Showing papers in "Sustainable Production and Consumption in 2017"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have shown that polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) can contribute to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, waste reduction as well as green jobs and innovation in the biotechnology sector.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a theoretical structural model representing the impact of five latent variables of eco-innovation drivers on the environmental performance of Malaysian green tech companies, including compliance with environmental regulations, market focus and technology used.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of marginal lands to produce ample amounts of biomass, also discusses the suitable crops for energy purpose, management practices of crop production on marginal lands and their economic and environmental perspectives.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the environmental performance of the current textile supply chain and assess the possible consequences of a significant increase in reuse or recycling of discarded textiles, in addition to an assessment on the policy measures available for increasing textile circulation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the literature on green supply chain performance measures for the purpose of providing thorough insight into the field using bibliometric and network analysis, and identified some of the top contributing authors, organizations and key research topics related to the field.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the elements that anticipate sustainable purchase behavior of educated young consumers in Delhi, and use structural equation modeling to determine the predicting power of the various variables considered.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a theoretical framework to explain sustainable supply chain performance using a total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) technique, an alternative method for generating theories.

TL;DR: In this article, a choice-based conjoint analysis was conducted to identify important product attributes and the preferred characteristics of a set of bio-based sand toys for children, which revealed a connection between ecological consumption and environmental awareness, nature relatedness, health consciousness and innovativeness.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used combined lifecycle and value/supply chain analysis to examine the sustainability (environmental, social and economic impacts) of tea manufacturing in Sri Lanka.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the sustainability of soybean production in Rio Grande do Sul state (RS, Southern Brazil) based on the soybean life cycle and found that the most critical impacts in each dimension were eutrophication (environmental), supply costs (economic), and the stakeholders local communities/society (social).

TL;DR: In this article, a comparative impact assessment for production of conventional aluminum alloy (AlMg3) used in aircraft fuselage and lighter weight carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is performed, where epoxy resin (EP), a thermosetting polymer typically impregnated with carbon fiber (CF) tows is replaced by polypropylene (PP) which is a thermoplastic polymer.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the association of various CSR initiatives on the perceived service quality and customer loyalty in the Indian perspective by using Bayesian Network analysis and show the different dimensions of CSR that establish relationship with the perceived services quality and the customer loyalty.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a UK survey of public opinion on carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and elicit the importance they put on different sustainability issues relevant to CCU.

TL;DR: In this paper, cumulative degree of perfection (CDP), cumulative carbon dioxide emission (CCO2E) and renewability indicator (RI) are employed as tools to assess sustainability of packaged black tea, instant tea and ice tea production processes and valorization of their waste.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a life cycle environmental, economic and social sustainability assessment of future electricity scenarios for Turkey up to 2050, using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to help identify the most sustainable scenarios.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a life cycle assessment (LCA) model to describe the chlor-alkali European industry, including salt production, products treatment and waste management within the system boundaries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose two theoretical frameworks for the building of "true" and "false" social and environmental corporate reputations, based on corporate speech, and demonstrate that the construction of sustainable reputations disconnected from real sustainable operations is logically possible.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the factors influencing the sustainability of corporate businesses and analyse the probable mechanisms to react upon changing boundaries making the businesses resilient towards both political and social pressures, as well as to the environmental changes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the factors that influence retail investors' attitudes towards investments in renewable energies and reveal that individuals' social norms, their confidence in NGOs, and their evaluation of the relevant regulatory framework significantly influence their attitudes towards investment in renewable energy.

TL;DR: In this article, a multi-period, multipart, multi-supplier and multi-carrier low carbon procurement and logistics model is proposed for a carbon trading environment using MILP (Mixed Integer Linear Program).

TL;DR: In this paper, social status losses are found as significant drivers of socially-responsible environmental conscientiousness, and two field observations of environmentally conscientious recycling behavior and sustainable energy consumption investigated if social status loss are more likely to be answered with ethicality than social status gains.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper systematically reviewed previous sustainability studies published in the refereed scientific journals for the past two decades to understand the evolution of sustainability issues in the business context and solutions proposed until now.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a combination of Fuzzy Delphi and FAHP as an efficient tool for dealing with complex decision-making problems and to prove that integrating the fuzzy Delphi model with FAHP modeling is an objective and practical process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present collated experiences and views from the EU process sectors on the "state-of-the-art" of sustainability evaluation tools, highlighting the differences between the practical use of such tools in an industrial setting versus simplified ideal-world case studies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of algal biofuel production, using waste nutrients present in the dairy waste, as well as performing a life cycle assessment to estimate the energy requirement of produced algal Biofuel.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tested the applicability of these indicators for the city-level sustainability measurements and found that they can be used as background information for setting long-term visions and targets for a resource-wise city.

TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid life cycle assessment consisting of an environmentally extended input-output analysis and a process-based analysis is conducted to evaluate the life cycle carbon footprints and energy consumption levels of different types of refuse collection trucks.

TL;DR: In this article, an easy and rapid method for recovering and extracting a new product out of released olive mill wastewater (OMW) is uncovered, which is considered to be the most polluting waste of food industry given its high concentrations of COD and phenolic compounds.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of key product attributes identified as performance, retail price, and environmental attributes including volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions, recycled content, hazardous substances, waste and energy management is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of existing product-service systems (PSS) and service-based business models in the automotive sector is presented to identify how truck manufacturers could reorient their current business model with respect to the Chinese context to enhance customer satisfaction, profitability and sustainability.