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{"title":"Carbon balance in coffee farming: A life cycle case study of conservationist versus conventional systems","authors":"Gabrielli Martinelli ,&nbsp;Everton Vogel ,&nbsp;Régio Márcio Toesca Gimenes ,&nbsp;Carla Eloize Carducci ,&nbsp;Daiane Pereira de Souza ,&nbsp;Clandio Favarini Ruviaro","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100106","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global warming, primarily driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, represents one of the major environmental challenges of our time. Agriculture plays a dual role in this context, as both a significant emitter and a potential carbon sink. Coffee cultivation, spread across more than 70 countries, increasingly demands the integration of productivity and sustainability. While conservation-oriented agricultural practices offer promising mitigation strategies, their application in coffee systems, particularly in key producing countries, remains underexplored. This study aimed to assess and compare greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration between a Conservationist Production System and a Conventional Production System in coffee farming in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. To this end, Life Cycle Assessment was applied, focusing on the Global Warming Potential category. The Conservationist System emitted 1.21 kg CO₂-eq per functional unit, significantly lower than the 3.21 kg CO₂-eq observed in the Conventional System. Both systems demonstrated negative net carbon balances, confirming their roles as carbon sinks: −560.78 kg CO₂-eq for the Conservationist System and −430.86 kg CO₂-eq for the Conventional System. Superior performance of the Conservationist System is attributed to practices such as intercropping with <em>Urochloa decumbens</em> and the incorporation of organic residues. These results emphasize the relevance of integrating such practices into sustainable coffee production and highlight their potential contribution to carbon credit mechanisms and environmental certification initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychological drivers of Sustainability: Examining happiness and progress toward the SDGs","authors":"Yimei Man","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100103","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100103","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability is a global imperative, yet the role of human psychology in shaping progress toward sustainable development remains underexplored. This study investigates the relationship between psychological factors – specifically life satisfaction and happiness – and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Utilising data from the World Happiness Index (WHI) and the 17 SDGs across 131 countries from 2011 to 2021, this research explores how subjective well-being influences national progress toward sustainable development. Using Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares to address serial correlation and endogeneity, the analysis reveals that higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness are positively associated with progress on socioeconomic sustainable goals, but are insignificantly or negatively correlated with environmental sustainable goals. These findings highlight the dual role of human psychology in advancing sustainable development: while fostering societal well-being drives progress on certain goals, it can pose challenges for environmental objectives. Policymakers should incorporate psychological dimensions into sustainability frameworks to better align human motivations with the achievement of sustainable goals, fostering an approach that balances well-being with environmental stewardship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does forest management certification halt forest loss at country level? A global analysis","authors":"Saskia Dröge ,&nbsp;Charline Depoorter ,&nbsp;Axel Marx ,&nbsp;Bart Muys","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forests play a vital role in regulating the global climate, supporting biodiversity, and sustaining the livelihoods of approximately 1.6 billion people. However, unsustainable forest management continues to drive widespread forest loss. Certification schemes such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) evolved to promote sustainable forestry practices, yet evidence of their effectiveness in reducing deforestation and forest degradation remained inconclusive. This study employed generalised additive models to assess whether increased FSC and PEFC certification coverage was associated with reduced permanent and temporary forest loss, using annual data from 2005 to 2019 across more than 113 countries while controlling for other drivers of forest change. No significant association between certification coverage and forest loss reduction was found at the country level. These findings were limited by the lack of publicly available data on certified forests at high spatial resolution and the use of aggregated country-level certification coverage, which might obscure regional (sub-country) effects. Improved transparency and finer-scale data are needed for more definitive assessments of certification's impact. Furthermore, for achieving global goals such as halting deforestation by 2030, additional strategies beyond voluntary certification are needed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nurturing green behaviour: Exploring managerial competencies for effective green human resource management in hotels","authors":"Said Shabban Abdo ,&nbsp;David Edgar","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100102","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100102","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global environmental concerns are intensifying, placing organizations under pressure to integrate sustainability into their operations. Businesses, particularly in resource-intensive industries such as hospitality, must adopt environmentally responsible practices to reduce their ecological footprint and align with regulatory, societal, and consumer expectations. Employees play a crucial role in achieving these sustainability goals; however, fostering employee green behavior requires more than policy mandates, it necessitates a strategic approach that develops competencies, enhances motivation, and creates opportunities for sustainable practices. This study examines the factors related to managerial competencies employed by a multinational hotel organization operating in Egypt to facilitate employee green behavior and enhance sustainable performance. Using the Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity (AMO) theory as a conceptual framework, this study adopts a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews conducted with seven highly experienced Egyptian national hotel general managers. Thematic analysis was performed to identify key managerial competencies influencing employees’ green behavior. The findings propose a Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) practices framework as a