Dorothea M. Ramizo, Helen Cabalu, Mark Harris, Julian Inchauspe
{"title":"The environmental impact of green trade and circular trade: Does urbanization matter?","authors":"Dorothea M. Ramizo, Helen Cabalu, Mark Harris, Julian Inchauspe","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100086","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100086","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban areas are responsible for approximately two-thirds of global energy consumption and over 70% of greenhouse gas emissions, making them pivotal in addressing the global climate crisis. International efforts to achieve decarbonization have emphasized the role of trade in circular economy goods (or circular trade) and green trade composed of environmental goods and low-carbon technologies. Despite their significance, there is limited empirical evidence on how such trade impacts environmental outcomes, particularly when considering urbanization. This study addresses this research gap. Drawing on data from 54 economies between 2000 and 2018, the research employs a panel model incorporating theoretical transmission mechanisms and non-linear threshold effects. The findings reveal that while circular trade reduces environmental degradation, green trade initially exacerbates it. However, interaction models show that urbanization mitigates these negative impacts, enabling green trade to deliver better environmental outcomes. Panel threshold analysis supports these findings. These results challenge the prevailing narrative that green trade mitigates environmental degradation, shedding light on the complex dynamics between trade, urbanization, and environmental sustainability. This study highlights the need for tailored policies that consider a country’s urbanization level to maximize the environmental gains of green and circular trade.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100086"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147975","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":"Actor-network theory-based applications in sustainability: A systematic literature review","authors":"Kadia Georges Aka","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability is a multifaceted endeavor that underscores the interdependence between society and nature. Its complexity arises from a delicate balance among four sustainability dimensions: economic, environmental, social, and durational. Achieving this equilibrium requires socio-technical changes, where actors and networks play pivotal roles. Actor-network theory is essential for addressing these aspects of sustainability, but a comprehensive overview of its contribution to sustainability literature is lacking. This paper provided the first systematic literature review of actor-network theory-based applications in sustainability, shedding light on current and future research directions. A bibliometric analysis of the literature from 1999 to 2024 using VOSviewer software and the Scopus database was conducted. The analysis of 197 relevant articles utilized performance metrics (productivity and citations) and science mapping techniques (co-citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, and co-word analysis). The findings reveal significant growth in publications, particularly in the last decade, as scholars have studied actor-network theory’s heterogeneity and symmetrical principles, along with the theory’s relational perspective in sustainability. The study specified four knowledge foundations of actor-network theory-based applications in sustainability, namely the nature-science perspective, multi-level perspective, cosmopolitan perspective, and meta-theoretical perspective, as well as four thematic clusters: urbanization, practices/tools, transitions, and industry. Future actor-network theory research in sustainability could emphasize the durational and socio-psychological dimensions, and focus on the field of social science computing. This paper significantly contributes to theory-based applications in sustainability and aids scholars in understanding actor-network theory while exploring critical unanswered questions about sustainability challenges and issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100084"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147978","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}
Murilo de Carvalho Marques , Abdoulaye Aboubacari Mohamed , Paulo Feitosa
{"title":"Sustainable development goal 6 monitoring through statistical machine learning – Random Forest method","authors":"Murilo de Carvalho Marques , Abdoulaye Aboubacari Mohamed , Paulo Feitosa","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100088","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100088","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global reports from the United Nations project significant deficits in achieving water and sanitation targets by 2030, emphasizing the need for advanced methodologies in ecosystem monitoring. This study examines the integration of the Random Forest machine learning algorithm with freely available satellite imagery and open-source tools to monitor Permanent Protected Areas (PPAs) in the Distrito Federal, Brazil, contributing to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which prioritizes clean water and sanitation. The research adopts a methodological approach that classifies land use changes within PPAs, with a focus on riparian zones along riverbanks, utilizing high-resolution Sentinel-2 satellite data processed through the Google Earth Engine platform. The findings indicate a 6% increase in native vegetation within PPAs from 2015 to 2022, highlighting the utility of machine learning technologies in environmental monitoring. The Random Forest algorithm demonstrated robust performance, with classification accuracy rates ranging from 83% to 88% and Kappa coefficients between 0.73 and 0.84. These results underscore the method's ability to enhance data granularity and reliability, supporting informed decision-making in ecosystem management. This research contributes to advancements in environmental monitoring methodologies and aligns with international efforts to achieve SDG targets. Further studies should investigate the incorporation of additional machine learning models to improve monitoring accuracy and support sustainable development initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100088"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147976","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}
Martinus Franciscus Mohandas van Uden, Johannes Wilhelmus Franciscus Wamelink, Ellen Maria van Bueren, Erwin Wilhelmus Theodurus Martinus Heurkens
