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Decoding the Circular Economy Job Market in the EU: A Quantitative and Comparative Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) is increasingly promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet systematic evidence on the structure of the CE labor market remains limited. Little is known about how CE‐related job opportunities are distributed across countries, which job characteristics dominate this market, and how such patterns compare with ...
Pavlos Fafalios, Theodoros Daglis, Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operationalizing Circular Supply Chain Management: Scale Development and Empirical Validation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study addresses the conceptual fragmentation and the lack of a measurement tool in circular supply chain management (CSCM), a field in which confusion with traditional sustainability strategies limits operational progress. The objective is to develop and validate a measurement instrument capable of capturing the transition toward the ...
José Moyano‐Fuentes, Sebastián Bruque‐Cámara, Noelia García‐Buendía, María Isabel Roldán‐Bravo, Diéssica de Oliveira‐Dias, Juan Manuel Maqueira‐Marín   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic ESG Priorities and Materiality Assessments: Evidence From Hong Kong Listed Fashion and Textile Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms increasingly rely on ESG materiality assessments to prioritise sustainability issues under heightened stakeholder scrutiny. Yet the strategic consequences of materiality beyond firm‐level disclosure remain underexplored. This study examines how materiality assessments shape ESG prioritisation at the industry level using sustainability ...
Shiqi Mai, Magnum M. L. Lam, Christina W. Y. Wong, Calvin Y. M. Lam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Luxury: Understanding Consumer Responses to Purpose‐Driven Brand Strategies

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines the dilemma faced by consumers in balancing the concepts of sustainability and luxury in the context of self‐gifting. The research is based on the Affect‐Behavior‐Cognition (ABC) framework and the Consumer‐Brand Identification (CBI) theory, which seeks to understand how the perceived sustainability–luxury fit and brand ...
Subhajit Pahari, Munmun Patra, Kiran Menghani, Park Thaichon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of external and internal geogrid confinement of reinforced concrete columns

Case Studies in Construction Materials
Geogrid is a geosynthetic material commonly used for soil stability purposes in road embankments and reinforced earth walls due to its tensile reinforcing capability.
Ruba H. Bashir, Bilal S. Hamad, Ghassan R. Chehab   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hyperledger Fabric for the (digitalized) lifecycle of construction products: Applied review on fastening technology

Civil Engineering Design, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 9-22, March 2025.
Abstract Blockchain technology is a digital decentralized data ledger recording transactions in an encrypted format. Its implementation can potentially hold significant advantages for the built environment, particularly in manufacturing and building product usage aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). This paradigm shift toward decentralized
Aileen Pfeil, Dimosthenis Kifokeris, Panagiotis Spyridis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering Biochar‐Derived Functional Materials for High‐Performance Supercapacitors: Design Principles, Mechanisms, and Scalable Strategies

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biochar has emerged as a useful and adaptable source of carbon for supercapacitor electrodes. Its value comes from the way biomass chemistry, thermal conversion, and activation conditions shape the resulting pore network, surface groups, and degree of carbon ordering.
Soumen Mandal, Avinash C. Mendhe, Mayna Roy, Neha S. Barse, Taejoon Park, Han‐Seung Lee, Haigun Lee   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Control of Cracking in Textile Reinforced Concrete with Unresin Carbon Fibers. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2020
Neves R, Felicíssimo D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field: Situating Organizations in the Ecosystem of Social Change

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the ecosystem of bridge‐building initiatives in the United States. Drawing on an original database of 223 organizations, interviews with 7 staff across 6 organizations, and a literature review related to bridge‐building, polarization, and collective action, we first describe the range of existing initiatives and their ...
Gabrielle Mathews, Karen Ross
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity and Inclusion Standards: Exploring Drivers and Determinants of Adoption of ISO 30415:2021 and UNI/PdR 125:2022 in Italian SMEs

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the adoption of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) standards among Italian small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the international guideline ISO 30415:2021 and the national certification UNI/PdR 125:2022. Using survey data from 866 SMEs across six manufacturing and service industries and applying descriptive
Laura Bravi, Gail Denisse Chamochumbi Diaz, Giada Pierli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source