Industrial symbiosis profiles in energy-intensive industries: Sectoral insights from open databases

Mendez-Alva, Francisco; Cervo, Hélène; Krese, Gorazd; Eetvelde, Greet Van

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128031

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“…It discusses high-potential cross-sectorial cases and their impact in Europe, identifying 20 different generic IS cases [37]. Such cases can be generalised in and across sectors' profiles of the process industry, such as in steel, cement, chemical, mineral and engineering sectors [66]. The list of 20 cases was applied to a specific cluster to grasp the size of the (potential) cross-sector collaboration in the cluster.…”

Section: Hubs For Circularity Indicatorsmentioning

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Hubs for Circularity: Geo-Based Industrial Clustering towards Urban Symbiosis in Europe

2021

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Since the Green Deal, ambitious climate and resource neutrality goals have been set in Europe. Here, process industries hold a unique position due to their energy and material transformation capabilities. They are encouraged to develop cross-sectorial hubs for achieving not only climate ambition, but also joining a circular economy through urban–industrial symbiosis with both business and community stakeholders. This research proposes a data-based approach to identify potential hub locations by means of cluster analysis. A total of three different algorithms are compared on a set of location and pollution data of European industrial facilities: K-means, hierarchical agglomerative and density-based spatial clustering. The DBSCAN algorithm gave the best indication of potential locations for hubs because of its capacity to tune the main parameters. It evidenced that predominately west European countries have a high potential for identifying hubs for circularity (H4Cs) due to their industrial density. In Eastern Europe, the industrial landscape is more scattered, suggesting that additional incentives might be needed to develop H4Cs. Furthermore, industrial activities such as the production of aluminium, cement, lime, plaster, or electricity are observed to have a relatively lower tendency to cluster compared with the petrochemical sector. Finally, further lines of research to identify and develop industrial H4Cs are suggested.

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Section: Hubs For Circularity Indicatorsmentioning

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Hubs for Circularity: Geo-Based Industrial Clustering towards Urban Symbiosis in Europe

2021

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“…The digital revolution has exerted huge influences on the development speed and quality of the insurance industry, and the application of digital technology has gradually become the main source of competitive advantage and efficiency in the insurance industry [ 53 ]. DA is the use of advanced digital technologies that can drive other technologies and generate new business, market, and business models [ 54 ].…”

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Index construction and application of digital transformation in the insurance industry: Evidence from China

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Zheng

2024

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In the context of digitization, the insurance industry’s value chain is undergoing significant shifts. However, the existing research on its comprehension and measurement remains relatively limited. This study constructs an index system for digital transformation in the insurance industry (DTII) on three components: digital infrastructure, digital platform, and digital applications. Utilizing data from 31 provinces in China, this study employs the entropy weight method, analytic hierarchy process method and minimum relative entropy method to measure the weights of indicators, empirically applying this index system. The results show that DTII in China experiences rapid advancement with an average annual growth rate of 20.46% from 2014 to 2020 and there exists strong regional convergence. In addition, the spatial agglomeration and spatial effects of DTII are mainly concentrated in the life insurance industry and the eastern region. This study provides an index system and empirical evidence for evaluating the DTII, providing policy insights for exploring the sustainable development path of the insurance industry in the digital era.

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“…The IS of steel industries focuses on CE practices with businesses' viability [50] at different levels. From the steel production, materials (such as slags) can become valuable sources for other industries, including the chemical and cement sector, or exceeding steam can deliver energy for district heating in cities [51]. CE and IS are not only sources of important benefits, such as new revenues, increased life cycle of landfills and compliance to legislation, but also bring with themselves some challenges, such as high costs and mismatch between offer and demand [52].…”

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Structuring and Measuring Environmental Sustainability in the Steel Sector: A Single Case Study

Tolettini

Maria

2023

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Climate change policies are affecting the economic and structural viability of European Union (EU) industries, particularly in the energy-intensive sector, with very challenging goals of EU Agenda 2030 in terms of CO2 reductions and energy efficiency. This ecological transition can be supported by the employment of innovative technologies, enabling production process efficiency, resource optimization and supply-chain integration. Nevertheless, it is still empirically unclear how energy-intensive industries will complete their ecological transition successfully, especially in terms of achieving environmental sustainability practices within the organization and in the supply-chain without endangering their economic availability. Moreover, the assessment of environmental sustainability performance is still not a unique standard framework, causing loss of transparency and traceability towards internal and external stakeholders, such as managers, investors and business partners. With 20 qualitative interviews of customers and experts of a company leader in the steel construction sector in Italy and Germany, the Feralpi Group, this paper explores the implications of strategic environmental sustainability indicators, which can transparently assess company performance. Preliminary results underline how shared standardized indicators are fundamental for a tighter supply-chain integration, giving impulse and significance to the steel producers’ efforts for environmental sustainability excellence. Future research should further investigate the connection between environmental sustainability strategies and performance indicators for a more integrated sustainability framework.

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Industrial symbiosis profiles in energy-intensive industries: Sectoral insights from open databases

Cited by 15 publications

References 57 publications

Hubs for Circularity: Geo-Based Industrial Clustering towards Urban Symbiosis in Europe

Hubs for Circularity: Geo-Based Industrial Clustering towards Urban Symbiosis in Europe

Index construction and application of digital transformation in the insurance industry: Evidence from China

Structuring and Measuring Environmental Sustainability in the Steel Sector: A Single Case Study

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