A methodological framework for Eco-Industrial Park design and optimization

Kuznetsova, Elizaveta; Zio, Enrico; Farel, Romain

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.025

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“…The representation through a meta-model allows to describe the most relevant aspects of a considered domain. In a meta-model, conceptual factors, coming from implicit and explicit models, and from theoretical models, are eventually integrated into a new holistic model [10,35,36].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

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Abstract:The transition to a circular economy bodes well for a future of environmentally sustainable growth and economic development. The implications and advantages of a shift to a circular economy have been extensively demonstrated by the literature on the subject. What has not been sufficiently investigated is how this paradigm can be enabled through the inter-organisational cooperation among different business enterprises. In order to illustrate this point, in this paper we aim to contribute to the circular economy debate by describing and discussing such a meta-model of inter-organisational cooperation. The present study is therefore based on the analysis of three cases from an equal number of industries, from which we identified factors of potential impact for the stimulation of cooperation in a circular economy perspective. Last, but not least, we discuss the relations between the case studies and try to formulate all possible implications for both managers and research.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

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“…Of these combined resource optimization discussions, typically only two types of resources are optimized simultaneously. For instance, Boix, Montastruc, Pibouleau, Azzaro-Pantel, and Domenech (2011) discussed the optimization of both water and energy consumption for EIPs, whereas other authors discussed the optimization of material and energy (Kantor, Elkamel, & Fowler, 2014;Kantor, Fowler, & Elkamel, 2012, 2015Karlsson & Wolf, 2008;Kuznetsova, Zio, & Farel, 2016;Mamoune & Yassine, 2011). As expressed by Boix et al (2015), while it is important to simultaneously optimize the multiplicity of resource networks and account for their interactions, the literature has yet to discuss this aspect extensively.…”

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Tools for promoting industrial symbiosis: A systematic review

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J of Industrial Ecology

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) employs a cross‐organizational perspective to seek synergistic pairings of one company's waste output to another company's input, enabled by interfirm cooperation through resource and information sharing. Orchestrating IS relationships among companies, however, remains a complex process. In the literature, a wide range of qualitative and quantitative tools have emerged, tackling issues ranging from identifying IS creation opportunities to performance evaluation. Thus far, the available literature has focused on separate aspects and perspective of IS creation. Each individual work contributes, in part, to the overall process of IS creation. The disparate perspectives provided by the literature reflect the fragmented nature of available tools supporting IS, which operate in isolation of each other. An encompassing view of tools supporting the process of IS creation is missing to date. Therefore, to fill this gap, this study aims to develop a more comprehensive description of the landscape of IS tools by analyzing the associated approaches, roles, and contribution of existing tools. Through this understanding, the insights gained can be used to aid future development and advancement of tools for IS practitioners.

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“…Potential Cooperation (f) is the basis for the successful strategies of the circular economy [47,48] or the activation of industrial symbiosis [49][50][51][52][53]. Nevertheless, industrial symbiosis requires organizations to change their functions and increase competitiveness in a perspective of global integration concerning social, environmental, and economic characteristics.…”

Section: Circular Economy Principles and Key Requirements Within The mentioning

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The Stakeholders’ Perspective within the B Corp Certification for a Circular Approach

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A circular economy has been gaining momentum as the most innovative approach in business. Its proposed model, based on sustainability and new product-driven differentiated strategies of production and organizational exchange, has brought to light the need to better understand the relevance of stakeholders as a critical factor in the creation of new added value in business management. The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate how the B-Corp Certification System could contribute to a process of awareness raising in business organizations. It also focuses on the stakeholders’ commitment, within the framework of circular economy principles, and demonstrates that those companies who are adopting the certification concerning “recycling service and waste management” strongly contribute to the development in the direction of the circular economy. The analysis of the case studies shows two possible scenarios describing the circular approach in business and the different roles of stakeholders in the activation of such a virtuous path. “Social recycling” considers the key role of social participation and contribution in circular-economy related activities of primary and secondary stakeholders, and “highly regenerative recycling” aims to involve qualified stakeholders to start inter-organizational symbioses within the circular process of waste recycling. Key factors, such as industrial symbiosis, tax benefits, financial incentives, legislative harmonization, and the consumers’ behavior, represent the tenets of the circular economy model An awareness-raising perspective and the capacity on the part of companies to understand the relevance of stakeholders and the way to transform their role into the most effective lever to reinforce competitiveness is therefore necessary. Accordingly, the whole system of Benefit Corporation certification could boost business towards new business models involving stakeholders in several directions.

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A methodological framework for Eco-Industrial Park design and optimization

Cited by 46 publications

References 61 publications

A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

Tools for promoting industrial symbiosis: A systematic review

The Stakeholders’ Perspective within the B Corp Certification for a Circular Approach

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