Through the 2030 Agenda, countries are committed to reducing pollutant emissions. In this context, the transport sector plays a relevant role and road transport accounts for a very large proportion of Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Although several papers investigate this issue, none of the...
Sustainability and environmental management
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This paper aims to investigate which factors affect companies’ choice of subscription to an online platform designed to support the creation of industrial symbiosis (IS) relationships, and the effectiveness of such platform from the economic and environmental perspectives. The analyzed platform...
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Sustainability, green innovation and business competitiveness are not opposing concepts, but complementary and synergistic forces contributing to the overall enrichment of companies. As high energy costs can undermine profitability, models for energy self-sufficiency are becoming increasingly...
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Industrial symbiosis (IS) refers to a subfield of industrial ecology in which industries belonging to the same or different sectors adopt a collective approach to gain competitive advantage by exchanging materials, resources, and by-products. As a result, traditionally separate industries can...
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Sustainable development monitoring reveals the extent to which local and national territories are progressing towards sustainability goals. This study considered 105 indicators associated with the Equitable and Sustainable Wellbeing (BES) framework and 139 indicators associated with the Sustainable...
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The roadmap towards a more sustainable production and consumption model calls for the active role of consumers. To engage consumers as active participants in the sustainable transition, companies are called upon to support them in making sustainable purchasing decisions. To this end, companies must...
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The fashion industry accounts for large impacts on the environment and social welfare, both on the consumers' and companies' sides. This study systematically reviews the literature on sustainable consumption in the fashion industry, clarifying sustainable fashion's meaning. Existing sustainable...
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This study aims to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with renewable energy communities (RECs) in Italy. The results, obtained through an incentivised online survey and an analytic hierarchy process, showed that economic saving on energy costs is the most...
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The European Union (EU) action plan, stated in Agenda 2050, provides directions for empowering consumers as active participants of sustainable transition. Accordingly, companies are called to support consumers in making sustainable choices by providing them with full access to reliable information...
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Sustainable development serves as a guiding principle for societies aiming to progress beyond purely economic measures of well-being. This paper constructs a composite indicator based on the framework of equitable and sustainable Well-being (BES), integrating 105 indicators for Italian regions over...