Exploration of the Barriers to Implementing Different Types of Sustainability Approaches

Stewart, Raphaëlle Marie Marianne; Bey, Niki; Boks, Casper

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.04.063

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“…In the same year as Dekoninck et al (2016), Stewart et al (2016) published a literature study of "… barriers to implementing different types of sustainability approaches" in companies. The result by Stewart et al (2016) is based on 29 empirical studies; one important finding is that external barriers, such as "multiple [,] complex [and] changing regulation" and "lack of industry-specific information", can efficiently hamper considerations of sustainability issues in a company. Additionally, Stewart et al (2016) classified the identified barriers into internal and external barriers and described them in two frameworks.…”

Section: Inclusion Of Sustainability Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An overall description of which challenges manufacturing companies can face when including sustainability aspects in product development is considered to be covered well by the proposed updated framework of Dekoninck et al (2016) in Appendix B and Stewart et al (2016). One must note that, in addition to challenges, the framework of Dekoninck et al (2016) includes what other people may call barriers and hurdles.…”

Section: "Transforming Sustainability Aspects or General Goals Intomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One must note that, in addition to challenges, the framework of Dekoninck et al (2016) includes what other people may call barriers and hurdles. Therefore, the comprehensive list of "barriers to implementing different types of sustainability approaches" by Stewart et al (2016) is also found relevant for understanding which challenges manufacturing companies can face when including sustainability aspects in product development.…”

Section: "Transforming Sustainability Aspects or General Goals Intomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• "Difficulty to elaborate business case, conflict, difficulty to manage tradeoffs", a "barrier" identified by Stewart et al (2016).…”

Section: Addressing the Challenge Is Too Complex And Resource Demandimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• "Current/future locked-in situations or lack of bargaining power against other players", a barrier identified by Stewart et al (2016). • "…'we always look for the most environmentally friendly components.…”

Section: Economic Reason At the Suppliermentioning

confidence: 99%

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The transition to the circular economy (CE) creates value through the closed‐loop systems, reverse logistics, product life cycle management, and clean production in terms of corporate environmental management. During this transition process, the organization faces many barriers such as financial, organizational, technology‐based, social, policy‐related, market‐based, and logistics‐based barriers. The objectives of this study are to propose a framework highlighting policy‐related barriers for a supply chain in the transition to CE and finally discuss potential implications on enhancing corporate environmental performance of a business. Further, this study evaluates the causal relationships between the policy‐related barriers using fuzzy Decision‐Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method. The application was conducted in an apparel firm in Turkey. From findings, lack of legislation for efficient CE (C4), lack of mandatory requirements and responsibilities for manufacturers/suppliers for the CE (C17), and lack of government support for environmentally friendly policies (C2) are revealed as the most important barriers, respectively. It is found that lack of attitude and awareness about CE in government institutions (C19) is the most influencing factor, whereas lack of effective recycling policies to achieve quality in waste management (C8) is the most influenced factor. The recommendations were developed for enhancing the corporate environmental performance of businesses through incentives and unique rewards, improving communication among stakeholders, the government's perception of CE and current linear economy, cooperation with nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and civil actions, the vision of government towards circular principles, the circular public procurement, the local governments in circular policymaking, and awareness of bureaucracy and government officials.

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Recent critiques claim that business sustainability scholarship offers little evidence on how to effectively address business unsustainability. In this article, we demonstrate why this problem exists. Specifically, we argue that the literatures on internal practices of business sustainability, and on the sustainability performance of businesses, do not speak to each other and that explanatory models also fail to bridge a corresponding gap in the field. We argue for the development of a subfield of sustainability performance in businesses and explain the types of inquiries that should be developed. Finally, we suggest how scholars in the business sustainability field could contribute to the development of better understanding of sustainability performance in businesses.

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Exploration of the Barriers to Implementing Different Types of Sustainability Approaches

Cited by 42 publications

References 28 publications

Inclusion of sustainability aspects in product development at manufacturing companies

Inclusion of sustainability aspects in product development at manufacturing companies

Circular economy and the policy: A framework for improving the corporate environmental management in supply chains

How to serve sustainability performance in businesses? An appetizing recipe to link practices to performance in business sustainability research

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