Measuring the circular economy - A Multiple Correspondence Analysis of 63 metrics

Parchomenko, Alexej; Nelen, Dirk; Gillabel, Jeroen; Rechberger, Helmut

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.357

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“…A significant role may be played by the creation of a specialized information base, which will provide all market participants with authentic information on dynamic changes in this area. Formulation of multiplicative (aggregate) coefficient which may be useful for reflection of relations between the discovered indexes with the assignment of weighting coefficients may be another organizational and economic mechanism contributing in the development of BF production in Russia [195,196].…”

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Biofuel Application as a Factor of Sustainable Development Ensuring: The Case of Russia

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2019

Energies

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Diffusion of the biofuels (BF) using is justified by opening up the opportunities for obtaining fuel and energy from previously inaccessible sources and by the existence of energy-deficient regions, in particular in Russia. Works of different scientists on the problems of creating and using BF were the methodological basis of this study. Information on the state and prospects of the development of renewable energy sources in Russian regions was collected from regulatory documents and was obtained by employing a questionnaire survey. For the study of the collected materials, the different methods of comparative analysis, and the methods of expert assessments were used. The results of the Status-Quo analysis of BF production in Russia have shown that the creation of BF performed relatively successfully. However, there are many more perspectives, connected with expanding the utilization of the different raw materials. Also, the analysis of organizational and economic mechanisms applied for production of BF and the obtained data on several organizations-producers allowed for proposing six indexes for the assessment of the BF production effectiveness. It is suggested that BF production in Russia will contribute to the sustainable development of a number of the country's regions in the near future.Energies 2019, 12, 3948 2 of 30 impact of permanent anthropogenic factors has required the taking of appropriate measures in this field both at the federal and regional levels. In particular, the accumulation of industrial, agricultural, and household wastes is becoming an essential incentive for the development of innovative activities aiming at the production of biofuel (BF). According to the existing data [3], the resource potential of recyclable organic waste biomass, including solid household wastes and sediments of wastewaters reaches 13,490.26 tons of coal equivalent (TCE) per year in Russia. This study led both at the federal level and in particular regions which have significant differences in terms of economic, geographic, and climatic conditions. According to pessimistic forecasts, the share of green energy in the Russian economy will arrive at 3-5% by 2035, according to positive ones, it will be equal to 8-10%. The proposed share of BF in the production of electric and heat energy with targeted management could be about 2-3% [4].Different geographic, climatic, economic, and other conditions in regions of Russia necessitate solving several scientific problems for optimization of the existing regional programs for the provision of sustainable development and determination of the role of REn and BF production in them.Therefore, the progress in BF production achieved in some leading countries has become a significant factor which causes a positive impact on the sustainable development of their economies. This gives rise to the suggestion that Russia has some conditions for a more extensive application of REn, in particular, for BF production and use. Correspondingly, this article characterizes some general trends of B...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Biofuel Application as a Factor of Sustainable Development Ensuring: The Case of Russia

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2019

Energies

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“…In the third place, other CE measurement initiatives were studied in the search for metrics that could be incorporated to, and are currently missing from, the MFCE. While some work has already been done regarding the development of indicators to quantify the CE [11][12][13], macro-level assessment frameworks are not common outside of China [13,14], and in most cases are still at the development and/or proposal stage. In this regard, apart from China's national CE indicator system [15], we took into consideration three monitoring framework proposals at the national level in the EU (France, Spain, and the Netherlands) [16][17][18], and a proposal for tracking CE progress at the regional level in Poland [14].…”

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“…The propagation of this conceptual bias is also reflected on the metrics that are generally suggested in the literature for measuring progress towards a CE [13,15,30]. For instance, as a result of a multiple correspondence analysis of 63 different indicators used to assess the CE, [13] concluded that the most prevailing approach was related to resource and recycling efficiency, waste disposal, and secondary vs. primary use. On the other hand, metrics that inquire into the conservation of value from a systemic perspective are less frequent (longevity, value change and retention, system stability and sharing, among others).…”

