scholarly journals Circular economy running in circles? A discourse analysis of shifts in ideas of circularity in Swedish environmental policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 148-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Johansson ◽  
M. Henriksson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Economy Running

Does discourse matter? Discourse analysis in environmental policy making

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Feindt ◽  
Angela Oels
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Policy Making

scholarly journals Impact of circular economy as the EU’s ambitious policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Urška Fric
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The article describes the role of legislative and legal framework which brought about a new approach to waste management through the concept of circular economy, and its drivers. We explicitly focus on the impact of ambitious EU environmental policy and its financial support from the European Commission (EC) which helped social actors recognize not only the ecological, but also the economic and social benefits of the circular economy. Over 50 actions under the “Circular Economy Action Plan” launched in 2015 have been delivered or are being implemented in this period in European Union (EU). Through overview of the EU’s ambitious policy, best practice of the circular economy in the world and status quo in circular economy at EU level we also show the circular economy is nowadays a crucial megatrend and there is still needed to increase up action at EU level, provide the competitive advantage it brings to EU economy and close the loop. Beside impact of ambitious EU environmental policy article focuses on the Cultural Political Economy (CPE) approach as a political economy approach with the purpose for explaining the role of legislative and legal framework as a mechanism for selection and retention of the paradigm of circular economy.

scholarly journals The “New” Environmental Policy Of The European Union: A Path To Development Of A Circular Economy And Mitigation Of The Negative Effects Of Climate Change

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zofia Wysokińska
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Economy ◽  
The Eu

This paper analyses the evolution of the new environmental policy of the European Union in the context of the efforts undertaken to moderate the negative effects of climate change. It describes all the activities in the European Union designed to implement new tools of the EU environmental policy, such as low carbon economy technologies, tools that improve the efficiency of managing the limited natural resources, the environmentally friendly transport package, etc. All of them are aimed at laying the foundations of the circular economy, which may also be referred to as a closed-loop economy, i.e., an economy that does not generate excessive waste and whereby any waste becomes a resource.

scholarly journals Sustainable Technologies for the Transition of Auditing towards a Circular Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Joshua Onome Imoniana ◽  
Washington Lopes Silva ◽  
Luciane Reginato ◽  
Valmor Slomski ◽  
Vilma Geni Slomski
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Human Species ◽  
New Era ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Significant Uptake ◽  
New Generation ◽  
International Social

This study examines the relationships between sustainability technologies, auditor transition, and circular economy models. Circular economy (CE) has been visited in recent studies as a matter of necessity to procure answers to pressing issues that befalls our society, aimed at the survival of the human species. While doing so, there has been little emphasis placed on sustainable technologies that will usher auditors into the new era. Data were constructed from a symposium organized by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), where scholars and practitioners addressed the future of auditing technology, regarding, in particular, the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling (ISEAL) database official website and also interviews with experts dealing day to day with sustainability and circular economy. Discourse analysis assisted in working with these groups of data. Our findings identified 12 different relational types in our analysis, thus signaling upward trends in the preparedness of auditors in boosting sustainable technologies towards a circular economy environment. Additionally, our findings demonstrate the significant uptake of innovative tools implemented for new-generation technologies in order to enhance auditing. The findings of this study have implications for academia and practice which are aimed at technological preparedness for the transition of auditing towards CE. Finally, this paper contributes by summarizing the debate and speculations around the technologies that are driving auditing to CE.

scholarly journals TOWARDS HARMONIZING COMMUNICATION OUTWARDS AND WITHIN. AN ON-GOING SHIFT IN PRAGMATICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-152
Author(s):  
Daniela ȘORCARU ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Additional Stress ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Economy Running ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

Considering the current international context, where everybody is affected by the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic and its economic, social and psychological implications, communication has been subjected to complex changes at all levels, that go far beyond what we have managed to understand so far. Nowadays, in these troubled times, obstacles in communication are the norm rather than the exception, often resulting in alienation, anxiety, depression and a deep sense of loss. Loss of what our lives used to be… Loss of the self… This is why, once the impact of this new reality has more or less settled in, we need to work towards harmonizing communication in this new world we are living in. As linguists, we are witnessing an on-going shift in pragmatics and discourse analysis, as we should acknowledge the emergence of complex verbal and non-verbal dimensions to personal and professional communication, where fear of contagion is constantly lurking in the conscious or subconscious background. Special focus should be laid on schools and the entire educational process, with electronic platforms and online teaching/learning causing additional stress to all parties involved (teachers, students, and families of both categories). We have already discovered that the lack of proper human interaction, or the diminished state we are experiencing it in, is literally impossible to replace or fully make up for. Now, we must understand that harmonizing communication must be a top priority, particularly if we need people to stay fully-functional and keep education, society and economy running.

Reflections on Foucauldian discourse analysis in planning and environmental policy research

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Sharp ◽  
Tim Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Policy Research

scholarly journals THE CURRENT STATE OF EUROPE'S ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN DUE TO THE EMERGENCE OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Žilinčíková ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Gradual Transition ◽  
The European Union ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Media ◽  
Set Up

The aim of this article is to point out the tools and means used to improve circular economy in Slovakia and the European Union and at the same time to present possible variants of processing and reuse of products that are at the end of their life cycle. The first part focuses on the emergence and gradual transition from environmental policy to the circular economy. With the help of legislative initiatives of the European Union, it is possible to reduce and prevent extreme pollution of the air, water, earth. Environmental policy instruments that help to achieve the goal of environmental protection. It is feasible to set up the daily functioning of the whole society with minimal environmental pollution. This article deals with the modern direction, namely the circular economy called the circular economy. The given topic has recently been heard not only in the media, schools, state institutions, but also on social networks. The elaboration of this topic resulted from the topicality and the very expansion of the topic at present and the wide-ranging information of the public. It is important to note that in initiatives and promotion of the circular economy, there is an appropriate selection of literature, data and statistics.

scholarly journals Discourse analysis of environmental policy revisited: traditions, trends, perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 445-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sina Leipold ◽  
Peter H. Feindt ◽  
Georg Winkel ◽  
Reiner Keller
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Environmental Policy

scholarly journals Resource Efficiency, Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovations for a Circular Economy: Evidence from EU Firms

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Cainelli ◽  
Alessio D'Amato ◽  
Massimiliano Mazzanti
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Resource Efficiency
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