Which region and which sector leads the circular economy? CEBIX, a multivariant index based on business actions

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

卷:297

Article

Garcia-Sanchez, Isabel-Maria¹  Somohano-Rodriguez, Francisco-Manuel²  Amor-Esteban, Victor³  Frias-Aceituno, Jose-Valeriano⁴ 

[1] Univ Salamanca, Inst Multidisciplinar Empresa IME, Salamanca, Spain

[2] Univ Cantabria, Dept Adm Empresas, Santander, Spain

[3] Univ Salamanca, Dept Estadist, Salamanca, Spain

[4] Univ Granada, Dept Econ Financiera & Contabilidad, Granada, Spain

关键词: Circular economy;    Composite index;    Institutional environment;    Environmental proactivity;    Life cycle approach;    Technological cycles;    Eco-design;    CUR;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113299

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The circular economy encompasses a sustainable economic model based on a production, consumption, distribution and maintenance process that reuses as much as possible. In this research, the two-step composite Circular Economy Business Index was created, based on 17 environmental practices that companies have implemented to reduce the generation of waste and emissions and to increase the reuse and efficiency of materials and energy, among other actions. The use of a sample of 26,783 companies from 49 countries and 10 sectors for the period 2014-2019 allowed the aggregation of these initiatives at the country and industry levels. In this sense, our results show less progress in the circular transformation worldwide and can be used in the design of policies aimed at promoting changes in production and consumption systems in specific geographic or industrial contexts.

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