Nasir, M.H.A and Genovese, A and Acquaye, A and Koh, S.C.I. and Yamoah, Fred (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.
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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.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Circular economy, Linear supply chain, Construction, Carbon emissions |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Depositing User: | Fred Yamoah |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2019 14:40 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:47 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/25975 |
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