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Circular economy. --- Environmental economics. --- Atmospheric carbon dioxide. --- Air --- Atmospheric chemistry --- Carbon dioxide --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Circular business model --- Circularity (Economic theory) --- Carbon dioxide content --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects

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This reprint focuses on studies dealing with bio-based materials and its contribution to a circular economy. Research dealing with recycling, waste conversion to bio-based products, the development of bio-based composites, and surface treatments on cellulose fibres have been included in this reprint.

Biopolymers --- Circular economy. --- Industrial applications. --- Circular business model --- Circularity (Economic theory) --- Economics --- Bioactive polymers --- Biological polymers --- Natural polymers --- Naturally occurring polymers --- Biomolecules --- Polymers

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Sustainable development. --- Circular economy. --- Circular business model --- Circularity (Economic theory) --- Economics --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects

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The main theme of this book is the social dimension of the circular economy (CE). This book’s objective is to provide a foundation for the discussion of social aspects of CE that also allows the integration of CE with the UN SDGs. The circular economy is increasingly becoming the consensual pathway for a transition towards sustainable production and consumption that balances the economic and ecological pillars of sustainable development. However, researchers have noted that the social dimension of sustainable development is noticeable missing or, at best, weakly developed in CE ideas and frameworks (Sehnem et al., 2019). The main argument of this book is that CE research and practice needs to embrace its social impacts, not only in terms of understanding and avoiding negative social impacts but also in terms of exploring the potential that CE models have for addressing social challenges.

Sustainability. --- Business logistics. --- Environmental management. --- Industrial management—Environmental aspects. --- Supply Chain Management. --- Environmental Management. --- Corporate Environmental Management. --- Supply chain management --- Industrial management --- Logistics --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Circular economy. --- Circular business model --- Circularity (Economic theory) --- Economics --- Environmental aspects.

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Increased ecological awareness and the growing scarcity of resources have led to the introduction of new environmental standards, triggering enterprises, regions, and even countries to adopt new business models and industrial reconversion approaches. However, despite increased interest in business models and their innovation, it still lacks the integration of circularity and sustainability and to date research on these areas is still limited. This book, therefore, provides readers with a closer picture of the issues of business models and their innovation for the circular economy in Europe, where the issues of sustainability and the shift towards the circular economy have become cornerstones of European policies and documents and where significant differences have been identified between firms and countries. This book provides a unique view of different European perspectives and enables the reader to compare the situation in countries with completely different historical and economic conditions as well as with different perceptions of the need for the actions leading to the sustainable development and to the shift towards the circular economy.

Circular economy. --- Circular business model --- Circularity (Economic theory) --- Economics --- Strategic planning. --- Leadership. --- Sustainability. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Environmental management. --- Industrial management --- Business Strategy and Leadership. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Environmental Management. --- Corporate Environmental Management. --- Environmental aspects. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Ability --- Command of troops --- Followership --- Goal setting (Strategic planning) --- Planning, Strategic --- Strategic intent (Strategic planning) --- Strategic management --- Planning --- Business planning --- Government policy