{"title":"Crossovers between Sustainability Transitions Research and Social Practice Theory: A Systematic Literature Review","authors":"Martinus Franciscus Mohandas van Uden, Johannes Wilhelmus Franciscus Wamelink, Ellen Maria van Bueren, Erwin Wilhelmus Theodurus Martinus Heurkens","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100083","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100083","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Researchers employ many different approaches to study transitions towards more sustainable futures, of which Sustainability Transitions Research and Social Practice Theory are often used. These approaches offer complementary concepts that are helpful to analyse, explain, forecast, and drive sustainability transitions, e.g. heuristics on changing institutions (Sustainability Transitions Research) or dynamics to change behaviour through practice development (Social Practice Theory). However, despite first attempts, it remains unclear how the approaches can be used together. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to expose crossover frameworks in which these approaches are used together, elaborating on conditions that make this possible, and the strengths and weaknesses of specific crossover frameworks. A systematic literature review has been conducted, investigating the potentials and the limitations for crossovers between Social Practice Theory and Sustainability Transitions Research by analysing the approaches according to the different ontologies and theories and then analysing frameworks that have been created so far. This research elaborates on six crossover frameworks that have been created that all have diverse strengths, such as the ability to conceptualize early transitional changes or finding points of resistance in transitions. All the found crossover frameworks made use of either the multilevel perspective or transition management. Other frameworks of transition research have not been found. This research shows that there has been surprisingly little research to crossover frameworks that incorporate an element of time. The exposition following from this study is interesting for researchers and policymakers working on sustainability transitions and sets an agenda for further framework development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100083"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747417","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":"Environmental, social and governance aspects and financial performance: A symbiotic relationship in Indian manufacturing","authors":"Umakanta Gartia , Ajaya Kumar Panda , Apoorva Hegde , Swagatika Nanda","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100076","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100076","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Studying Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) aspects and firm performance is crucial for globally understanding how sustainable practices drive long-term profitability and competitiveness in diverse markets. The research gap lies in the need to empirically test the influence of ESG disclosure on corporate performance through the lens of institutional theory and signaling theory. The study aimed to examine the time-variant impact of ESG on the financial performance (FFP) of Indian manufacturing firms from 2019 to 2022. For the study's analysis, we utilized a variant of structural equation modelling called the ‘cross-lagged panel model’. The cross-lagged panel analysis measured the association of aggregate ESG and its dimensions with FFP. Our findings suggested that the investment in the aggregate ESG commitment increased the firms' financial performance among our sample companies. Regarding the individual aspects of ESG, the environmental and societal obligations of the firms had a positive impact on the firms' earnings, whereas the governance aspect harms the FFP. This study provides beneficial recommendations to policymakers, investors, and portfolio managers based on the analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100076"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143167413","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":"Incorporating creative problem-solving skills to foster sustainability among graduate students in education management","authors":"Pengfei Chen, Yuan-Cheng Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability is increasingly becoming a strategic focus in management education, highlighting the need for creative problem-solving skills to prepare students for environmental and social challenges. Although creative problem-solving is regarded as effective for addressing sustainability issues, empirical research on its impact in enhancing sustainability awareness and problem-solving skills among management students is limited. This study aimed to integrate the creative problem-solving instructional approach with the development of sustainability awareness among graduate students in education management. A mixed-method approach guided the research, utilizing a non-equivalent quasi-experimental design with questionnaires and interviews for data collection. Purposive sampling was used to select 75 master's students, with 39 in the experimental group and 36 in the control group. The intervention consisted of 15 lessons conducted over three months. Pre-tests and post-tests on creative problem-solving and sustainability were administered before and after the intervention, and in-depth interviews were conducted to assess learning effectiveness and gather feedback. The results showed that the thematic coding of the interviews was consistent with the statistical findings, demonstrating that creative problem-solving training not only improved specific skills but also fostered a broader commitment to sustainability. The study concludes that creative problem-solving training is essential for promoting sustainability and creativity among students in higher education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100082"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142703069","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":"How can campus living labs thrive to reach sustainable solutions?","authors":"Annika Herth, Robert Verburg, Kornelis Blok","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100078","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many Higher Education Institutions utilize living labs to address complex societal challenges and foster innovative and sustainable solutions on campus. Despite the perceived benefits of campus environments for transdisciplinary real-world innovation, living labs often encounter challenges. As such, there is a growing need for more knowledge on facilitating these on-campus initiatives in different development phases. Here, enabling factors for on-campus living labs are investigated and their salience across the living labs’ development process established. First, a systematic literature review was conducted, identifying sixteen enabling factors. The most pertinent ones were stakeholders and networks, coordination on the organizational level, a conducive