Organizing Supply Chain Processes for Sustainable Innovation in the Agri-Food Industry

Raffaella Cagliano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy Federico F. A. Caniato, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy Christopher G. Worley, Centre for Leadership and Effective Organizations, Neoma Business School, Reims, France

• 1. The Challenge of Sustainable Innovation in Agri-Food Supply Chains - Raffaella Cagliano, Christopher G. Worley and Federico F. A. Caniato 2. ALCASS: Innovation for Sustainable Supply Chains for Traditional and New Products - Veronica Leon-Bravo, Federico F. A. Caniato, Antonella Moretto and Raffaella Cagliano 3. Supporting Sustainability Through Developing a Learning Network Among Traditional Food Producers: Applications of Action Learning - Paul Coughlan, David Coghlan, Denise O’Leary, Clare Rigg and Doireann Barrett 4. Building Social Capital into the Disrupted Green Coffee Supply Chain: Illy’s Journey to Quality and Sustainability - Annachiara Longoni and Davide Luzzini 5. The Evolution of Barilla’s Durum Wheat Supply Chain Contracts for Triple Bottom Line Benefits - Marco Formentini, Manmohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang 6. Minimizing Food Waste at Google: Creating Production Innovation and Purchasing Practices - Madeleine Pullman and Kristen Rainey 7. Surplus Food Redistribution for Social Purposes: The Case of Coop Lombardia - Sedef Sert, Paola Garrone, Marco Melacini and Alessandro Perego 8. Packaging’s Role in Sustainability: Reusable Plastic Containers in the Agricultural-Food Supply Chains - Jay Singh, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Hillary Femal and Ahmed Deif 9. Origin Green: When Your Brand Is Your Supply Chain - Mary Shelman, Damien McLoughlin and Mark Pagell 10. The Emergence of a Local Foods Network in Northeast Ohio - Susan Albers Mohrman, Sally Breyley Parker, Lorelei Oriel Palacpac and Cameron Wilk 11. Inclusive Innovation and the Role of Partnerships: The Case of Semi Di Liberta - Francesca Mapelli, Marika Arena and Paolo Strano 12. A Pathway Towards Truly Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Balancing Motivation, Strategy, and Impact - Raffaella Cagliano, Federico F. A. Caniato and Christopher G. Worley

Business scholars present a series of cases that address sustainability oriented innovation in the agri-food industry, focusing on the agricultural, processing, distribution, and consumption activities associated with its supply chain. Among their topics are the challenge of sustainable innovation in agri-food supply chains, building social capital into the disrupted green coffee supply chain: Illy's journey to quality and sustainability, the evolution of Barilla's durum wheat supply chain contracts for triple bottom line benefits, surplus food redistribution for social purposes: the case of Coop Lombardia, Origin Green: when your brand is your supply chain, and inclusive innovation and the role of partnerships: the case of Semi Di Liberta.