scholarly journals The circular economy: a new paradigm for the textile and clothing industries

2020 ◽  
Vol 207 ◽  
pp. 03008
Author(s):  
Radostina A. Angelova
Keyword(s):  
Linear Model ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Circular System

The Circular Economy (CE) is an approach that requires a paradigm shift from waste management and recycling to a completely new circular system in the textiles value chain. It is supposed to be linked with both the economic growth and harmonization with ecological systems. The paper investigates the limits of the existing linear model of textiles production and consumption. The supply chain in the CE model as an alternative to the linear model is presented. The formation of “loops” in the CE and their role for recovering the products’ value is analyzed. The environmental issues that arise with the new paradigm shift are also discussed. The difference between recycling and CE model is examined.

scholarly journals Characteristics of textile and clothing sector social entrepreneurs in the transition to the circular economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (01) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
DANIELA STAICU
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Real ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The limits of the present take-make-waste business model are extremely visible when examining the textile and clothing industry. The concept of circular economy gained traction, which has led to the creation of policy actions throughout the life cycle of a product and at disposal. Transitioning from linear to circular economy business models requires significant value-chain changes in both production and consumption patterns. Existing circular business models are paving the way towards a paradigm shift. However, the literature has not retained much empirical evidence about these sustainabilityoriented innovators which are invisible and work in anonymity. This study provides a simple, yet rich and unique overview of the characteristics of circular economy business models in the textile and clothing sector in Romania, identified through qualitative analysis performed on the entire population of sustainability-oriented innovators identified in Romania in the textile and clothing sector in a previous study done by the same author. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire with 37 questions connected to four areas: human resources, legal and fiscal framework, customers and communication, and materials, tools or technology employed. With a 100% response rate, the real significance of this paper is that it may have discovered the real contribution of these agents of change in the circular economy, functional circular business models which have never been studied before as a population.

The Question of the Future of Indian Muslims in Malaysia: The Post-Mahathir Legacy Era

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 219-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Noor Sulastry Yurni
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Ethnic Politics ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
British Colonialism ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Economic Allocation ◽  
Islamic Resurgence ◽  
The Difference

Abstract Abstract The Malays, Chinese and Indian community in Malaysia have been homogenized since British colonialism. The existence of Indian Muslims’ identity caused a new paradigm shift in Malaysia involving the racial discussion. This paper traces the difference in Indian Muslims’ identities from Indian and the Hindus. I argued that Indian Muslims share Islam as their religion and faith, while maintaining a Malay way of life and custom in their daily practices. In Malaysia, the Indian Muslim community struggled to place their future in terms of social, economic allocation and political justification among the other communities. However, the strength of ethnic politics clearly charted out their involvement in the political base and moved them to fight for their cause and rights. Hence, today’s Indian Muslim community has caused an Islamic resurgence, which has brought a new Indian dimension as a whole.

scholarly journals The Circular Economy at Enel X

2020 ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Nicola Tagliafierro
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Product Portfolio ◽  
Sustainable Business

Enel X is leading the transition toward a sustainable business model, with the circular economy as an important pillar. Using renewable energy sources and materials, extending product life cycles, creating sharing platforms, reuse and regeneration, rethinking products as services. The principles of the circular economy have become essential, considering the paradigm shift overturning the traditional linear economic model. Enel X was one of the first businesses to offer products on the market that concretely apply the five business models of the circular economy and reconsider the entire value chain from a sustainability perspective. This approach is characterized by two core principles: 1.  the first, addressed internally, focuses on the business’s product portfolio, which ranges from “measuring” circularity to identifying solutions for improvement; 2.  the second is directed toward the outside, and especially toward industrial customers and public administrations or end customers, with the goal of evaluating their level of “circularity” and helping them outline a roadmap to circularity.

scholarly journals A Life Cycle Thinking Approach to Analyse Sustainability in the Textile Industry: A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10193
Author(s):  
Cristina Luján-Ornelas ◽  
Leonor Patricia Güereca ◽  
María-Laura Franco-García ◽  
Michiel Heldeweg
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Production And Consumption

