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Title Unraveling the effect of circular economy practices on companies' sustainability performance: Evidence from a literature review
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Authors Mora-Contreras, R; Torres-Guevara, LE; Mejia-Villa, A; Ormazabal, M; Prieto-Sandoval, V
Title Unraveling the effect of circular economy practices on companies' sustainability performance: Evidence from a literature review
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.spc.2022.10.022
Abstract The implementation of the circular economy (CE) is expected to lead companies to become more sustainable. However, the effects of CE practices on the sustainability performance of companies are diffuse, even more so when both are influenced by drivers such as Industry 4.0 and stakeholder pressure, among others. The current literature offers divergent and limited views on how to study these dynamics and effects, causing in some cases a partial view of the subject, confusion, and contradictions in understanding this dynamic between sustainability performance, CE practices and drivers that impact them. In order to contribute to this field of knowledge, this study aims to analyze the effect of CE practices on the companies' sustainability performance and the external and internal drivers that influence both of them. To achieve this goal, this study carried out a literature review, including snowballing techniques and content analysis. In the results, we present a theoretical framework that articulates in a systemic way the drivers, practices, CE fields of action and sustainability performance and the theories that support this relationship. Finally, we suggest an agenda for future research in this field of knowledge.(c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Institution of Chemical Engineers. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Author Keywords Circular economy; Circular practices; Literature review; Sustainable development; Sustainability performance; Sustainability
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000975860000001
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.10.022
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