Sustainability with Circular Economy and Life Cycle Thinking
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: management of sustainability innovation; circular economy; smart city
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Interests: sustainability; enviromental systems; food management
Interests: sustainability; environment; Circular Economy; Spin-off enterprises, and certification standard
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The linear economy paradigm has played a critical role in the modern world focused mainly on the lines supply chain approach (extraction-production-consumption- final disposal).[1]
Circular Economy represents today a new economic paradigm based on the environment and on the recovery of material [2].
As is widely known, sustainability is an important factor in competition, increasing the added value of a company in terms of image and credibility [3].
Life Cycle Thinking is considered crucial for Sustainability assessment and includes three kinds of sustainability variables (environmental, social and economic dimensions).
The main goal of this special issue is to define the current state of the art of Circular economy paradigm and life cycle thinking application on this pattern and to evidence the link between circular economy and life cycle approach.
This Special Issue will include selected papers including original and innovative aspects in order to contribute to the scientific literature on presenting original and innovative contributions presenting.
Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer-review process with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.
Dr. Gabriella Arcese
Prof. Dr. Olimpia Martucci
Dr. Stefano Poponi
Guest Editors
References
- Mugion, R.G.; Arcese, G.; Toni, M.; Silvestri, L. Life Cycle Management and Sharing Economy. 2019, 152–166.
- Poponi, S.; Arcese, G.; Mosconi, E.M.; Di Trifiletti, M.A. Entrepreneurial drivers for the development of the circular business model: The role of academic spin-Off. Sustain. 2020, 12.
- Arcese, G.; Flammini, S.; Azevedo, J.M.; Papetti, P. Open innovation in the food and beverage industry: Green supply chain and green innovation. Int. J. Environ. Heal. 2015, 7.
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Keywords
- Circular economy
- Circular business model
- Life cycle approach (environmental, social and economic aspects LCA) for circular economy
- Eco-innovation
- Recycling and Circular Economy
- Circular Management and Policies
- Business circular economy and sustainability reporting
- Industrial ecology and circular economy
- Industrial symbiosis, urban metabolism and circular economy
- Circular supply chain
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