Circular Economy and Manufacturing presents a roadmap of optimized, flexible, efficient, effective, and competitive green production strategies for the manufacturing industry and its multiple stakeholders. The volume is meant to be an excellent springboard for further discussion and research into new frameworks of best practices in view of achieving more socially responsible and sustainable organizations in a not-so-distant future. Circular economy can serve as a key building block for the sustainability targets of manufacturing companies. Although the term itself has long been established, we see that proper implementation of a circular economy model across entire manufacturing value chains is still lacking and remains a challenge for companies. However, there are clearly visible and good examples of circular economy standards which have already been applied and are generating value among multiple layers.
Table of Contents
1. The circular digital transformation of enterprises towards digital and ecological business models 2. Circular economy in agriculture and sustainable development 3. An analysis of circular green economy based on the theory of resources and capabilities 4. Leading the Way Towards a Sustainable Future: The Role of Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing 5. Nexus among Non-Food Wastes Generated by Households, Population Size, Country Development, Legislation, and Culture in Europe 6. Circular supply chains: The systemic approach to sustainable development 7. Sustainable Project Management 8. Sustainable development and its implications in the green economy concept 9. Social responsibility as a lever for the circular economy: traveling around the concept
Authors
Carolina Machado Associate Professor, Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. Carolina Machado is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Minho, Portugal. She has lectured and researched in human resource management subjects since 1989. She is Head of the Human Resource Management Work Group at the University of Minho, as well as Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, and Member of CICS.NOVA.UMinho. J. Paulo Davim Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.J. Paulo Davim is a full professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also distinguished as an honorary professor in several universities and colleges in China, India, and Spain. He is the series editor of Elsevier's Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series.
