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Sustainable Manufacturing and Corporate Social Responsibility

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2021) | Viewed by 27253

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mélanie Despeisse

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Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, 413 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: sustainable engineering and manufacturing; eco-efficiency; resource efficiency; circularity; corporate social responsibility; waste management; production system modelling
Prof. Dr. Björn Johansson

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Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, 413 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: sustainable engineering and manufacturing, virtual production systems, modelling and simulation, digitalization, production process analysis and improvement (layout planning, scheduling, balancing, etc.)

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce this Special Issue on “Sustainable Manufacturing and Corporate Social Responsibility”. Rapid technology developments are creating new opportunities for manufacturing organizations to create and deliver value to society while decoupling value creation from its environmental impact. Together with the increased recognition of the sustainability imperative, many organizations are reconsidering their strategy and vision to align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) issued in 2015. However, manufacturing is still viewed as a source of environmental problems rather than a key actor to remedy them.

In this Special Issue, we invite contributions which challenge this common negative perception of industry and promote a positive approach to global societal challenges through sustainable production systems and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in manufacturing. We welcome original research articles, case studies, technical reports, and reviews focusing on eco-efficiency and circularity principles applied to production systems, strategic alignment between sustainability goals and manufacturing operations, and a wide range of solutions (from conceptual/theoretical to technical/practical) promoting zero or net-positive impact through sustainable manufacturing.

We look forward to your exciting contributions and thank you for your consideration.

Dr. Mélanie Despeisse
Prof. Björn Johansson
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • green manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, clean production
  • design for the environment, design for sustainability, etc. (DfX)
  • energy-efficient manufacturing, resource efficiency, eco-efficiency
  • circularity, circular economy, closed-loop material flows
  • regenerative sustainability, net positive, zero impact, zero carbon, zero waste, etc.
  • sustainable strategy, sustainable business models, strategic alignment
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals, responsible production and consumption

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“When” Does It Pay to Be Good? Attributions Mediate the Way CSR Elements Impact on Consumer Responses, and Are Controllable
by Athanasios Krystallis, Vlad Zaharia and Antonis Zairis
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 5869; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13115869 - 24 May 2021
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Responding to the appeal for more research on the contingencies that shape the relationship between CSR and corporate performance, this paper incorporates environmental CSR, sets up an experimental survey and employs multiple mediation analysis with the aim to test the mediating role of [...] Read more.
Responding to the appeal for more research on the contingencies that shape the relationship between CSR and corporate performance, this paper incorporates environmental CSR, sets up an experimental survey and employs multiple mediation analysis with the aim to test the mediating role of consumer attributions on the CSR elements–consumer responses relationship; and further to examine the degree to which attributions are controllable, i.e., specific CSR elements activate specific type of attributions. Results support that attributions have a strong predicting power on consumer outcomes. The right time of appearance and the appropriate amount of resources committed to a CSR campaign, through the dual type of attributions they activate (more positive, i.e., values-driven and less negative, i.e., egoistic), impact positively on consumer reactions. In this respect, the study adds to past research showing that attributions are controllable, i.e., specific CSR initiative characteristics of a impact on the dimensionality of attributions and, through that, on specific target-types of consumer responses. This study thus shows that the activation of a dual-level attributions’ system is ambivalent, dependent on the character of the CSR campaign. The fact that specific CSR elements (i.e., CSR Timing) activate dual-level CSR motives that act complementarily indicates that managers should be clear about the capabilities of the elements of their CSR initiatives and how much impact they expect those elements to have on consumer response. Full article
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Environmental Sustainability of Digitalization in Manufacturing: A Review
by Xiaoxia Chen, Mélanie Despeisse and Björn Johansson
Sustainability 2020, 12(24), 10298; https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410298 - 9 Dec 2020
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The rapid development and implementation of digitalization in manufacturing has enormous impact on the environment. It is still unclear whether digitalization has positive or negative environmental impact from applications in manufacturing. Therefore, this study aims to discuss the overall implications of digitalization on [...] Read more.
The rapid development and implementation of digitalization in manufacturing has enormous impact on the environment. It is still unclear whether digitalization has positive or negative environmental impact from applications in manufacturing. Therefore, this study aims to discuss the overall implications of digitalization on environmental sustainability through a literature study, within the scope of manufacturing (product design, production, transportation, and customer service). The analysis and categorization of selected articles resulted in two main findings: (1) Digitalization in manufacturing contributes positively to environmental sustainability by increasing resource and information efficiency as a result of applying Industry 4.0 technologies throughout the product lifecycle; (2) the negative environmental burden of digitalization is primarily due to increased resource and energy use, as well as waste and emissions from manufacturing, use, and disposal of the hardware (the technology lifecycle). Based on these findings, a lifecycle perspective is proposed, considering the environmental impacts from both the product and technology lifecycles. This study identified key implications of digitalization on environmental sustainability in manufacturing to increase awareness of both the positive and negative impacts of digitalization and thereby support decision making to invest in new digital technologies. Full article
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