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Digital Technology's Role in Circular Waste Management: A Systematic Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining circular economy ideas with digital tools offers a game‐changing way to tackle global sustainability problems. This paper focuses on how digital changes and circular economy models link up. A review has been conducted for 112 articles from 2021 to September 2025, using PRISMA‐2020 methodology. This study covered new tech like AI, IoT,
Reza Eslamipoor
wiley   +1 more source

Too Complex to Control? How Firms Navigate Scope 3 Governance Under Institutional Uncertainty

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As Scope 3 emissions make up the largest share of many firms' carbon footprints, firms face growing pressure to manage emissions beyond their direct control. Ongoing revisions of the CSRD, the GHG Protocol, and the SBTi Net‐Zero Standard further increase regulatory and methodological uncertainty.
Victoria Fohrer, Alexander Stierstorfer, Florian Gilljam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Net‐Zero Transition and Its Impact on Firms' Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth Within the Framework of Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief, Jahira Debbarma, Lukman Akanbi, Duyen Chu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Do We Know About Scope 3 Emissions in Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises? Mapping Current Knowledge and Advancing a Theory–Practice‐Oriented Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although SMEs comprise over 90% of firms globally, research on their engagement with Scope 3 (value‐chain) greenhouse gas emissions remains limited. This PRISMA‐guided systematic review synthesises 49 SME‐relevant studies to develop a theory‐informed, practice‐oriented framework for more credible and sustained Scope 3 engagement.
Chidinma Uchendu, Okechukwu Okorie, Fatemeh Khosravi, Stuart Connop, Hebba Haddad, Mike Medas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) of formal and informal waste collectors in decentralized waste to compost facility

Cleaner Environmental Systems
The global generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is expected to increase by 70 % by 2050, reaching 3.4 billion metric tons. Despite the need for proper waste management, less than 20 % of waste is recycled, and waste continues to end up in landfills.
Azad Ibn Ashraf, Eugene Mohareb, Maria Vahdati, Amith Khandakar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling Factors for the Shift From ESG Scores to ESG Performance Management System in SMEs: An Interventionist Approach

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) transition from a symbolic, disclosure‐oriented ESG logic toward a substantive ESG‐oriented performance management system (PMS) grounded in actionable KPIs. Drawing on evidence from the Apuan‐Versilian Stone Industrial District through an interventionist research design, we ...
Alessandra Rigolini, Claudia Presti, Katia Corsi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Strategy Cycle Nexus for Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 Integration: A Global Expert Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of circular economy (CE) practices supported by Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies remains limited, despite their strong potential to enhance sustainable performance (SP). Organizations continue to face practical challenges in identifying effective strategies, enabling technologies, and implementation conditions.
Than'a Alsaoudi, Adolf Acquaye
wiley   +1 more source

Sharing and Managing Sustainability Information and Data in Collaborative Ecosystems—Insights From Testing a Novel Assessment Method With the Automotive Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The manufacturing industry is under pressure from upcoming legislation and societal expectations to design sustainable solutions, requiring improved intraorganizational and interorganizational collaboration to ensure sustainability is integrated throughout the product's lifecycle.
Adam Mallalieu, Ola Isaksson, Sophie Isaksson Hallstedt, Matilda Sandgren Watz, Giliam Dokter, Lars Almefelt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Life Cycle Assessment of Cocoa Production: Evidence from Ivory Coast and Ghana

Resources
Cocoa is a natural resource that plays a very important role globally, being one of the most produced and traded commodities. As a labour-intensive product and considering that its cultivation involves about 50 million people globally, it seems ...
Giuliana Vinci, Marco Ruggeri, Laura Gobbi, Marco Savastano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological Pathways for Circular Economy in Energy and Environmental Studies: A Structured Review Toward Sustainable Development

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) has become a major focus in energy and environmental (E&E) research, as it helps advance sustainable development, improve resource efficiency and alleviate environmental pressure. Even so, the literature is still fragmented, particularly in the CE themes it explores, the levels of analysis it adopts and the methods ...
Jahira Debbarma, Mohamed Shrief, Vikas Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source