Stakeholder Engagement in a Sustainable Circular Economy
Stakeholder Engagement in a Sustainable Circular Economy

Author: Johanna Kujala

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-06-26

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 3031319370

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The purpose of this open access edited collection is to discuss the role and importance of stakeholder engagement in a sustainable circular economy from multiple theoretical and practical perspectives. Developing and maintaining a circular economy is an essential step to a more environmentally friendly and socially inclusive society. In addition to redesigning products and business models to minimise waste and increase the reuse of materials, a transition towards a sustainable circular economy requires collaboration and co-operation between various stakeholders from all parts of society. An international team of contributors explore how stakeholder engagement can foster and support sustainable change, assessing current literature and laying out guidance for future study. The collection is of interest to academics and students of sustainability management and sustainable business models, stakeholder theory and practice, and the circular economy.

Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency
Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency

Author: Teerikangas, Satu

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-07-31

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1789906032

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This innovative Research Handbook answers crucial questions about how individuals and organisations can make a difference towards sustainability. Offering an integrative perspective on sustainability agency, it reviews individual, active, organisational and relational forms of sustainability agency, demonstrating the capacity of individuals and organisations to act toward sustainable futures.

Handbook of Research on Creating Sustainable Value in the Global Economy
Handbook of Research on Creating Sustainable Value in the Global Economy

Author: Akkucuk, Ulas

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1799811980

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During the first decade of the 21st century, the world has witnessed a plethora of corporate scandals, global economic crises, and rising environmental concerns. As a result of these developments, pressure has been mounting on businesses to pay more attention to the environmental and resource consequences of the products they produce and services they deliver. The Handbook of Research on Creating Sustainable Value in the Global Economy contains a collection of pioneering research on the integration of issues of sustainability within the traditional areas of management. While highlighting topics including green marketing, circular economy, and sustainable business, this book is ideally designed for managers, executives, environmentalists, economists, business professionals, researchers, academicians, and students in disciplines including marketing, economics, finance, operations management, communication science, and information technology.

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Author: Giorgio Mannina

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2022-09-21

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 0323912893

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Smart Solutions for Wastewater: Road-mapping the Transition to Circular Economy, the latest release in the Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering presents up-to-date information on research and technological developments of resource recovery in wastewater treatment in terms of carbon, nutrients and energy. The book fulfils the gaps and current challenges that hinder the application of resource recovery facilities in wastewater treatment plants, discusses knowledge gaps, provides future research perspectives, and discusses strategies to solve problems from a circular economy perspective. It is an excellent, interdisciplinary and updated overview of technologies in terms of potential yields, pollutants removal, nutrients recovery and energy production. - Covers different aspects of resource recovery technologies and research gaps in wastewater treatment - Focuses on different MBR configurations and systems/hybrid systems in treating a large variety of wastewaters - Provides state-of-the-art technology developments, including technology, advantages and challenges as well as strategies to overcome limitations - Includes technologies for managing sewage sludge in order to foster solutions for recovering in a circular economy context

Design for a Sustainable Circular Economy
Design for a Sustainable Circular Economy

Author: Gavin Brett Melles

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024-01-30

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9819975328

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This multi-authored book aims to illustrate the social, economic, and ecological factors that should determine and be determined by design in the implementation of a sustainable circular economy and society. We take design to refer to a continuum of perspectives and applications from industrial design to policy design, and this broad perspective invites theoretical and methodological contributions from a range of fields. In addition to bringing scholarly diversity to circularity, we expand and challenge the mainstream circular economy narrative of material efficiencies and green growth to include the demands of inclusive growth and ecological boundaries consistent with sustainable development. Readers from within and beyond design, conscious of the limitations of circular green growth will find new inspiration in this book regarding the nature of a sustainable circular economy and society and the broad design agenda that must be implemented to enable a just and informed circular transition.

The Circular Economy
The Circular Economy

Author: Santosh Ganesh, Kapila Mehta

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2024-02-15

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13:

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In an era where sustainability and responsible business practices are paramount, "The Circular Economy: A Blueprint for the Future of Business" offers a comprehensive guide to understanding and embracing this transformative concept. The objective of this book is to enlighten readers about the Circular Economy, its principles, and how it is reshaping the landscape of modern business. The book serves as a roadmap for businesses, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and individuals who aspire to thrive in a world where environmental stewardship and economic growth go hand in hand. It begins by defining the Circular Economy and unraveling its core principles, emphasizing resource efficiency, waste reduction, and the creation of regenerative systems.

Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability
Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability

Author: S.M.Riad Shams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0429560524

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This cross-disciplinary business book develops insight into the management of businesses operating in various economic sectors that take a proactive approach to the triple dimension of sustainability (economic, social and environmental), positioning itself as a key reference for both academics and practitioners in the wide area of business management. The concept of sustainability is today at the heart of international policies and debate, and plays a key role in deep changes to the organizational models of companies operating in a wide range of sectors of economic activity. In particular, this book aims to gain a deeper understanding of how stakeholder engagement can contribute to value co-creation both in the company and along the supply chain, and what distinguishes the differing involvement of stakeholders, in particular between public involvement and stakeholder participation. Each chapter of this book presents different modalities of stakeholder involvement and develops the concept of value co-creation from organizational and marketing perspectives. This book is recommended reading for those interested in the fields of stakeholder engagement and theory, sustainability, business studies, and sustainable development.

The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy
The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy

Author: Hanna Lehtimäki

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-30

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1000971414

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This groundbreaking handbook leads the way in accelerating the transition to a sustainable circular economy by introducing the concept of a catalyst as a positive and enhancing driving force for sustainability. Catalysts create and maintain favourable conditions for complex systemic sustainability transition changes, and a discussion and understanding of catalysts is required to move from a linear economy to a sustainable and circular economy. With contributions from leading experts from around the globe, this volume presents theoretical insights, contextualised case studies, and participatory methodologies, which identify different catalysts, including technology, innovation, business models, management and organisation, regulation, sustainability policy, product design, and culture. The authors then show how these catalysts accelerate sustainability transitions. As a unique value to the reader, the book brings together public policy and private business perspectives to address the circular economy as a systemic change. Its theoretical and practical perspectives are coupled with real-world case studies from Finland, Italy, China, India, Nigeria, and others to provide tangible insights on catalysing the circular economy across organisational, hierarchical, and disciplinary boundaries. With its broad interdisciplinary and geographically diverse scope, this handbook will be a valuable tool for researchers, academics, and policy-makers in the fields of circular economy, sustainability transitions, environmental studies, business, and the social sciences more broadly.