The roadmap towards a more sustainable production and consumption model calls for the active role of consumers. To engage consumers as active participants in the sustainable transition, companies are called upon to support them in making sustainable purchasing decisions. To this end, companies must...
Sustainability and environmental management
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The fashion industry accounts for large impacts on the environment and social welfare, both on the consumers' and companies' sides. This study systematically reviews the literature on sustainable consumption in the fashion industry, clarifying sustainable fashion's meaning. Existing sustainable...
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Energy development based on renewable sources is capable of supporting the decarbonization process and must take place compatibly with other needs such as those related to food uses. In this direction, the installation of photovoltaic (PV) systems over farm structures without taking land away from...
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The European Union (EU) action plan, stated in Agenda 2050, provides directions for empowering consumers as active participants of sustainable transition. Accordingly, companies are called to support consumers in making sustainable choices by providing them with full access to reliable information...
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Industrial symbiosis (IS) refers to a subfield of industrial ecology in which industries belonging to the same or different sectors adopt a collective approach to gain competitive advantage by exchanging materials, resources, and by-products. As a result, traditionally separate industries can...
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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has underscored the criticality related to the dependence on energy supply from Russia and the lack of energy autonomy by European countries. To obtain a progressive detachment from the Russian energy supply dependency, European countries have been adopting...
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Clean production and the ecological transition pose significant challenges for international space organizations, which are developing new strategies for recycling space waste products within a circular economy model. Successful recycling initiatives, which could encompass all or only parts of...
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This paper proposes an integrated approach for a biomethane supply chain from Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW), addressing both strategic plant location-sizing and tactical vehicle routing. A two-stage iterative approach following a cluster-first location&sizing&route-...
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The transportation sector is marked by high emissions, and new sustainable solutions are required to solve this problem. Biomethane, also known as green gas, has the potential to regenerate certain wastes, promoting resource circularity. This study aimed at evaluating the profitability of small-...