Haneef Abdul Nasir, M., Genovese, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-4634, Acquaye, A.A. et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Comparing linear and circular supply chains:A case study from the construction industry. International Journal of Production Economics, 183 (B). pp. 443-457. ISSN 0925-5273
Abstract
In the last decades, green and sustainable supply chain management practices have been developed in efforts to try and reduce the negative consequences of production and consumption processes on the environment. In parallel to this, the circular economy discourse has been propagated in the industrial ecology and production economic literature and lately in business and practice. The ideals of the circular economy principles suggests that the frontiers of environmental sustainability can be pushed by emphasising the idea of transforming products in such a way that there are workable relationships between ecological systems and economic growth.
By arguing for these ideals to be integrated into green supply chain management theory and practice, the paper uses a case study from the construction industry to demonstrate the environmental gains in terms of carbon emissions that can be achieved through some circular economy principles as against traditional linear production systems. The paper therefore asserts that an integration of circular economy principles within sustainable supply chain management can provide clear advantages from an environmental point view despite some external supply chain influences and scenarios.
Further to this, emerging supply chain management challenges and market dynamics are also highlighted and discussed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Production Economics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Circular Economy; Linear Supply Chain; Construction; Carbon Emissions |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2016 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2017 01:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.06.008 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.06.008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101293 |
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