The purpose of the research is to investigate the increasing importance of the role of sustainability in high‐end restaurants, specifically in those awarded Michelin stars. The focus is on the role sustainability plays as a crucial element in the state‐of‐the‐art of fine‐dining business given that restaurants are challenged to reconsider the noteworthiness of new sustainable imperatives. The study is based on a questionnaire survey carried out with over 70 owners and chefs from Italian Michelin‐starred restaurants. The results show a clear tendency towards sustainability and an increasing attention towards this trend, emphasizing its peculiarities for the restaurant industry, which is indicates profound changes. More specifically, 35% of the variance in internal sustainability policies adoption is explained by external drives related to sustainability and customers' demands of sustainability. The data collected relies on an Italian sample, but the results are useful to understand the sustainability imperatives for the Michelin‐stars restaurants worldwide as the Italian food service industry is often deemed as iconic. The study advances new insights into the future of the sustainable restaurant industry. The results of research are based on a novel research design and empirical survey capturing the state‐of‐the‐art of sustainability policies adoption in the case of Michelin‐starred restaurants.

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意大利米其林星级餐厅采用可持续发展政策：从外部驱动因素到成本

该研究的目的是调查可持续发展在高端餐厅中日益重要的作用，特别是那些获得米其林星级的餐厅。鉴于餐厅面临着重新考虑新的可持续发展要求的重要性的挑战，重点是可持续发展作为先进的高级餐饮业务的关键要素所发挥的作用。该研究基于对意大利米其林星级餐厅 70 多名老板和厨师进行的问卷调查。结果显示出明显的可持续发展趋势，以及人们对这一趋势的日益关注，强调了其对于餐饮业的特殊性，这预示着深刻的变化。更具体地说，内部可持续发展政策采用的差异中有 35% 是由与可持续发展相关的外部驱动力和客户对可持续发展的需求解释的。收集的数据依赖于意大利样本，但结果有助于了解全球米其林星级餐厅的可持续发展必要性，因为意大利食品服务行业通常被认为是标志性的。该研究对可持续餐饮业的未来提出了新的见解。研究结果基于新颖的研究设计和实证调查，捕捉了米其林星级餐厅采用可持续发展政策的最先进情况。