Strategic Management and the Circular Economy

Tonelli, Marcello; Cristoni, Nicoló

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“…Tonelli M., Cristoni N. [78] Green-tech and responsible use of resources Switch to renewable energy sources. Virgin raw material extraction is reduced to a minimum.…”

Section: Think In Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular Economy in China: Translating Principles into Practice

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The concept of circular economy (CE) has recently gained momentum in the political, scientific, and economic debate, especially in China and Europe. As a result, organizations and scholars have started to establish different sets of principles for its adoption. For this reason, it is important to identify and assess the differences and similarities among existing sets of CE principles, and how organizations and individuals understand and translate them into practice. In this paper, we firstly present a brief review and analysis of the coherence among six existing sets of principles. Our analysis finds that, despite the mixed degree of coherence, all sets describe the necessity to implement CE principles at all levels of a company. We then present the results of an in-depth qualitative survey that investigates how 19 key informants representing small, medium, and multinational companies based in China understand and carry out the CE principles laid out by the BSI standard BS 8001:2017; how these principles can transform the culture and processes of these companies; and what are the opportunities and threats that such transformation can bring. Results describe a good awareness and knowledge of the CE principles and an optimistic outlook concerning their adoption. At the same time, numerous barriers and threats that the implementation of these principles might entail are presented. Overall, respondents confirm the complexity of implementing the principles of the CE in an integrated and consistent way in the management and strategies of Chinese companies and highlight the challenges that might arise during their implementation.

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“…Tonelli M., Cristoni N. [78] Green-tech and responsible use of resources Switch to renewable energy sources. Virgin raw material extraction is reduced to a minimum.…”

Section: Think In Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular Economy in China: Translating Principles into Practice

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“…Čak i najnapredniji sustavi gospodarenja otpadom koji su u funkciji imaju svoja ograničenja i niti jedan ne obuhvaća cijeli ciklus gospodarenja otpadom od njegove prevencije do finalnog zbrinjavanja iako svi tome streme (Morrissey i Browne, 2004). Procjenjuje se kako je između 1900. i 2000. globalni BDP narastao preko 20 puta (Tonelli i Cristoni, 2019), što je za rezultat imalo i ogromnu devastaciju okoliša. Nakon industrijske revolucije 1880-tih, a posebno nakon II.…”

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Građevni otpad kao važan element društveno odgovornog poslovanja manjih građevinskih poduzeća

Butković

Stanišić²,

Omazić³

2020

SocEkol

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Društveno odgovorno poslovanje poduzeća nije reaktivan koncept koji se događa isključivo uslijed pritiska dionika, već nalaže konkretne aktivnosti koje uključuju odgovornost menadžera da donose odluke koje će biti uravnoteže između interesa raznih dionika, zaštite okoliša na koje poduzeće ima (in)direktni utjecaj te njegovih ekonomskih ciljeva. Danas se od poslovnih organizacija očekuje poslovanje u skladu s dugoročnim razvojnim strategijama koje impliciraju sustavan pristup održivom razvoju svih elemenata društva na koje poduzeće ima utjecaj. Cilj je ovoga rada ukazati na važnost gospodarenja otpadom, prije svega građevnim, kao dijela koncepta društveno odgovornog poslovanja građevinskih poduzeća, jer poduzeća u njemu sve više prepoznaju temelj svoje održivosti i konkurentnosti. U tom smislu se društveno odgovorno poslovanje sve snažnije integrira u strategije, ali i operativne poslove jer se samo ovakvim pristupom ostvaruju bolji poslovni rezultati i stječe održiva konkurentna prednost. Kada se mjeri društveno odgovorno poslovanje poslovnih entiteta, iako se gledaju tri ključna aspekta izvedbe (društveni, ekonomski i okolišni), važna je i njihova međusobna interakcija te ravnoteža. S obzirom na to da djelatnost građevinarstva ima značajan utjecaj na okoliš, ovaj članak razmatra i analizira može li se uspješno upravljanje građevnim otpadom optimizirati, prvenstveno iz okolišne perspektive, ali i iz ekonomske te društvene. U članku je prikazana i podjela građevnog otpada te gospodarenje njime. Kako bi se ostvario cilj rada, provedeno je istraživanje putem intervjua u četiri poduzeća koja se bave sakupljanjem i reciklažom građevnog otpada. Dobiveni rezultati pokazali su da su ispitana poduzeća najviše otpada prikupili od srednjih i velikih građevinskih poduzeća, a u 2018. izvezli su ukupno 53% sakupljenog otpada.

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“…Climate change, loss of biological integrity, disruption in biogeochemical cycle, depletion of freshwater resources, ozone layer depletion, land use change, acidifi cation of ocean and introduction of novel entities into the atmosphere are problems mainly caused due to exceedance of natural planetary boundaries by economic activities, i.e. production, distribution and consumption of goods and services (Tonelli & Cristoni, 2019). Th e consequences of these changes are not limited to environmental impacts, rather they pose questions on the existence of humanity itself.…”

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Exploring Circularity: A Review to Assess the Opportunities and Challenges to Close Loop in Nepali Tourism Industry

Aryal¹

2020

Jnl Tourism & Adventure

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Tourism is one of the important sectors in Nepali economy and gains high priority from the government sector as well owing to its contribution in the economic, social and environmental front. Despite these benefits, the tourism sector comes with negative externalities, providing rationality for shift towards a more sustainable approach. Despite this, the circular economy is yet to gain recognition, both at the academic and industrial level in Nepal. Thus, this article aims to fulfill that gap by introducing the concept of circular economy, application of circular economy to the tourism industry and barriers for their implementation in Nepal. In different parts of the world, transition towards circular economy, which integrates the concepts of restorative economy, sharing economy and service economy, from the linear one have been identified as an approach for sustainable economic development. Innovation and application of the 4R principles have been identified as the key to the shift towards the circular economy. Innovation implies the use of new, innovative and more durable products, innovation in the production process and innovative organizational process. Innovation of business models, reduction of the resources used, reuse of the old products thereby reducing the demand for the new ones and recycling of waste products generated are some of the strategies of the circular economy that are applicable to the tourism industry. As Nepali tourism sectors are largely based on take-use-dispose form, they are unsustainable. Circular economy can address the problem associated with the tourism sector there by making the sector sustainable. But, adaptation of circular tourism is hindered mainly by financial and knowledge constraints. The study is expected to introduce and initiate academic discourse about circular tourism in Nepal.

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Strategic Management and the Circular Economy

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Circular Economy in China: Translating Principles into Practice

Circular Economy in China: Translating Principles into Practice

Građevni otpad kao važan element društveno odgovornog poslovanja manjih građevinskih poduzeća

Exploring Circularity: A Review to Assess the Opportunities and Challenges to Close Loop in Nepali Tourism Industry

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