Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations

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Autor(a) principal: Klein, Natacha
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Ramos, Tomás B., Deutz, Pauline
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/135096
Resumo: Funding Information: Previous versions of this work were presented at the Publication for Early Researchers (PubliER) 2020 conference in Troyes, France on the 30th of January 2020 and at the 26th International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conference online on the 15th July 2020 hosted by Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The authors would like to thank the interviewees, Reid Lifset for the thorough review and helpful suggestions for earlier versions of this paper as well as the reviewers for their constructive comments. Funding Information: This research received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 765198 and constitutes part of the outcomes of the research project CRESTING (Circular Economy: Sustainability implications and guiding progress). The authors received support given to CENSE by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the strategic project UIDB/04085/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
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spelling Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector OrganisationsEmployees’ Perspectives on PracticesCircular economyPracticesImplementationEmployeesOrganisationsEnvironmental Science(all)Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic GrowthSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionFunding Information: Previous versions of this work were presented at the Publication for Early Researchers (PubliER) 2020 conference in Troyes, France on the 30th of January 2020 and at the 26th International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conference online on the 15th July 2020 hosted by Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The authors would like to thank the interviewees, Reid Lifset for the thorough review and helpful suggestions for earlier versions of this paper as well as the reviewers for their constructive comments. Funding Information: This research received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 765198 and constitutes part of the outcomes of the research project CRESTING (Circular Economy: Sustainability implications and guiding progress). The authors received support given to CENSE by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the strategic project UIDB/04085/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).Circular economy (CE) is a concept that is gaining attention as an approach to help accelerate the transition towards sustainability. Research has focused on the adoption of CE practices in the business sector while the adoption within public sector organisations has been relatively overlooked. Examining CE adoption in the public sector through the perceptive of employees is crucial because of their expertise in the organisation where they work. The main aim of this study is to identify what public employees perceive as suitable CE practices for their organisations and their critical role in implementation. As the adoption of CE practices is influenced by social and material configurations, this research has taken a case study approach, focused on the Portuguese Central Public Administration. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with public employees working on CE and sustainability issues, and a complementary analysis was undertaken of governmental reports and legislative documents. The results show that public employees view the existence and potential of CE practices mainly in the area of public procurement but also in resource efficiency and optimisation, dematerialisation and in practices related to the R-hierarchy including reduce and reuse. Both technical-oriented practices aimed to achieve traditional resource efficiency, and human-centred practices targeted at reducing consumption and sharing resources have been identified. This research provides insights into how a specific group of stakeholders envisions CE activities for their sector. Identification of practices for central public sector has the potential to assist decision-makers in the process of defining priorities for CE planning, implementation and monitoring. This study focusing on CE practices in central public sector organisations contributes to the calls for an inclusion of human/socially-based practices centred around consumption reduction, sharing and dematerialisation activities to enhance the transformative and innovative potential of CE.DCEA - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do AmbienteCENSE - Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e SustentabilidadeRUNKlein, NatachaRamos, Tomás B.Deutz, Pauline2022-03-23T23:29:29Z2022-062022-06-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article23application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/135096eng2730-5988PURE: 42090832https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00044-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:13:31Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/135096Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:48:18.281770Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
Employees’ Perspectives on Practices
title Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
spellingShingle Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
Klein, Natacha
Circular economy
Practices
Implementation
Employees
Organisations
Environmental Science(all)
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
title_short Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
title_full Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
title_fullStr Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
title_full_unstemmed Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
title_sort Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations
author Klein, Natacha
author_facet Klein, Natacha
Ramos, Tomás B.
Deutz, Pauline
author_role author
author2 Ramos, Tomás B.
Deutz, Pauline
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv DCEA - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
CENSE - Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Klein, Natacha
Ramos, Tomás B.
Deutz, Pauline
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Circular economy
Practices
Implementation
Employees
Organisations
Environmental Science(all)
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
topic Circular economy
Practices
Implementation
Employees
Organisations
Environmental Science(all)
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
description Funding Information: Previous versions of this work were presented at the Publication for Early Researchers (PubliER) 2020 conference in Troyes, France on the 30th of January 2020 and at the 26th International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conference online on the 15th July 2020 hosted by Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The authors would like to thank the interviewees, Reid Lifset for the thorough review and helpful suggestions for earlier versions of this paper as well as the reviewers for their constructive comments. Funding Information: This research received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 765198 and constitutes part of the outcomes of the research project CRESTING (Circular Economy: Sustainability implications and guiding progress). The authors received support given to CENSE by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the strategic project UIDB/04085/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
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2022-06
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