Module manager: Gokcay Balci
Email: g.balci@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
This module is not approved as an Elective
This module will investigate sustainability challenges that result from food sourcing strategies and supply chain activities. It will integrate approaches and perspectives from business, management, transport and logistics, law and trade, social and environmental sustainability to critically evaluate the tensions and trade offs between the different food supply chain stages and stakeholders. The module will consider solutions to sustainability challenges, with a focus on linking food production and consumption in order to achieve sustainability outcomes.
This module aims to:
- take a whole supply chain approach and examine sustainability challenges relevant across the food supply chain-
- critically investigate the tensions and trade offs between the different food supply chain stages and stakeholders-
- focus on distributing food from production to consumption in order to achieve sustainability outcomes e.g. how sourcing decisions made by processors, manufacturers and retailers impact on other parts of the supply chain and potential solutions
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following
Module Learning Outcomes:
MLO1: Apply supply chain concepts, frameworks and analytical tools to enhance sustainability in the food system
MLO2: Analyse and critically evaluate the environmental, social and economic impacts of sourcing food through different kinds of food supply chains and their underlying causes
MLO3: Develop interventions that address the sustainability challenges food supply chains face and enhance food security
Skills Learning Outcomes
SKLO1: Planning and mobilising resources: Plans and mobilises resources to effectively evaluate the impacts of food supply chains (Enterprise Skills)
SKLO2: Problem Solving and analytical skills: Uses analytical and critical thinking to problem solve (Sustainability Skills)
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop-in Session | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fieldwork | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Lecture | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Seminar | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 122 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 28 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
1. There are opportunities for formative feedback during the group discussions, formative assessment, and activities in the seminars.
2. Formative group oral presentation based on specific topic. Feedback will inform summative assessment
3. There will also be drop-in sessions during which students can receive support towards their summative assessment from the teaching team.
4. Formative feedback will also be gleaned by students during in-class lectures and seminars when they ask questions to the teaching team and any guest speakers that would support the delivery of the module.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Coursework | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Check the module area in Minerva for your reading list
Last updated: 30/04/2026
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