Food and beverage companies have a very significant environmental and social impact, and this has become a global issue. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the drivers and barriers to implementing sustainability in large food and beverage companies and their supply chains. A total of 21 semistructured interviews were undertaken with 16 large food and beverage companies operating in Australia, including 11 multinationals. Institutional theory and extended resource-based view (ERBV) were applied to evaluate the companies' responses to the external pressures that they faced. The lack of a government regulatory and environmental framework was seen as a major barrier, while top management commitment was generally strong across the sample companies and was seen as a key internal driver. In order to develop an effective sustainability strategy, it is important that a company understands the drivers and barriers to sustainability implementation so that the appropriate actions can be taken. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is first time that the drivers and barriers to sustainability of large food and beverage manufacturers have been evaluated.

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大型食品和饮料公司及其供应链的可持续性：对影响可持续性战略的主要驱动因素和障碍的调查

食品和饮料公司对环境和社会产生非常重大的影响，这已成为一个全球性问题。本研究的目的是评估在大型食品和饮料公司及其供应链中实施可持续发展的驱动因素和障碍。对在澳大利亚经营的 16 家大型食品和饮料公司（包括 11 家跨国公司）进行了总共 21 次半结构化访谈。制度理论和扩展的基于资源的观点（ERBV）被应用于评估公司对他们所面临的外部压力的反应。缺乏政府监管和环境框架被视为主要障碍，而样本公司的最高管理层承诺普遍很强，并被视为关键的内部驱动力。为了制定有效的可持续发展战略，公司必须了解可持续发展实施的驱动因素和障碍，以便采取适当的行动。据作者所知，这是第一次评估大型食品和饮料制造商可持续发展的驱动因素和障碍。