The textile industry is one of the most important productive sectors worldwide, and everyone, to some extent, is involved in its value chain. For this reason, it is essential to be informed about its performance, problems and innovations. This paper presents the progress done in the transition towards sustainable production and consumption patterns. A literature review of the life cycle stages of textile products was carried out to identify initiatives and actions improving the performance. The findings show that transparency and traceability along the supply chain have been a fundamental piece in the transition. Besides, the creation of multi-stakeholders’ clusters, seeking to improve social and environmental issues has been one of the most successful paths in this transition. However, a lack of training and skills along the life cycle stages and disconnection between products’ design and strategies of recycling was found. For this reason, it is recommendable to generate an in-depth diagnosis of the textile industry at a global and regional level. As well, it is necessary to generate strategies and tools that facilitate this transition, mainly supporting SMEs (small- and medium-sized companies).

scholarly journals A Study on Assessing a Business Viability for Transition to a Circular Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-94
Author(s):  
Sugam Upadhayay ◽  
Omaima Alqassimi
Keyword(s):  
Linear Model ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Generic Model ◽  
Business Model Canvas ◽  
Circular Model ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
A Company ◽  
Generic Process

The shift from the existing linear model of the economy to a circular model is gaining traction across business entities, nationally and globally. Minimal studies have been done that would support the circular transition for a business from an existing linear model. There is a significant gap between the formulation and implementation of circular strategies in business. This literature review explores the preexisting concepts of the business model canvas (BMC) and Value Hill tool for the implementation of circular strategies in a business by determining a Good Point for Transition (GPT). The favorable condition, where a business can transition from a linear economy (LE) to a circular economy (CE) is defined as a GPT. This study suggests a three-step generic process that would provide a company with clarity on how to incorporate circular strategies into their structure. Firstly, this review paper defines and elaborates upon the business model canvas (BMC) based on the prior work of Osterwalder and Pigneur (2010) and Lewandowski (2016). Secondly, it analyzes the Value Hill diagram, a strategic tool for circular activities, that a business can use upon implementation of a circular model (Achterberg et al., 2016). Finally, this work will indicate how a circular strategy can be selected on the basis of assessment of the BMC and Value Hill diagram of a business. For a better understanding of the process, IKEA's initiatives for circular strategies are used in the study. The paper concludes with a three-step generic model for determining GPT and emphasizes that the adoption of circular strategies for companies depends upon the circular expertise and resources they and their value chain partners have across the Value Hill diagram. Keywords: circular economy, circular strategies, circular business model canvas, value hill diagram, circular transitions

scholarly journals Initiation of Housing Micro Finance in Pakistan: A New Paradigm Shift in Housing Market

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (III) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Muhammad Salman ◽  
Fariha Tariq ◽  
Minahil Nawaz
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Housing Unit ◽  
Human Being ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
The Difference

Housing is the third most important necessity of a human being. Every human being needs a housing unit to live in. Recently, with globalization and urbanization, the demand for housing has increased manifold, whereas the supply has remained the same. Similarly, in Pakistan, the value of land and building in urban areas increased exponentially. The lowincome class could not afford a housing unit as they did not have the resources to buy or construct a housing unit at once. With new trends, the low-income people would buy a piece of land on the urban periphery and construct the housing unit in increments. The availability of funds was the key factor in this approach. With the availability of microfinance services in the market, the availability of funds has increased for the low-income groups. The research aims to study the difference between the working of different financing institutes and banks and to formulate recommendations based on the collected data.

scholarly journals Potentials and Prerequisites on the Way to a Circular Economy: A Value Chain Perspective on Batteries and Buildings

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 956
Author(s):  
Meta Thurid Lotz ◽  
Robin Barkhausen ◽  
Andrea Herbst ◽  
Matthias Pfaff ◽  
Antoine Durand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
The Political ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
A Value ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Key Sectors

