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Measuring the sustainability impact of circular economy practices: a systematic literature review from an industrial ecology perspective
Circular economy (CE) has become a central concept of sustainable production and consumption since its introduction into the public eye. As part of the European research project CRESTING under the Horizon2020 programme, one of the work packages aims to evaluate whether CE actors and networks actually perform according to their sustainable image. Indeed, to ensure CE does not only increase the economic performance of companies, but also delivers on its promises regarding the social and environmental dimensions of sustainability, it is vital to measure the impact of CE practices in an integrated way. Otherwise, CE would risk becoming a purely profit-driven endeavour, potentially having adverse effects on other sustainability aspects. Especially sustainability assessment approaches, but also approaches to measure circularity take a multitude of forms. Therefore, appropriate approaches to measure the sustainability performance of CE practices are examined in this paper. This allows the authors to create an inventory of approaches that can be mapped and improved according to identified shortcomings. The method used is a systematic literature review which analyses frameworks, methodologies, methods, indicators and tools of the CE and industrial ecology (IE) to measure the sustainability impact of CE practices. 108 academic articles and conference papers are assessed and categorised according to assessment type, their link to life-cycle thinking (LCT), sustainability and circularity dimensions addressed, as well as system level of application. Then, the research identifies different ways in which the measurement of circularity and sustainability are connected. The results show most of the measurement approaches stem from the IE tradition and are based on LCT, often combined with a mass balance approach. Indices covering the three sustainability dimensions are another frequently used methodology, combined with decision-making methods. Of the three typical sustainability dimensions, the social one is least measured and ...
Measuring the sustainability impact of circular economy practices: a systematic literature review from an industrial ecology perspective
Circular economy (CE) has become a central concept of sustainable production and consumption since its introduction into the public eye. As part of the European research project CRESTING under the Horizon2020 programme, one of the work packages aims to evaluate whether CE actors and networks actually perform according to their sustainable image. Indeed, to ensure CE does not only increase the economic performance of companies, but also delivers on its promises regarding the social and environmental dimensions of sustainability, it is vital to measure the impact of CE practices in an integrated way. Otherwise, CE would risk becoming a purely profit-driven endeavour, potentially having adverse effects on other sustainability aspects. Especially sustainability assessment approaches, but also approaches to measure circularity take a multitude of forms. Therefore, appropriate approaches to measure the sustainability performance of CE practices are examined in this paper. This allows the authors to create an inventory of approaches that can be mapped and improved according to identified shortcomings. The method used is a systematic literature review which analyses frameworks, methodologies, methods, indicators and tools of the CE and industrial ecology (IE) to measure the sustainability impact of CE practices. 108 academic articles and conference papers are assessed and categorised according to assessment type, their link to life-cycle thinking (LCT), sustainability and circularity dimensions addressed, as well as system level of application. Then, the research identifies different ways in which the measurement of circularity and sustainability are connected. The results show most of the measurement approaches stem from the IE tradition and are based on LCT, often combined with a mass balance approach. Indices covering the three sustainability dimensions are another frequently used methodology, combined with decision-making methods. Of the three typical sustainability dimensions, the social one is least measured and ...
Measuring the sustainability impact of circular economy practices: a systematic literature review from an industrial ecology perspective
Anna Maria Walker (Autor:in) / Andrea Raggi (Autor:in) / Walter J. V. Vermeulen (Autor:in) / Alberto Simboli (Autor:in) / International Society for Industrial Ecology / Walker, anna maria / Raggi, Andrea / Vermeulen, Walter J. V. / Simboli, Alberto
01.01.2019
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
690
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