How Cooperatives Embed Circularity in Their Business Models and Governance—Results From an International Survey

IF 13.3 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Business Strategy and The Environment Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI:10.1002/bse.70045

Rafael Ziegler, Jonas Rey‐Sierro, Sonja Novkovic, Inmaculada Buendía‐Martínez, Justine Ballon, Simon Teasdale, Michael J. Roy

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Cooperatives as a democratic form of economic organization are an emerging focus in research on the social dimensions of circular economy. However, there is no international database on cooperatives and circular economy, impeding systematic analysis. Drawing on the first international database and survey of cooperatives and circular economy from 12 countries in Europe and the Americas, we explore how cooperatives embed circularity in their business models and governance, including the technology and partnership choices this involves, and how this uptake is currently facilitated. The analysis shows there to be a trend of new, usually small cooperatives that pursue circularity as a core value from inception, that tend to prefer upstream circularity strategies and that look for support from established cooperative networks. Already established, also larger cooperatives tend to explore circularity strategies both internally and by forming networks. There is potential for sectoral and intersectoral federations to facilitate circularity uptake.

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合作社如何在其商业模式和治理中嵌入循环——一项国际调查的结果

合作社作为一种民主的经济组织形式，是循环经济社会维度研究的新兴焦点。但是，目前还没有关于合作社与循环经济的国际数据库，难以进行系统的分析。根据首个关于欧洲和美洲12个国家的合作社和循环经济的国际数据库和调查，我们探讨了合作社如何将循环融入其商业模式和治理，包括涉及的技术和伙伴关系选择，以及目前如何促进这种吸收。分析表明，有一种新的趋势，通常是小型合作社，从一开始就把循环作为核心价值，往往更喜欢上游循环战略，并寻求现有合作社网络的支持。已经建立的大型合作社倾向于在内部和通过形成网络来探索循环战略。部门和部门间联合会有可能促进循环吸收。

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336

期刊介绍： Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is a leading academic journal focused on business strategies for improving the natural environment. It publishes peer-reviewed research on various topics such as systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, industry sectors, and responses to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. The journal aims to provide original contributions that enhance the understanding of sustainability in business. Its target audience includes academics, practitioners, business managers, and consultants. However, BSE does not accept papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), as this topic is covered by its sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. The journal is indexed in several databases and collections such as ABI/INFORM Collection, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOBASE, Emerald Management Reviews, GeoArchive, Environment Index, GEOBASE, INSPEC, Technology Collection, and Web of Science.