A review on circular economy: the expected transition to a balanced interplay of environmental and economic systems

The food waste hierarchy as a framework for the management of food surplus and food waste

a cura di

More than 300 papers have been published in the last 15years on the topic of green or sustainable (forward) supply chains Looking at the research methodologies employed, only 36 papers apply quantitative models This is in contrast to, for example, the neighboring field of reverse or closed-loop supply chains where several reviews on respective quantitative models have already been provided The paper summarizes research on quantitative models for forward supply chains and thereby contributes to the further substantiation of the field While different kinds of models are applied, it is evident that the social side of sustainability is not taken into account On the environmental side, life-cycle assessment based approaches and impact criteria clearly dominate On the modeling side there are three dominant approaches: equilibrium models, multi-criteria decision making and analytical hierarchy process There has been only limited empirical research so far The paper ends with suggestions for future research

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A review of modeling approaches for sustainable supply chain management

A review of reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chains: a Journal of Cleaner Production focus

The new evolution of the production and industrial process called Industry 4.0, and its related technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data analytics, and cyber–physical systems, among others, still have an unknown potential impact on sustainability and the environment. In this paper, we conduct a literature-based analysis to discuss the sustainability impact and challenges of Industry 4.0 from four different scenarios: deployment, operation and technologies, integration and compliance with the sustainable development goals, and long-run scenarios. From these scenarios, our analysis resulted in positive or negative impacts related to the basic production inputs and outputs flows: raw material, energy and information consumption and product and waste disposal. As the main results, we identified both positive and negative expected impacts, with some predominance of positives that can be considered positive secondary effects derived from Industry 4.0 activities. However, only through integrating Industry 4.0 with the sustainable development goals in an eco-innovation platform, can it really ensure environmental performance. It is expected that this work can contribute to helping stakeholders, practitioners and governments to advance solutions to deal with the outcomes emerging through the massive adoption of those technologies, as well as supporting the expected positive impacts through policies and financial initiatives.

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/10/3740/pdf

Industry 4.0 and Sustainability Implications: A Scenario-Based Analysis of the Impacts and Challenges

http://www.advancesincleanerproduction.net/papers/journals/2010/2010_JCP_cleanprod.pdf

The roles of cleaner production in the sustainable development of modern societies: an introduction to this special issue

http://advancesincleanerproduction.net/papers/journals/2010/2010_jcp_ecodesign.pdf

Silvia H. Bonilla

Papers

Industry 4.0 and Sustainability Implications: A Scenario-Based Analysis of the Impacts and Challenges

The roles of cleaner production in the sustainable development of modern societies: an introduction to this special issue

Emergy as a tool for Ecodesign: evaluating materials selection for beverage packages in Brazil

Cleaner production practices in a medium size gold-plated jewelry company in Brazil: when little changes make the difference

Cleaner Production initiatives and challenges for a sustainable world: an introduction to this special volume