Measuring the environmental sustainability of a circular economy

Haupt, Mélanie; Hellweg, Stefanie

doi:10.1016/j.indic.2019.100005

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“…Thus, it can be concluded that natural resource management through watershed conservation that is integrated with economic empowerment has a positive contribution to the sustainability of the environmental ecosystem. The results obtained support the triple bottom-line approach namely, integrating economic, environmental and social factors [78]. Furthermore, the sustainable circular economy not only adopts an environmental perspective, but also considers economic and social performance [79].…”

Section: Management Control and Actionssupporting

confidence: 63%

Natural Resource Conservation Based on Community Economic Empowerment: Perspectives on Watershed Management and Slum Settlements in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Surya

Syafri

Sahban³

et al. 2020

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of slum development, community poverty, and community behavior on environmental degradation in the Tallo river basin in Makassar City and to analyze the effects of natural resource conservation, economic empowerment, community capacity building on the productivity of economic enterprises and ecosystem-based sustainability. This study uses a qualitative-quantitative approach in sequence. Data were obtained through observation, surveys, and documentation. The research findings show that slums, poverty, and community behavior have a significant effect on the decline in the environmental quality of the Tallo river basin in Makassar City, with a coefficient of determination of 32.2%. The results showed that the conservation of natural resources, economic empowerment, and community capacity building were positively correlated to increasing the productivity of community economic enterprises and the sustainability of watershed ecosystems. The assertion is that watershed conservation, integrated with economic empowerment, contributes positively to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. This study offers the concept of conservation of natural resources based on community economic empowerment as a solution to the handling of slums for the case of metropolitan cities in Indonesia, to support metropolitan city development programs nationally.

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Section: Management Control and Actionssupporting

confidence: 63%

Natural Resource Conservation Based on Community Economic Empowerment: Perspectives on Watershed Management and Slum Settlements in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Surya

Syafri

Sahban³

et al. 2020

Land

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“…Paving the path towards more sustainable and circular operational patterns within the road engineering industry and its satellite clusters, frameworks such as the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, seem to be gaining strength and establishing their influence on decision-making processes in a steadily increasing rate. However, so far, during the implementation of these frameworks, individually or in parallel, a significant element for these assessments seems to be missing; the Circularity Assessment [58][59][60]. This study, thus, attempts to provide a stepping stone towards the merging of two assessments; Sustainability and Circularity.…”

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confidence: 99%

Integrating Circularity in the Sustainability Assessment of Asphalt Mixtures

Mantalovas

Mino

2020

Sustainability

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Rising concerns about the impacts that the road engineering industry is imposing to the environment have redirected national road authorities to firmly re-consider the sustainability implications of their operations. Lately, though, sustainability has established a forceful correlation with the Circular Economy and its principles. The road engineering industry, therefore, is moving towards more circular approaches. However, this is occurring without the assessment of the potential impacts of such a transition. For this reason, in this study, a composite indicator, namely, Environmental Sustainability and Circularity indicator (ESCi), for investigating the potential effects that increased circularity could have at the environmental sustainability of asphalt mixtures is developed. It can be utilized as a decision-making support tool from stakeholders involved in both asphalt mixture production and road pavement management. In addition, in this study, four asphalt mixtures with different percentages of Reclaimed Asphalt (RA) were assessed in terms of their “cradle-to-gate” environmental impacts and circularity, by means of Life Cycle Assessment, and Material Circularity Index, respectively. Their fatigue and permanent deformation performances play a key role in the assessment and distinctive results obtained for the asphalt mixtures with increasing RA% and thus, significant environmental benefits and increased circularity are observed after specific RA% thresholds.

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“…Several CE indicators are designed to capture market value of materials and energy. For example, market values are captured as investment, GDP or PPS, or total cost of end-of-life options [20,23,41]. The Framework established here corresponds to an EIA or LCA logic, placing environmental impact (rather than economic impact) at the centre.…”

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confidence: 99%

The future of circular environmental impact indicators for cultural heritage buildings in Europe

2020

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Background The European building and construction sector is extremely resource-intensive. This makes the renovation of existing buildings, including the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage buildings (ARCH), important for reducing the materials and energy intensity of the sector. Currently, Europe is embarking on a Circular Economy (CE) strategy that directly affects the environmental indicators for buildings and landscapes, including ARCH. However, there is a misalignment between macro-level European CE policy goals and micro-level renovation and management of existing buildings and ARCH. The analysis shows that macro European Union-level indicators are too narrowly defined to effectively guide the implementation of CE at the micro-project level for ARCH. Results This policy study develops a comprehensive ARCH Circular Environmental Impact Indicator Framework to close this gap by: (1) defining the research question; (2) identifying the causal network; and (3) selecting the best indicators. The study compares Circular Environmental Indicators for ARCH projects to current and developing European management schemes. Best practices in environmental impact assessment at the project level are highlighted for the building and construction sector in Europe. Conclusions The proposed new framework is a comprehensive and suitable list of explicitly circular environmental indicators for ARCH. The framework has immediate practical applications for practitioners and policymakers interested in the CE regime for buildings in Europe.

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Measuring the environmental sustainability of a circular economy

Cited by 130 publications

References 25 publications

Natural Resource Conservation Based on Community Economic Empowerment: Perspectives on Watershed Management and Slum Settlements in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Natural Resource Conservation Based on Community Economic Empowerment: Perspectives on Watershed Management and Slum Settlements in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Integrating Circularity in the Sustainability Assessment of Asphalt Mixtures

The future of circular environmental impact indicators for cultural heritage buildings in Europe

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