals 1 Year 2023 1 Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Volume XXIII Issue ersion I VV ( H )