TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a circular strategies framework for manufacturing companies to support circular economy-oriented innovation
AU - Blomsma, Fenna
AU - Pieroni, Marina
AU - Kravchenko, Mariia
AU - Pigosso, Daniela
AU - Hildenbrand, Jutta
AU - Kristinsdottir, Anna Rùna
AU - Kristoffersen, Eivind
AU - Shabazi, Sasha
AU - Nielsen, Kjartan Due
AU - Jönbrink, Anna-Karin
AU - Li, Jingyue
AU - Wiik, Carina
AU - McAloone, Tim C.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper puts forward the Circular Strategies Scanner: a framework that introduces a taxonomy of circular strategies developed for use by manufacturing companies engaging in circular economy (CE) oriented innovation. Currently, a range of frameworks exists that propose a vision for how to operate in a CE, by identifying and organising relevant circular strategies. However, these frameworks have a limited applicability for specific business types, in particular manufacturing, and are unsuitable for use in CE oriented innovation, due to a lacking ability to support innovation processes through: 1) creating a comprehensive understanding of circular strategies, 2) mapping strategies currently applied and 3) finding opportunities for improved circularity across a range of business processes. This paper addresses these shortcomings by proposing a circular strategies framework for the manufacturing context, titled the Circular Strategies Scanner, which provides a comprehensive set of definitions of circular strategies and directly supports the early stages of CE oriented innovation. With this, the paper contributes to the body of work that develops CE transition methodology.
AB - This paper puts forward the Circular Strategies Scanner: a framework that introduces a taxonomy of circular strategies developed for use by manufacturing companies engaging in circular economy (CE) oriented innovation. Currently, a range of frameworks exists that propose a vision for how to operate in a CE, by identifying and organising relevant circular strategies. However, these frameworks have a limited applicability for specific business types, in particular manufacturing, and are unsuitable for use in CE oriented innovation, due to a lacking ability to support innovation processes through: 1) creating a comprehensive understanding of circular strategies, 2) mapping strategies currently applied and 3) finding opportunities for improved circularity across a range of business processes. This paper addresses these shortcomings by proposing a circular strategies framework for the manufacturing context, titled the Circular Strategies Scanner, which provides a comprehensive set of definitions of circular strategies and directly supports the early stages of CE oriented innovation. With this, the paper contributes to the body of work that develops CE transition methodology.
KW - Circular strategies framework
KW - Closed loop
KW - Resource productivity
KW - Manufacturing companies
KW - Innovation
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118271
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118271
M3 - Journal article
VL - 241
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
SN - 0959-6526
M1 - 118271
ER -