work culture, co-creation and collaboration, and suitable methods and practices for living labs. Second, all factors’ relevance across living labs’ development phases were assessed through the input of an expert panel. To that end, a mapping exercise was developed, which can in itself serve as a discussion tool for living lab practitioners. The results suggested that the initiation phase relies on leadership, coordination, stakeholder engagement, a conducive work culture, and funding. In contrast, operational phases were enabled by shared understanding, internal management, stakeholder collaboration, methodological appropriateness, and evaluation. Lastly, the dissemination phase hinged on transfer, scaling, evaluation, learning, and bridging stakeholders and contexts. These insights contribute to a better understanding of enabling factors for campus living labs during different phases of development, offering tailored guidance for stakeholders while stressing adaptability to local contexts. Subsequently, campus living labs may be better equipped to effectively generate sustainable solutions for the complex societal questions of this time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100078"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148012","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":"Advancing product service systems - Life cycle assessment: Robust method for sustainability assessment","authors":"Salman Alfarisi , Yoshiki Shimomura , Ilyas Masudin","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100081","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100081","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An increasing number of industries are embracing sustainable business models in response to heightened competition, environmental pressures, and evolving customer expectations. One prominent business model involves integrating Product-Service Systems (PSS). Despite the potential for PSS to be regarded as a sustainable business model, there is a notable limitation of robust assessments to measure its performance. Conventional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the predominant method used for evaluation, inadequately captures the dynamic complexities inherent in PSS systems. This study proposes a dynamic PSS-LCA advancement by integrating system dynamics to assess environmental and economic performance over time. Complexity Through establishing robust functional units and simulating system behaviors, this framework addresses the limitations of traditional LCA methodologies. The framework was applied to a DSLR camera service case study, which shows that although PSS can reduce emissions compared to the traditional sales model, its success depends on managing user behavior and service quality. This study underscores the importance of dynamic assessment tools to accurately evaluate the sustainability of PSS implementation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100081"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142703068","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}
Paschoal José de Pilla Jr. , Márcio Lopes Pimenta , Bruno Garcia de Oliveira
{"title":"A framework for product development based on recycled plastic from pesticide packaging: A study of short supply chains from the perspective of circular economy","authors":"Paschoal José de Pilla Jr. , Márcio Lopes Pimenta , Bruno Garcia de Oliveira","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100080","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The global shift towards circular economies has emphasized the need to rethink traditional supply chains, particularly in industries with high waste outputs, like plastics. This study argues that the implementation of Short Supply Chains (SSC) for the plastic recycling process, particularly for pesticide packaging, can create added value. Therefore, this paper aims to characterize the concept of Short Supply Chain in the context of circular plastic product development, with a focus on recycling and regional commercialization. A case study was conducted with a Brazilian pesticide supply chain. Brazil is one of the world's largest food producers and pesticide users. Key actors in the reverse logistics process were interviewed, and the data were supplemented with information from industry reports. Through content analysis, the key findings reveal how implementing a short supply chain can generate value across three main categories: the scale of waste recovery, development of circular products, and legal considerations. Propositions were developed as theoretical implications for each category and integrated into a novel conceptual framework. By cross-referencing propositions with practical implications, research opportunities were identified on how short supply chains can promote the circularity of pesticide packaging.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100080"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142703066","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":"Emerging trends of environmental social and governance (ESG) disclosure research","authors":"Muhammad Sani Khamisu, Ratna Achuta Paluri","doi":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100079","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements have recently gained significant attention globally. Consequently, regulatory authorities in many countries have set mandatory ESG disclosure regulations in place. However, the literature focusing on ESG disclosure is relatively new and still evolving. The present work aims to systematically review the extant literature on ESG disclosure. In doing so, the “Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Reviews” is followed. In order to present a comprehensive research idea, 214 high-quality research articles were retrieved. Subsequently, the Theories, Contexts, Characteristics, and Methodologies (TCCM) framework was employed to analyse the articles extensively. The analysis presents three major ESG disclosure antecedents: (i) Mandatory disclosure regulations, (ii) Sustainability reporting frameworks, (iii) Corporate governance attributes, and three major outcomes: (i) Firm performance, (ii) Market returns and (iii) Environmental performance. Given that various authorities are increasingly implementing directives on mandatory ESG disclosure, the present review recommends paying closer attention to these regulations and their influence on environmental performance. The review further discussed the emerging issues for future research to explore, which are highly relevant to both new and existing researchers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100255,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Production Letters","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100079"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142703067","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}