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“…Products' lifespan is a key dimension for a system approach to CE, as it depends and impacts on every phase of the value chain and has a direct effect on both the rate of extraction of natural resources and the level of waste generation. Still, metrics concerning this matter are among the least frequent, as pointed out by [11,13]. It is therefore vital for a comprehensive MFCE to develop indicators to track the average durability of products, together with its main determinants, such as the extent of eco-design, repair, reuse, and collaborative consumption activities.…”

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Decoupling or ‘Decaffing’? The Underlying Conceptualization of Circular Economy in the European Union Monitoring Framework

Llorente-González

Deza

2019

Sustainability

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In recent years, the shift to a circular economy (CE) has become an increasingly important component of the European Union’s development strategy. However, no consensus has yet been reached on the depth of the transformation this implies, nor on the most appropriate strategy for its measurement. In 2018, the European Commission presented a monitoring framework to evaluate the progress made in this transition, focused on the priority objectives of the European strategy for the CE. This article aims to discuss the conceptualization of the CE behind the selection and interpretation of the metrics proposed by the commission. It is argued that the chosen indicators are mostly concerned with material self-sufficiency and recycling, neglecting other dimensions of the concept more closely related to systemic change. Moreover, some issues that are relevant from a CE perspective, such as the disparate distribution of recyclable material flows among EU Member States in terms of value and environmental impact, are overlooked in the interpretation of the available information. Consequently, a more ambitious and diverse selection of metrics is suggested to reflect the wider socio-economic and environmental objectives of the CE, thus preventing the dissemination of a limited version of the concept.

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“…The best opportunity is characterized by minimum efforts (in terms of resources, costs, time and labor), minimum negative impact and significant positive value. These outputs should not refer only to the company, but should be extended to a network of stakeholders, considering also the environmental and the social aspects [37,94].…”

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Overcoming the Main Barriers of Circular Economy Implementation through a New Visualization Tool for Circular Business Models

2019

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There is a huge gap between the broad concept of circular economy (CE) and its practical implementation in the industrial sector due to several types of barriers, which shall be led back to the lack of consistent and precise information about resources, products, and processes. Without a proper information flow, it is impossible to quantify circular initiatives, both in comparison with the actual linear situation or with circular alternative opportunities. A proper quantification of circular initiatives allows the assessment of economic, environmental and social benefits and the preventative identification of potential barriers and relative solutions, monitoring the risk associated with circular investments and supporting the decision-making process. This paper describes a new tool to ensure the quantification of circular initiatives and the method to define it. It is a new Circular Business Model (CBM) visualization tool, which overcomes the main limitations of the existing models able to explain CE concepts but not to boost its practical implementation in industry. The new CBM visualization tool can be adopted in every industrial sector to highlight circular opportunities that are still hidden or unexploited or to select the best CE strategy. The proposed CBM visualization tool differs from the previous diagrams in two main characteristics: (i) the possibility to quantify resource flows and important indicators representing energy consumption, environmental and social impact, and (ii) the focus, which is not only on the product, but on the whole system, involving also the process, the company and the entire supply chain. The methodology to adopt and adapt the proposed model to different scales is described in detail. To provide a practical example, the model was qualitatively applied to a generic technical product to highlight its potential in the identification and quantification of circular activities.

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Measuring the circular economy - A Multiple Correspondence Analysis of 63 metrics

Cited by 277 publications

References 38 publications

Biofuel Application as a Factor of Sustainable Development Ensuring: The Case of Russia

Biofuel Application as a Factor of Sustainable Development Ensuring: The Case of Russia

Decoupling or ‘Decaffing’? The Underlying Conceptualization of Circular Economy in the European Union Monitoring Framework

Overcoming the Main Barriers of Circular Economy Implementation through a New Visualization Tool for Circular Business Models

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