master s thesis for lund university international programme in environmental science 2003 going local or ecological comparative research supply chain management escm focusing on hse and csr sweden japan student supervisor yumiko tahara kerstin gustafsson box 140 design sciences packaging logistics 22100 118 169 lu se bygg acknowledgement first i would like to thank my who helped me gave proper advice keep track all the time also people kindly accepted interviews mr fukazawa manager agriculture products department coopnet takahashi chief business administration coop tokyo ms ohshima kaneko director produce seiyu ohno corporate affairs natt och dag sverige ab warén quality environment ica handlarnas lindvall ovegård stores holtz storeowner