Building resilience: A self-sustainable community approach to the triple bottom line

Aguiñaga, Eduardo; Henriques, Irene; Scheel, Carlos; Scheel, A. Zumelzu

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.094

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“…In order to further explain the dynamics of the framework and its potential impacts on the triple-bottom line of sustainability [62], the framework was modeled using system dynamics modeling [23,63] supported by the SWIT framework [24]. The SWIT framework is designed to interlink economic systems, policies and strategies, so as to introduce and convert residue, waste, and by-product chains into multiple increasing returns cycles [39].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Countries at a lower stage of development and with a weaker rule of law tend to have higher dependency on extraction policies augmenting the degradation of natural resources while impacting the RE and the RP of such regions [29]. Furthermore, it appears that there is some indifference and/or inability of these governments to provide sustainable solutions for decoupling [39,40]. At the entrepreneurial context, most SMEs of these countries, are operating at "surviving" levels, which force them to avoid large investments besides optimizing their own operations, avoiding any plans for improving their resource efficiency or sustainability initiatives [24].…”

Section: Relevant Decoupling Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following this idea, several authors [32] argued that differences of energy intensity among countries might be associated with the absence of specific policies and lax enforcement mechanisms. The SWIT framework [24] has developed procedures for effective decoupling by inserting CE and a systemic approach to create a circular value ecosystem for a specific region in Mexico [39], that can be extrapolated to other developing countries by creating the proper conditions needed to support the circular systems on these regions.…”

Section: Relevant Decoupling Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Integrating environmental resilience, new job creation, social gap reduction and economicallyefficient returns within a sustainable value creation model, leads to redesigning and restructuring linear value chains, and the production of new synergies among industrial ecology stakeholders and producer-consumer-nature ecosystems [39].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, if properly designed, this management of RWO creates a new circular value ecosystem that produces economic profits and controls inputs and production. Moreover, it reduces environmental damage by using suitable waste and residues management, appropriate technologies and governance [39].…”

Section: Circular Economy Resolve Processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries

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Sustainable development is a major concern for developing and developed economies as economic growth has to led to scarcer and more expensive resources. Although countries have established public policies focusing on resource and energy efficiency, there is an increasing need for a coordinated industrial strategy able to create sustainable wealth through a holistic management of natural resources, capable of "decoupling" economic growth from resource extraction and natural deterioration. Consequently, the objective of the present research is to develop a decoupling model able to create increasing economic returns, reducing the social gap and regenerating the natural capital for regions in developing countries. Departing from a literature review on peer reviewed articles on successful industrial cases of decoupling around the world, we contrasted the linear production model with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)'s current four decoupling indicators in order to propose a more robust model. The result was an eight-factor decoupling model that used a well-supported framework for sustainable wealth creation named "circular value ecosystem" (CVES). By using system dynamics, we deployed the proposed framework using system dynamics modeling in order to improve the understanding of our proposal. We found that this model, with the proper regional conditions in developing countries, can: (1) reduce, through substitution, the consumption of natural resources; (2) produce alternative economic increasing returns; (3) reduce the negative environmental impacts; and (4) create self-sustainable wealth for the economy, the environment, and the social development of most stakeholders of these regions. Decoupling economic growth represents a complex and challenging task whose successful implementation can only be achieved if managed at a regional level with a systemic approach.

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The circular economy is argued to be a way of organising industrial systems that support resilience through decoupling economic growth from material consumption. Yet, extant research exploring the impacts of circular economy business practices on resilience is nascent, with few studies detailing if and how these practices enable firms, industries and social-ecological systems to adapt and transform in the face of shocks and disturbances. In this article, we seek to advance research on the circular economy by proposing a research agenda that connects the circular economy to resilience at multiple levels. Based on insights from resilience theory and findings from the limited literature on the circular economy that has considered resilience to date, our research agenda focuses scholarly attention on key areas of congruence and contestation. We posit that pursuit of answers in these areas has the potential for advancing circular economy business practices capable of supporting resilience at multiple levels.

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Building resilience: A self-sustainable community approach to the triple bottom line

Cited by 60 publications

References 48 publications

Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries

Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries

Circular economy and resilience: A research agenda

Transcending Beyond Sustainable Tourism Through a ‘Well-Being’ Perspective: The ‘BEST’ Sustainability Framework for the New Normal

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