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Title The circular policy canvas: Mapping the European Union's policies for a sustainable fashion textiles industry
ID_Doc 27163
Authors Puglia, M; Parker, L; Clube, RKM; Demirel, P; Aurisicchio, M
Title The circular policy canvas: Mapping the European Union's policies for a sustainable fashion textiles industry
Year 2024
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107459
Abstract Policy plays a major role in enabling and accelerating the shift to a Circular Economy (CE). Transitioning to a CE in the Fashion Textiles Industry (FTI) requires a holistic policy approach through comprehensive and coherent policy interventions across the resource life cycle. This paper introduces the novel Circular Policy Canvas tool to systematically and visually map CE policies across six dimensions (policy environment, resource life cycle, CE loop, CE strategy, system element and circular business model). This is applied to thirty FTI policies in the EU policy landscape. The canvas enables policymakers and researchers to assess policies to identify gaps and priorities for CE policy development. The findings determine the recency of the EU policy agenda for a circular FTI meaning that there are gaps in terms of coverage and coherence. In particular, the study identifies a lack of attention to displacing the linear economy, a concentration of policies in the head and tail of the resource life cycle with gaps in the core, a dominance of policies in the outer over the inner loop and inadequate coverage of policies focused on actors, infrastructure and resources.
Author Keywords Policy mapping; Policy analysis; Circular economy; Sustainable fashion; Systems thinking
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001200246900001
WoS Category Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences
Research Area Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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