The collaborative and contested interplay between business and civil society in circular economy transitions

Ho, Chia-Hao; Böhm, Steffen; Monciardini, David

doi:10.1002/bse.3001

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“…Ho et al (2022) develop a framework for understanding the interplay between business and civil society in circular economy transitions. They develop the concept of “circular economy boundary work” to analyze how civil society organizations (CSOs) interact with firms to bring about circular economy innovations and identify three ideal types of boundary work.…”

Section: Diffusing the Circular Economymentioning

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Jump‐starting, diffusing, and sustaining the circular economy

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2022

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Jump-starting, diffusing, and sustaining the circular economy 1 | INTRODUCTIONCircular economy, which we succinctly define as a zero-waste economic system, is often touted as a promising approach to decarbonize industrial processes and to limit global warming to 1.5 . Unsurprisingly, therefore, the circular economy has emerged as a central avenue in the corporate sustainability lexicon. Explicitly or implicitly, most major global companies adduce to the circular economy in their sustainability communications, and most of the world's prominent consulting organizations provide guidance for companies to devise circular economy strategies. Academic research on the circular economy too has flourished. Within the last 5 years, more than 10,000 academic papers on the circular economy have been added to the Web of Science database alone. Notably, these publications represent a staggeringly diverse range of disciplines including environmental science, economics, business and management, engineering, chemistry, and physics. Circular economy has also become a core tenet of

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Section: Diffusing the Circular Economymentioning

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Jump‐starting, diffusing, and sustaining the circular economy

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2022

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“…In order to empirically address our research question, we performed an in‐depth analysis of an SSCE archetype (Ho et al, 2022). The use of a contextualised and qualitative case study research method can be considered appropriate as the question of the emergence of SSCE organisations has not been greatly explored so far in previous academic literature, as described in the previous section.…”

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Virtuous circles: Transformative impact and challenges of the social and solidarity circular economy

2023

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The conventional view tends to consider the social dimension of the circular economy as conspicuous by its absence. This paper draws attention to business strategies and organisational practices that bring together the valorisation of wasted material resources and marginalised people. Theoretically, we build on the literature on hybrid forms of organisation and management typical of the social and solidarity economy (SSE)—for example, social cooperatives—to introduce a more realistic and dynamic model of social and solidarity circular economy (SSCE). Offering a definition of SSCE based on existing hybrid organisational practices rather than abstract ideals, we juxtapose the SSCE and the current corporate‐led CE approach across three key dimensions: strategic aims; organisational boundaries and governance mechanisms. To illustrate how this SSCE works, we focus on the case of CAUTO, an Italian network of circular social cooperatives based in Northern Italy. We identify three intertwined steps through which CAUTO developed an effective SSCE strategy: social circular innovation, networked actions and participatory scaling up. Taken together, our findings suggest a realistic pathway to business circularity that is inclusive, pragmatic and embedded in social practices.

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“…This can be attributed to the asset specificity in the different strategies. Further, Ho et al (2022) propose a theoretical framework to enhance the understanding of the dynamic interplay between businesses and civil society in CE transitions. Their work contributes to the understanding of mechanisms and strategies for cooperation and contestation and the authors seek to understand how civil society organizations interact with firms to bring about CE innovation, outlining three ideal types: campaign based, resource efficiency based, and circular design based.…”

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“…Second, it is widely understood that the CE paradigm entails systemic change at the macro, meso, and micro levels (e.g., Kirchherr et al, 2017; Korhonen et al, 2018,b; Prieto‐Sandoval et al, 2018), evidently in view of the fact that sustainability is the ultimate objective of the systemic CE concept (Ghisellini et al, 2016; Kennedy & Linnenluecke, 2022). Therefore, various scholars consider stakeholder collaboration as a critical mechanism for the development and reinforcement of the systemic character of a CE (Ho et al, 2022; Köhler et al, 2022; Marjamaa et al, 2021; Tapaninaho & Heikkinen, 2022).…”

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Stakeholder governance to facilitate collaboration for a systemic circular economy transition: A qualitative study in the European chemicals and plastics industry

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Kirchherr

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Implementing the circular economy (CE) requires novel forms of stakeholder collaboration. While the contemporary literature on stakeholder theory is commonly characterized as “pro‐business‐oriented,” it remains ambiguous on how precisely stakeholder collaborations may pave the way for a systemic CE transition. By applying a qualitative‐empirical research approach utilizing semi‐structured interviews, this paper identifies three types of stakeholder governance for CE collaborations—(i) company‐centric governance, (ii) industry‐oriented governance, and (iii) cross‐industry‐oriented governance. Our contribution to stakeholder theory lies in examining how a systemic CE transition may bridge “the stakeholder‐system divide.” We emphasize the unique role of innovative governance in ensuring the success of stakeholder relationships while highlighting how systemic changes of the business environment may give an impetus to stakeholder collaborations. We contribute to the CE literature by gaining the following insights into stakeholder collaborations in the European chemicals and plastics industry: (a) successful collaborations typically feature a variety of different stakeholders maintaining close mutual interactions; (b) a systemic CE transition calls for managerial strategies that are collectively governance‐oriented rather than company‐centric. This article thus sheds light on the criticality of stakeholder collaborations and collective‐oriented governance strategies in fostering CE practices within the European chemicals and plastics industry highlighting that stakeholder collaborations for a CE need to be extended beyond immediate industrial and sectoral boundaries.

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The collaborative and contested interplay between business and civil society in circular economy transitions

Cited by 22 publications

References 102 publications

Jump‐starting, diffusing, and sustaining the circular economy

Jump‐starting, diffusing, and sustaining the circular economy

Virtuous circles: Transformative impact and challenges of the social and solidarity circular economy

Stakeholder governance to facilitate collaboration for a systemic circular economy transition: A qualitative study in the European chemicals and plastics industry

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