central mechanism for enhancing employees’ abilities, motivation, and opportunities to support sustainable performance. This framework is underpinned by three core managerial competencies, problem-solving, communication, and trust, developed through formal training, engagement strategies, knowledge-sharing, and trust-building initiatives. The research contributes to the conversations in the field by extending the AMO model to incorporate GHRM practices and highlighting the strategic importance of investing in managerial competencies and human resources to align employee development with corporate sustainability objectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144523113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Embracing LCA: Understanding and facilitating adoption in manufacturing firms","authors":"Synnøve Hjellvik ,&nbsp;Arjan F. Kirkels","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100101","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100101","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Companies increasingly apply Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to assess the environmental impact of products. A broad body of literature exists on applying product-level LCA that identifies drivers and barriers. However, a more systemic and theoretical insight into its adoption in manufacturing companies is largely lacking. We fill this gap by conceptualizing LCA implementation as innovation adoption over different stages. We do so by literature review and a cross-case analysis of nine manufacturing companies.</div><div>Drivers and barriers from the literature are mapped, and the cases validate their current relevance. LCA as innovation shows strong compatibility with company internal and external drivers, which suggests a shift compared to findings in the literature. Barriers are mainly complexity, lack of data, and practical constraints. Subsequently, a conceptual model is constructed following Rogers' diffusion model. It shows how companies gradually acquire the knowledge and skills to apply and interpret LCA and subsequently institutionalize and integrate it into the regular company activities, as well as the required support, guidance, and means to make it through subsequent stages. A prescriptive design science approach translates this into guidelines for companies on how to start and increase adoption. Managers and policymakers can draw from this general insight to support the implementation of LCA.</div><div>While this research shows diffusion theory's theoretical and practical relevance, insights are limited by the qualitative and explorative approach as well as by the limitations of diffusion theory. Further validation and differentiation can help to understand the influence of external context, internal company characteristics, and integration with broader business management and transition studies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144338960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enabling the sustainability transition in buyer–seller interactions: Strategic insights from sellers and buyers","authors":"Pia Hautamäki ,&nbsp;Karina Burgdorff Jensen ,&nbsp;Andrea Urbinati","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Legislation is now compelling European firms to conduct their businesses in an environmentally sustainable manner. Also, customers are increasingly demanding sustainability aspects in business proposals, products and solutions. Thus, numerous firms are seeking effective sales-related strategies to enable a shift toward sustainable business practices and support their customers' sustainability transition. There is a paucity of studies within the context of buyer–seller interactions and lack of empirical understanding concerning sustainability transition and professional selling. Our study takes stock of this research gap by investigating how sales executives and their buyers in three countries enable the sustainability transition in buyer‒seller interactions. Leveraging the theoretical lens of relationship selling and drawing on qualitative research based on one-to-one interviews and focus-group interviews conducted in Finland, Denmark, and Italy, our study developed a model of sales strategies enabling sustainability transition in buyer‒seller interactions, both from the sellers' and buyers’ perspectives. These strategies can be categorized as context-driven, customer-driven, sales-driven, or joint-driven, depending on whether they are shaped by customers or sellers, or by collaborative efforts. Our study demonstrates that sales strategies influencing the sustainability transition in buyer–seller interactions vary based on the maturity level of sustainability within the firm, while firm size also matters. Our study contributes to the literature on sustainability transition in buyer‒seller interactions from a sales strategy perspective by delineating how sales firms can incorporate sustainability principles for their customers. This study also offers managerial suggestions for firms on how to implement sales strategies during sustainability transitions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digging Deep – Governing subsurface uses for the German energy transition","authors":"Juliane Biehl ,&nbsp;Johann Köppel ,&nbsp;Julia Neugebauer ,&nbsp;Gesa Geißler","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The geological subsurface holds diverse use potentials, including raw material extraction, renewable energy storage, carbon sequestration, and waste storage. While global resource governance is often emphasised, comprehensive synoptic overviews of specific subsurface uses and their environmental and social impacts are lacking. Given the climate crisis, sustainability goals, and recent geopolitical shifts, the European Union has intensified efforts to secure domestic raw materials to reduce dependency and support the energy transition. Within this context, Germany, the EU's most populous and economically influential member, provided a critical case study for examining subsurface governance challenges. This study aimed to (i) synthesise impacts and pressures from multiple subsurface uses and (ii) identify respective governance, planning, impact assessment (IA), and permitting gaps. A configurative literature review was conducted, reviewing academic literature, grey literature, policy reports, and IA documents for various subsurface activities, including mineral extraction, geothermal energy, carbon dioxide sequestration and hydrogen storage in Germany. Findings revealed cumulative environmental and social pressures, with significant impacts on land and water resources, and gaps in IA practices, such as limited consideration of population impacts, land degradation, and subsurface biodiversity. Increased spatial competition for subsurface space, including space for energy storage and waste management, heightened regulatory pressures. The study concluded that IA practices are often assumption-based, lacking long-term empirical data and that certain subsurface activities are inadequately assessed. Critical governance gaps are identified, suggesting entry points for enhancing environmental