Business Circular Economy and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Although the operation of businesses is a cornerstone for the provision of goods and services, the creation of new jobs and the increase in GDP in the modern economy, it nevertheless causes significant negative impacts on the natural environment. In particular, the operation of businesses affects the quantity and quality of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, and this degradation equally poses a risk on business operations. To avoid such risks and ensure continuity, businesses adopt circular economy and sustainable development practices.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to attract articles that will shed light on practices adopted by companies in the field of circular economy and business sustainability. The aim is to highlight techniques throughout the life cycle of products that reduce pollutants and resource consumption, that use end-of-life materials, and that promote a sustainable way of operating.

Thus, we aim to feature a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research contributions that propose solutions, whether for new policies and legislative reforms, for changes within the business, or for channeling other societal and economic incentives to achieve sustainable business as a key element of the transition towards a sustainable circular economy. In this context, some indicative topics relevant to the SI’s main theme include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Corporate circular business models and the 17 SDGs;
• Corporate sustainability reporting and circular economy;
• Corporate circularity indexes;
• Corporate sustainability performance;
• Corporate circular economy performance;
• The social aspects of corporate circular economy;
• ESG and corporate circular economy;
• Corporate circularity and consumers;
• Corporate circular economy practices;
• Circular public procurement and corporate circularity;
• Corporate circular intellectual capital;
• Critical raw materials and circular economy;
• Circular bioeconomy;
• Circular economy and strong sustainability.

Dr. Ioannis Nikolaou
Dr. Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos
Dr. Thomas Tsalis
Guest Editors

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