A circularity indicator tool for measuring the ecological embeddedness of manufacturing
Trollman, Hana ; Colwill, James and Jagtap, Sandeep LU
(2021)
In Sustainability (Switzerland)
13(16).
- Abstract
Circularity in manufacturing is critical to reducing raw material usage and waste. Ecological embeddedness examines circular relationships intended to benefit both economic actors and the natural environment. By understanding circular relationships in the value chain, manufacturers can formulate strategies that are eco-effective. This work develops and validates an original circularity tool to measure the ecological embeddedness of manufacturers using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The tool is tested on process manufacturers selling products in the United Kingdom. The three main results are that the tool is useful and comprehensive (87% of users), enables simple comparisons with competitors, and identifies weaknesses in... (More)
Circularity in manufacturing is critical to reducing raw material usage and waste. Ecological embeddedness examines circular relationships intended to benefit both economic actors and the natural environment. By understanding circular relationships in the value chain, manufacturers can formulate strategies that are eco-effective. This work develops and validates an original circularity tool to measure the ecological embeddedness of manufacturers using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The tool is tested on process manufacturers selling products in the United Kingdom. The three main results are that the tool is useful and comprehensive (87% of users), enables simple comparisons with competitors, and identifies weaknesses in strategies related to the five dimensions connecting manufacturers, consumers, and the environment: understanding, realising, utilising, ne-gotiating, and reclaiming. Manufacturers may use the tool to improve their ecological embed-dedness, and sector-based circularity levels may be established for policy development. The novelty of the tool is in the use of ecological relationships to support achievement of a circular economy.
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- author
- Trollman, Hana
; Colwill, James
and Jagtap, Sandeep
LU
- publishing date
- 2021-08-02
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Circular economy, Ecological embeddedness, Factor analysis, Strategy formulation, Sustainable manufacturing
- in
- Sustainability (Switzerland)
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 16
- article number
- 8773
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85112294217
- ISSN
- 2071-1050
- DOI
- 10.3390/su13168773
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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- d038e625-b54f-4c8a-b123-e66c911e1994
- date added to LUP
- 2023-09-17 18:24:42
- date last changed
- 2025-04-07 13:53:45
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