The Role of Business in Global Sustainability Transformations

D'amato, Dalia; Toppinen, Anne; Kozak, Robert

doi:10.4324/9781003003588

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“…In line with the literature on the role of business models in sustainability transitions (e.g., [47,48,50,145]) as well as the shifting focus in the business model literature towards stakeholder interrelations and value co-creation in (eco)systems (e.g., [71][72][73]146]), it is important to note that moving to CBMs may require innovation efforts that business organizations cannot effectuate on their own. One important and powerful stakeholder with a potentially systemic impact is the consumer (e.g., [74,76,80]).…”

Section: Towards Circular Business Models For the Bioeconomymentioning

confidence: 86%

The Role of Consumers in Business Model Innovations for a Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy

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Over the last decade, various governments and supranational bodies have promoted the development of a circular bioeconomy (CBE) as a response to sustainability challenges. The transition towards a CBE requires the collaboration of different actors in the innovation (eco)system. With this conceptual paper, we apply a circular business model lens to address the research question: “What are the archetypical roles of consumers in business model innovations for a sustainable CBE?” We use a combination of complementary theories from the circular economy and bioeconomy literature, evolutionary innovation economics, sustainability transitions research, the business model literature, and the work on active consumers. Considering consumers’ agency as a continuum between the manufacturer-active paradigm and the consumer-active paradigm, we propose: (i) consumers in the manufacturer-active paradigm can actively influence circular business models with their purchase decision; (ii) consumers can act as lobbyists and influencers for circular business model innovation; (iii) in their different roles as customer, user, repairer, and reseller, consumers can incentivize organizations to adapt their business models to their needs; (iv) consumers can become key partners in the process of defining the normative orientation of the innovation paradigm for a CBE; (v) consumers can actively co-create value by means of co-ownership (e.g., through platform cooperatives).

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Section: Towards Circular Business Models For the Bioeconomymentioning

confidence: 86%

The Role of Consumers in Business Model Innovations for a Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy

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“…One needs to consider the environmental impact issue in the broader aspect of developing contemporary strategies that directly link core businesses and sustainability issues and clearly articulate their limitations [12]. Years of industry experience with certified management systems are primarily associated with bureaucracy, and often with the abandonment of innovative thinking [13]. All of the construction sector's partner actors and governments must understand and participate in the new sustainable business development [14].…”

Section: Sustainability and Construction Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Assessment of Cementitious Ceramic Tile Adhesives

Michalak¹

2023

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This article presents the results of analyzing environmental impact indicators of thirteen ceramic tile adhesives (CTAs). The analyzed data came from ten third-party-verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) created in 2016–2022. The paper examines seven environmental impact indicators for modules A1–A3 (cradle-to-gate). Significant differences were observed between the values of environmental indicators, which, in the case of Global Warming Potential (GWP), differed by almost 270% in the most extreme case. For the depletion of abiotic resources (elements) (ADPe), the values of products differed by nearly fourteen thousand times. Results are discussed from the perspective of the CTAs’ manufacturer assessing the product. The analysis focused on issues such as the historical dimension of data, which is the basis for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the need for their constant updating, and the subject of uncertainty—usually wholly omitted in the considerations on the environmental impact of construction products. The results of the analysis were also evaluated in terms of the planned introduction of the new 3+ assessment system in connection with the future amendment of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The results of the CTAs’ analysis of environmental indicators showed that, despite the EPDs functioning for a decade, the obligatory assessment of construction products in terms of sustainability using the 3+ system did not create the conditions for its proper occurrence. This analysis showed that, without obtaining reliable data on the environmental impact of CTAs, correct AVCP is not possible, and the consumer is not able to make proper choices.

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