planning, impact assessments, and governance strategies in Germany's subsurface resource management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100099"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143941530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Green and climate finance research trends: A bibliometric study of pre- and post-pandemic shifts","authors":"Azhar Mohamad","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100098","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100098","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Green and climate finance are critical for solving global climate concerns and promoting sustainable development. However, research gaps remain in identifying theme shifts and regional discrepancies, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study undertakes a bibliometric analysis of 1039 Scopus papers published between 1997 and 2024, utilising tools including Bibliomagika, VOSviewer, and Biblioshiny to look at co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrence, and thematic clusters. The findings emphasise a significant increase in research output following 2020, which indicates the increasing significance of sustainable financial mechanisms. China is becoming a global centre for research collaboration, while journals such as Environmental Science and Pollution Research are the most prolific in terms of publications and citations. Thematic analysis indicates a transition from adaptation and food security prior to the pandemic to green finance, renewable energy, and sustainable development goals during the pandemic. Nevertheless, climate finance has a substantial research gap, particularly in adaptation strategies. The study emphasises the necessity of strategic investments in green financial mechanisms and the integration of green finance into economic recovery frameworks, providing policymakers with actionable insights. The key to leveraging green and climate finance to achieve a sustainable, resilient future is to enhance interdisciplinary research and foster equitable global collaboration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100098"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fostering cleaner production through the adoption of sustainable maintenance: An umbrella review with a questionnaire-based survey analysis","authors":"Marko Orošnjak ,&nbsp;Nebojša Brkljač ,&nbsp;Kristina Ristić","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100095","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100095","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The global industrial sector accounts for about 26%, while manufacturing and construction accounts for about 13% of global CO₂ emissions, highlighting the need for sustainable operational strategies. Regulatory frameworks (e.g., GreenDeal, RePowerEU), have placed increasing pressure on manufacturing industries to align their economic productivity practices with sustainable business models. In this context, Sustainable Maintenance (SM) emerged as a strategic approach to reduce resource inefficiencies and minimise environmental waste. Hence, the research on SM is important for two reasons. Firstly, the impact of maintenance activities in reducing energy consumption can be considered one of the main determinants for enhancing the sustainability of manufacturing processes. Secondly, integrating SM practices within the context of Industry 4.0 offers a strategic move in achieving cleaner production and availability of manufacturing processes. However, the lack of research on investigating factors hindering the adoption of these practices within manufacturing entities has been reported. Leveraging Umbrella Review, contemporary research on SM prospects has been examined. Instead of focusing solely on the barriers and enablers, the study uses these factors to describe the existing body of SM research by performing network analysis. Secondly, given that digitalization is a barrier and an enabler, a questionnaire-based survey instrument has been developed. The data obtained from the survey is subjected to statistical testing using Bayes inferential statistics and Multiple Correspondence Analysis. The findings suggest strong to extreme evidence (BF₁₀ &gt; 100) in favour of the existence of a correlation between digitalization (and technology) and maintenance sustainability aspects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100095"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143578261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A review of the implementation of R-imperatives in circular construction","authors":"Pauline Jegen ,&nbsp;Lukas Gast ,&nbsp;Martin Faulstich","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100097","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100097","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Worldwide, the construction industry has the potential to implement circular economy (CE) principles and transform its practices to reduce the environmental impact of production and use of materials. Thus, numerous studies analysed CE implementations in the construction industry. This work expands the current research by providing insights in the current state of the distribution of R-imperative in articles about circular construction. These represent a series of strategies for the practical implementation of CE principles over the whole lifecycle of a product and range from reuse (R0) to recover (R9). This review paper aims to comprehensively review the current CE research, with a focus on the 9R framework by using systematic literature research. The R-imperatives are employed to analyse which imperatives are emphasized in existing research and at which specific stages in the lifecycle of buildings, building elements, and materials CE measures are applied. The review considers a wide range of literature resulting in analysing 182 articles. To clarify the approaches within the construction industry that align with the 9R strategies, a categorisation system is proposed. As a result, the review highlights the primary focus of circular construction research which has been found to be predominantly on recycling, followed by rethink and reuse. Little evidence of representation of the R-imperatives refuse, reduce, repair, refurbish, remanufacture, repurpose and recover was found in the reviewed literature. However, opportunities exist to reduce material demand and carbon footprint through the integration of sufficiency and material efficiency in construction, as suggested by several studies. Consequently, further attention could be directed towards the other R-imperatives, with a particular focus on extending the lifespan of buildings and materials through reuse, repair, refurbish, remanufacture and repurpose. The findings state that the practical implementation of CE in construction can be facilitated by the use of standardised material passports, stakeholder integration and building information modelling.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100097"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143631908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}