This paper aims to investigate which factors affect companies’ choice of subscription to an online platform designed to support the creation of industrial symbiosis (IS) relationships, and the effectiveness of such platform from the economic and environmental perspectives. The analyzed platform...
Sustainability and environmental management
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This study aims to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with renewable energy communities (RECs) in Italy. The results, obtained through an incentivised online survey and an analytic hierarchy process, showed that economic saving on energy costs is the most...
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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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Sustainable development serves as a guiding principle for societies aiming to progress beyond purely economic measures of well-being. This paper constructs a composite indicator based on the framework of equitable and sustainable Well-being (BES), integrating 105 indicators for Italian regions over...
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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...
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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...