A Conceptual Paper on CO2 Emissions Management in Malaysia Food Industry

The rising of population and food consumption create challenges to meet the growing demand with the limited water, energy and land resources. In a near future, climate change will affect agriculture and cause natural resources going into scarcity. Thus, it is critical to scrutinize the Malaysia domestic system that could support decision-making to practice sustainability. The main drivers behind this research are the agriculture industry is closely related to the basic needs of humans and the agricultural demands for human consumption are foreseen to be exceeded the supply in the near future. While striving to fulfill the demand of this generation, it is crucial for the food industries to find out a resolution to achieve a balance in juggling the demand, as well as environmental protection and greenhouse gas emissions. There are numerous empirical studies pinpointed the existence of government initiatives act as a catalyst to stimulate the involvement of industry players to work on greenhouse gas reduction aspirations. Even though the studies of greenhouse gas emissions have been adopted rapidly recently, however studies have shown limited understanding toward CO2 emissions management from the organization view, especially food industry in Malaysia. Hence, the study for greater industry-specific research on agriculture industry is absolutely essential. This research aims to provide an examination interaction between agriculture industry operation and the CO2 emissions management in food industry. Furthermore, this study will examine the effect of “government initiatives” as a moderator to the relationship between the “agriculture industry operation”, and “CO2 emissions management” in Malaysia’s food industry. The expected findings of this study will be useful to organizations in the food industry and other business organizations to learn about the factors to be emphasized to cut down CO2 emissions for alleviating climate evolution. The study could provide insights on the practical recommendations that can be applied by industries to address the challenges related to CO2 emissions and climate change.