Many fashion companies are increasing their sustainable offer by introducing into the market new sustainable clothing (e.g., bio-based garments). However, the level of acceptance of these products is still low among consumers due to barriers, such as high prices, lack of product knowledge or availability. To foster sustainable fashion consumption, a clear understanding of consumers’ […]
A shift toward more sustainable production and consumption patterns is crucial. The fashion industry is responsible for negative environmental and social impacts along the value chain. Thereby, the fashion industry is one of the priority areas of intervention in the sustainability agenda. Recently, the literature has devoted much space to the analysis of sustainable fashion […]
Food waste is a global problem, affecting all areas of sustainability, that has already triggered various calls for actions via research, public, societal and private initiatives. The goal of this research was to analyse the impact of on-package food waste treatment claims on the consumer attitude and behavioural intentions toward the presented food company. A […]
Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been hit by the SARS CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19. To hamper its spread, policy makers of many countries have put in place strong countermeasures, including lockdowns, that have led to significant changes in people’s lifestyles and daily routines. The literature highlights that the Covid-19 pandemic has […]
This paper is aimed at analyzing the consumers’ perception toward products from Industrial Symbiosis (IS) processes (hereafter mentioned as “IS products”), as well as their purchase intention and willingness to pay a premium price for them. IS is one of the key strategies supporting the transition towards the circular economy: accordingly, wastes produced by a […]
This paper proposes a linear programming model to design industrial symbiosis synergies in eco-industrial parks based on the exchange of waste energy among different companies. The model allows to fill two important limitations of previous studies: (1) it uses a multi-objective optimization perspective that considers economic and environmental issues simultaneously; (2) the integration of two […]
In this paper, we provide practical decision support to managers in firms involved in Industrial Symbiotic Relations (ISRs) in terms of strategy development and test the hypothesis that in the long-term, playing a fair strategy for sharing obtainable ISR-related benefits is dominant. We employ multi-agent-based simulations and model industrial decision-makers as interacting agents that observe […]
Purpose – This paper concerns the adoption of the industrial symbiosis at the urban level as a tool to improve their environmental sustainability. Accordingly, urban wastes can be valued in new products or energy, able to reduce the amount of wastes landfilled and the amount of inputs purchased from external sources. In particular, we focus […]
Purpose – Industrial symbiosis networks (ISNs) are collections of long-term symbiotic relationships among firms, involving physical exchanges of materials and energy as well as the exchange of knowledge, concurrently providing environmental and economic benefits. Our aim is to investigate the complexity of ISNs adopting a similar approach to that developed by Hidalgo and Hausmann (2009) […]