Life Cycle Management Approaches to Support Circular Economy

Zinck, Sébastien; Ayed, Anne-Christine; Niero, Monia; Head, Megann; Wellmer, Friedrich‐Wilhelm; Scholz, Roland W.; Morel, Stéphane

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66981-6_1

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“…These can be classified as actions oriented either towards effects or towards causes on economic, social, and environmental aspects. Among the actions oriented towards effects, the most representative techniques include life cycle assessment (LCA) [5,6], remanufacturing [7], recycling [8], etc. About second actions are those which are oriented to causes, such as, cradle to cradle (C2C) [9] or biodesign [10].…”

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“…LCA is an evaluation method that guides the action from eco-efficiency under the knowledge of the effects (impacts and damages), while C2C is a different approach that points towards sustainable design from the knowledge of the causes and ecoeffectiveness [17]. From this point of view, C2C as a generator method can inspire designers to various design solutions, while LCA can be used as an analytical tool for the assessment of the sustainability of these design solutions, of the performance of eco-innovations, and also as design-process tracking [3,5].…”

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Standardization Framework for Sustainability from Circular Economy 4.0

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The circular economy (CE) is widely known as a way to implement and achieve sustainability, mainly due to its contribution towards the separation of biological and technical nutrients under cyclic industrial metabolism. The incorporation of the principles of the CE in the links of the value chain of the various sectors of the economy strives to ensure circularity, safety, and efficiency. The framework proposed is aligned with the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development regarding the orientation towards the mitigation and regeneration of the metabolic rift by considering a double perspective. Firstly, it strives to conceptualize the CE as a paradigm of sustainability. Its principles are established, and its techniques and tools are organized into two frameworks oriented towards causes (cradle to cradle) and effects (life cycle assessment), and these are structured under the three pillars of sustainability, for their projection within the proposed framework. Secondly, a framework is established to facilitate the implementation of the CE with the use of standards, which constitute the requirements, tools, and indicators to control each life cycle phase, and of key enabling technologies (KETs) that add circular value 4.0 to the socio-ecological transition.

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“…The case study further contributes to literature by providing empirical evidence of how and why life cycle‐based assessments can play a strategic role in companies aiming to make their operations and products more circular, which has previously been described in less detail by other scholars (Khan et al, 2020a, 2020b, 2021; Santa‐Maria et al, 2022). Moreover, the authors make a first attempt at connecting CE assessment with LCM literature as called for by Zinck et al (2018). This is justified by the CTI's focus on the life cycle perspective and inclusion into the set of sustainability assessments (Bianchi et al, 2022; Sonnemann et al, 2015).…”

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A dynamic capabilities perspective on implementing the Circular Transition Indicators: A case study of a multi‐national packaging company

Walker

Vermeulen

Raggi

2023

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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The use of life cycle‐based assessment has been defined a crucial microfoundation to implement circular business models from a dynamic capabilities perspective. Through a case study of a multi‐national packaging corporation in the plastics sector, the application of an industry‐developed circularity assessment, the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI), is analysed in two manufacturing locations (Italy and China). The aim is to identify how this life cycle‐based assessment can amplify the company's capability to sense, seize and reconfigure its resources. Data were collected from a company placement, interviews, and sustainability reports. The CTI mainly contributed to the sensing microfoundations concerning the company's life cycle‐based perspective and the use of environmental management tools. It also proved to complement existing life cycle‐based approaches because it does not identify sustainability impacts, but only captures material flows. Furthermore, the results showed how the CTI implementation benefitted from existing microfoundations, such as the strategic collaboration with knowledge partners and previously collected sustainability and process efficiency data. Finally, it was also discussed for which microfoundations the CTI results could be most useful: to improve internal resource management processes and to support external circularity pledges. This paper contributes an empirical example to connect dynamic capabilities with life cycle management literature in a circular economy context.

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“…These design strategies are embodied in Design for X practices that propose improvements in particular characteristics of the product. At the product level, the most widely used assessment tool is LCA, based on the life cycle, which makes it possible to align the LCA and the CE assessment (Roos Lindgreen et al, 2022; Zinck et al, 2018). Under the assumption that each CE strategy influences economic and environmental performance, we refer to each practice in isolation and its possible effects on both dimensions.…”

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Circular economy and firm performance: The influence of product life cycle analysis, upcycling, and redesign

Triguero

Moreno‐Mondéjar

Sáez‐Martínez

2023

Sustainable Development

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The transition toward a circular economy (CE) implies the introduction of innovative practices at the firm level. Nevertheless, an important question is under discussion: What are the consequences of these practices on firm performance? Using a survey approach, this article analyzes the effect of CE practices related to product design on economic and environmental performance: life cycle assessment (LCA), product upgradability, and design for disassembly, reuse, and recycling in a sample of 300 firms. Our findings show that, although most of the companies are carrying out some eco‐innovation (innovations aimed to reduce the environmental damage of their activity), only process eco‐innovations new to the market improve economic performance but not environmental performance. However, LCA is a tool for implementing CE principles, helping to improve both. Eco‐design is positively associated with economic performance. The results provide managers and policy makers new insights on the long road to achieving this transition.

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Life Cycle Management Approaches to Support Circular Economy

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Standardization Framework for Sustainability from Circular Economy 4.0

Standardization Framework for Sustainability from Circular Economy 4.0

A dynamic capabilities perspective on implementing the Circular Transition Indicators: A case study of a multi‐national packaging company

Circular economy and firm performance: The influence of product life cycle analysis, upcycling, and redesign

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