It is becoming increasingly clear that linear modes of production and consumption are unsustainable. A circular economy would help to minimize both environmental and social problems. As a result, the concept is gaining momentum in the political discourse. However, current policies do not seem sufficient to transform linear value chains to circular ones. This paper compares the potentials of and prerequisites for a circular economy along two important value chains. As a best practice example, the legal framework along the battery value chain is analyzed. This analysis is used to derive recommendations for how to improve the legal framework along the building value chain. We find that the battery value chain is already addressed by targeted instruments and the instruments addressing the building value chain have to be aligned and their credibility improved through mandatory requirements. A value chain-specific approach to develop the legal framework is promising for key sectors, while both general frameworks and value chain-specific instruments are required to fully exploit the CE for every product.

scholarly journals Transition from Linear to Circular Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sugam Upadhayay ◽  
Omaima Alqassimi
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Resource Extraction ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Single Entity ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Production And Consumption

The contemporary model of economical production and consumption is not sustainable; if the pattern continues, humankind will need to scramble for resources. Currently, resource extraction from the earth is 1.7 times higher than her actual capacity (Watts, 2018). This paper stresses the importance of the shift from the current linear (take, make and dispose) modality to a circular (take, make and reutilize) model to maximize the value from a product by keeping it in the loop of circularity. In pursuit of this change in model, reverse logistics, performance economy, and sharing economy all need to be integrated in order to facilitate regenerative and restorative techniques which enable reusing, recycling, remanufacturing and refurbishing of resources. Businesses need to redesign and restructure their current processes so that they can reduce the consumption of resources, thus developing a competitive edge. Incineration and dumping of resources should be the last option. The assets that are able to sense, record and communicate information are referred to as “intelligent assets” which innovates “smart solutions” to enable a circular economy (MacArthur, 2016). But this paradigm shift is not possible alone through the effort of a single entity. Involvement and commitments from individual, regional, governmental and intra-governmental levels are mandatory as it helps to create a synergist effect.

scholarly journals Factors of uneven progress of the European Union countries towards a circular economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-344
Author(s):  
Maxim Polyakov ◽  
Igor Khanin ◽  
Vladimir Bilozubenko ◽  
Maxim Korneyev ◽  
Gennadij Shevchenko
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Parametric Analyses ◽  
Harmonic Means ◽  
The Eu

The increased final consumption exacerbates the problem of the scarcity of natural resources and leads to environmental pollution. The concept of circular economy, which implies the formation of closed-loop chains of production and consumption with maximum regeneration and recycling of materials, is considered as an alternative to the firmly established “linear economy” (take-make-dispose). As a part of sustainable development strategy, the European Union adopted a general policy on the transition to a circular economy. However, for objective reasons, such transition is quite uneven at the level of member countries, which adversely affects the total progress. Therefore, the need arises to assess the positions of individual countries and identify major reasons for the uneven transition to support the countries that are lagging.The goal of the study is to identify the factors of uneven progress of the EU countries towards a circular economy. For that reason, a set of empirical data (20 indicators) has been compiled; cluster, classification, and parametric analyses have been conducted. As a result, three clusters of the EU countries have been obtained and six indicators, included into combinations that make all clusters different, have been identified. These indicators can be interpreted as the key factors contributing to the uneven progress of the EU countries towards a circular economy. The difference in harmonic means by clusters allowed quantitatively estimating a “circular gap”. It is of practical value for the EU policy aimed at bridging the gaps between member countries during the transition to a circular economy.

On visions and promises — ethical aspects of in vitro meat

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 753-758
Author(s):  
Silvia Woll
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
In Vitro Meat ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Production Conditions

Innovators of in vitro meat (IVM) are convinced that this approach is the solution for problems related to current meat production and consumption, especially regarding animal welfare and environmental issues. However, the production conditions have yet to be fully clarified and there is still a lack of ethical discourses and critical debates on IVM. In consequence, discussion about the ethical justifiability and desirability of IVM remains hypothetical and we have to question those promises. This paper addresses the complex ethical aspects associated with IVM and the questions of whether, and under what conditions, the production of IVM represents an ethically justifiable solution for existing problems, especially in view of animal welfare, the environment, and society. There are particular hopes regarding the benefits that IVM could bring to animal welfare and the environment, but there are also strong doubts about their ethical benefits.

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