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Title The Role of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the Implementation of Circular Economy Principles in Organizations
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Authors Niero, M; Rivera, XCS
Title The Role of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the Implementation of Circular Economy Principles in Organizations
Year 2018
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.022
Abstract Some of the targets included in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 "ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns" are aligned with the circular economy vision of decoupling economic growth from resource constraints. However, only limited guidance is available to companies on how to make circular economy operational in their activities. The British Standard BS 8001:2017, "Framework for implementing the principles of the circular economy in organizations" provides guidelines to organizations in the transition towards a more circular and sustainable mode of operation. This paper discusses how the six principles and eight-stage flexible framework proposed in the standard can benefit by the integration with the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment framework and what are the challenges for the food and drink sector. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
Author Keywords circularity; food; beverage; life cycle assessment; life cycle costing; social LCA; sustainable developoment; sustainable consumption and production; corporate; standard
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)
EID WOS:000435141900136
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Engineering, Industrial
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.022
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