Nano and micro level circular economy indicators: Assisting decision-makers in circularity assessments

CT De Oliveira, TET Dantas, SR Soares - Sustainable Production and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing interest for Circular Economy (CE) urged experts to develop assessment
metrics regarding the shift from a linear to a circular rationale. As a response, the recent …

What Circular economy indicators really measure? An overview of circular economy principles and sustainable development goals

CT de Oliveira, GGA Oliveira - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract While many Circular Economy (CE) indicators communicate that they measure
sustainability, they do not consider the sustainability tripod. Thus, any decision to adopt a CE …

The transition from linear economy to circular economy for sustainability among SMEs: A study on prospects, impediments, and prerequisites

NK Sharma, K Govindan, KK Lai… - … Strategy and the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The circular economy (CE) is a more holistic approach that advocates towards extracting the
value from the waste and reaching sustainability goals. The objective of the present study is …

Circular economy metrics: Literature review and company-level classification framework

C Vinante, P Sacco, G Orzes, Y Borgianni - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
With reference to assessing Circular Economy (CE) at the firm level, available literature
reviews do not clarify what and how has to be actually assessed, while many assessment …

Circular economy to ensure production operational sustainability: A green-lean approach

MK Lim, M Lai, C Wang, Y Lee - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
Satisfying the requirements associated with environmental concerns and resource efficiency
in the manufacturing process has become necessary to realize effective production …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the effect of circular economy practices on companies' sustainability performance: Evidence from a literature review

R Mora-Contreras, LE Torres-Guevara… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
The implementation of the circular economy (CE) is expected to lead companies to become
more sustainable. However, the effects of CE practices on the sustainability performance of …

Hydrogen production from water industries for a circular economy

MM Kabir, MM Akter, Z Huang, L Tijing, HK Shon - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing global energy crisis, environmental degradation and climate change
issues impacted by excessive consumption of fossil fuels (FFs) are pushing the world to find …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy: Factors affecting the financial performance of product take-back systems

JN Uhrenholt, JH Kristensen, MC Rincón… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Product take-back systems are fundamental for Circular Economy (CE) and focus on
recovering value by taking back products to be recycled, re-manufactured, or refurbished. In …

[HTML][HTML] Water cycle and circular economy: developing a circularity assessment framework for complex water systems

CE Nika, V Vasilaki, A Expósito, E Katsou - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Water–the most vital resource, negatively affected by the linear pattern of growth–still tries to
find its positioning within the emerging concept of circular economy. Fragmented, sectorial …

An analysis of operational behavioural factors and circular economy practices in SMEs: An emerging economy perspective

S Luthra, A Kumar, M Sharma, JA Garza-Reyes… - Journal of Business …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circular Economy (CE) principles are relatively unexplored, especially in emerging
economies. None of the studies so far have also explored operational behavioural factors …