Organization of the food distribution system in the context of sustainability according to institutional dimension

Abstract

Sustainable development is playing an increasingly important role in today’s society, and it is essential for companies seeking to meet the needs of the market to pay increasing attention to the application of sustainable development principles in their operations. The enterprise food distribution system is one of the essential activities ensuring the company’s competitiveness in food sector, which ensures timely production and quality of customer service. Nevertheless, the compliance of the company’s distribution system with the principles of sustainable development is a major challenge for most companies. The company’s goal of sustainable development must not forget the main goal - the pursuit of profit; therefore, it is necessary to clearly define the main strategic activities, criteria and evaluation system that would help identify the most suitable solutions for the company to meet both sustainability and profitability expectations. To this end, it is necessary to integrate the institutional dimension and to analyze the food distribution system at the strategic level. The paper analyses the impact of sustainable development on food distribution system to determine which activities are most responsive to sustainable development and company’s goals. The main purpose of the model, presented in the paper, is to help the business sector integrate sustainable development principles effectively in food distribution system, considering the significance of ongoing factors in the system for sustainable development. As study result presented evaluation of international company food distribution system in the context of sustainability according to institutional dimension by identifying value of criteria’s and evaluation main activities in a company distribution system.