Circular Economy, Industrial Symbiosis and Sustainable Development: Actions for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: innovation; socio-environmental sustainability; sustainable operations; cleaner production; circular economy
Interests: environmental management; innovation; entrepreneurship; circular economy
Interests: sustainable operations management; sustainable supply chain management; circular economy; behavioral operations management; innovation hub management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Circular Economy is a fundamental part of a set of strategies to mitigate the environmental impacts of a society, where excessive consumption of natural resources can lead to a shortage of these resources, ultimately reducing the population's quality of life and having irreversible economic consequences. Therefore, actions aimed at reducing, reusing, and recycling material and energy resources are no longer a philosophical issue and have become an economic issue that can guarantee the quality of life of future generations.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) propose that the production of goods and consumption should consider the mitigation of impacts on natural and energy resources, and at the same time, many manufacturing industries have developed eco-innovations with environmentally sustainable products, as well as more efficient processes from an environmental perspective, which reduce resource consumption and waste emissions.
Recently, with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), the possibilities for applying new production and management technologies have expanded, enabling the concepts of Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis to be optimized, and innovating in products and services. Therefore, the actions of the manufacturing industry and other institutions contribute to local and global Sustainable Development.
Sustainable Development is a result of societal efforts, but it depends on actions implemented by managers and researchers in the development of environmentally effective processes and products, as well as the adoption of policies that minimize environmental impacts, to ensure social, environmental, and economic development for this and future generations.
This Special Issue invites contributions that explore practices and policies that contribute to Sustainable Development. We encourage research that addresses, but is not limited to, the following topics:
a) Circular Economy
b) Industrial Symbiosis
c) Sustainable Development
d) Cleaner Production
e) Sustainable Operations
f) Sustainable Manufacturing
g) Sustainable Supply Chain Management
h) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
i) Sustainable Practices
j) Innovation Sustainable
Dr. Julio Cesar Ferro De Guimarães
Dr. Eliana Andrea Severo
Dr. Vilmar Tondolo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental sustainability
- sustainable operations
- environmental practices
- circular economy
- sustainable supply chain management
- sustainable development goals
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