Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy
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Resumo: | An emerging research area is dedicated to developing approaches for assessing the ‘circularity’ of companies and their products, within the context of sustainability goals. However, empirical evidence on the uptake of these assessment approaches remains scarce. Using a purposive sampling, we conducted a survey receiving 155 responses and held 43 semi-structured interviews with Dutch and Italian companies active in circular economy (CE), pursuing three research aims: to explore the use of CE and sustainability assessment approaches; to study the process of developing assessment approaches; and to uncover benefits of—and barriers to—CE assessment. While we find high variability of assessment approaches, most often, companies develop tailor-made sustainability indicators and apply life cycle assessments to CE strategies. Importantly, assessment development for CE practices requires and facilitates collaboration with external stakeholders. Finally, we reflect on the paradox of standardisation versus tailoring of assessment approaches within the CE reality and recommend establishing company needs and capabilities before designing assessment approaches. |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economyCircularity indicatorsCorporate sustainabilityMaterial flow analysisMixed methodsStakeholder engagementSustainability assessmentAn emerging research area is dedicated to developing approaches for assessing the ‘circularity’ of companies and their products, within the context of sustainability goals. However, empirical evidence on the uptake of these assessment approaches remains scarce. Using a purposive sampling, we conducted a survey receiving 155 responses and held 43 semi-structured interviews with Dutch and Italian companies active in circular economy (CE), pursuing three research aims: to explore the use of CE and sustainability assessment approaches; to study the process of developing assessment approaches; and to uncover benefits of—and barriers to—CE assessment. While we find high variability of assessment approaches, most often, companies develop tailor-made sustainability indicators and apply life cycle assessments to CE strategies. Importantly, assessment development for CE practices requires and facilitates collaboration with external stakeholders. Finally, we reflect on the paradox of standardisation versus tailoring of assessment approaches within the CE reality and recommend establishing company needs and capabilities before designing assessment approaches.This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 765198. The authors want to acknowledge and thank all of the survey and interview respondents who participated in this research for their time and valuable contributions; special thanks to the Ecoinnovazione team for supporting the creation and testing of the survey and Nadia Lambiase from Mercato Circolare as well as other CE network coordinators for helping us to disseminate the survey and Alfredo Cartone for his insights concerning the statistical analysis. Also, thanks for the support given to CENSE by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the strategic project UID/AMB/04085/2019.Repositório AbertoRoos Lindgreen, ErikOpferkuch, KatelinWalker, Anna MariaSalomone, RobertaReyes, TatianaRaggi, AndreaSimboli, AlbertoVermeulen, WalterCaeiro, Sandra2022-07-14T15:06:59Z20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/12032eng0964-4733 (Print)https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2962info: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:RCAAP2023-11-16T15:41:04Zoai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/12032Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:51:23.136550Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy Roos Lindgreen, Erik Circularity indicators Corporate sustainability Material flow analysis Mixed methods Stakeholder engagement Sustainability assessment |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy |
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Exploring assessment practices of companies actively engaged with circular economy |
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Roos Lindgreen, Erik |
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Roos Lindgreen, Erik Opferkuch, Katelin Walker, Anna Maria Salomone, Roberta Reyes, Tatiana Raggi, Andrea Simboli, Alberto Vermeulen, Walter Caeiro, Sandra |
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Opferkuch, Katelin Walker, Anna Maria Salomone, Roberta Reyes, Tatiana Raggi, Andrea Simboli, Alberto Vermeulen, Walter Caeiro, Sandra |
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Roos Lindgreen, Erik Opferkuch, Katelin Walker, Anna Maria Salomone, Roberta Reyes, Tatiana Raggi, Andrea Simboli, Alberto Vermeulen, Walter Caeiro, Sandra |
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Circularity indicators Corporate sustainability Material flow analysis Mixed methods Stakeholder engagement Sustainability assessment |
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Circularity indicators Corporate sustainability Material flow analysis Mixed methods Stakeholder engagement Sustainability assessment |
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An emerging research area is dedicated to developing approaches for assessing the ‘circularity’ of companies and their products, within the context of sustainability goals. However, empirical evidence on the uptake of these assessment approaches remains scarce. Using a purposive sampling, we conducted a survey receiving 155 responses and held 43 semi-structured interviews with Dutch and Italian companies active in circular economy (CE), pursuing three research aims: to explore the use of CE and sustainability assessment approaches; to study the process of developing assessment approaches; and to uncover benefits of—and barriers to—CE assessment. While we find high variability of assessment approaches, most often, companies develop tailor-made sustainability indicators and apply life cycle assessments to CE strategies. Importantly, assessment development for CE practices requires and facilitates collaboration with external stakeholders. Finally, we reflect on the paradox of standardisation versus tailoring of assessment approaches within the CE reality and recommend establishing company needs and capabilities before designing assessment approaches. |
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