Key factors of carbon footprint in the UK food supply chains: a new perspective of life cycle assessment

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically identify key factors of UK food supply chains (SCs) that significantly contribute to CO 2 emissions (CO2e) taking into account the life cycle assessment (LCA). The UK food supply chain includes imports from other countries. Design/methodology/approach This research develops a conceptual framework from extant literature. Secondary data obtained from ONS and FAOSTAT covering from 1990 to 2014 are...