Transition Towards a Resource Efficient Circular Economy in Europe: Policy Lessons From the EU and the Member States

By T. Domenech, Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak. Ecological Economics, 2017

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With the introduction of the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (2011) and the more recent commitment of The Action Plan towards the Circular Economy (2015), the European Commission (EC) has expressed its fundamental interest to substantially improve the resource efficiency of the European economy and enable the transition towards the Circular Economy (CE). This policy push has meanwhile been complemented by some quite ambitious national programmes for RE and CE and institutional advances but it is not yet bound to targets or mandatory reporting.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Strategy and Management

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Identifying the Equilibrium Point between Sustainability Goals and Circular Economy Practices in an Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Context Using Eco-Design (2019, background): “The European Commission stresses that the circular economy will boost the European Union’s (EU) competitiveness by protecting businesses against resource scarcity and price volatility (Domenech and Bahn-Walkowiak 2019).”
The potential of insect protein to reduce food-based carbon footprints in Europe: The case of broiler meat production (2021, background): “…et al., 2017; van Huis, 2013; Salomone et al., 2017), and considering these in the context of the EU’s Circular Economy and Green Deal strategy (Domenech and Bahn-Walkowiak, 2019; Ghinoi et al., 2020; Johnson et al., 2021), it seems likely that insects will contribute more significantly with…”
Circular Economy Concept in the Context of Economic Development in EU Countries (2020, background): “Consumer involvement plays a major role in the implementation circular economy [14], except that the circular economy concept encompasses systemic changes based on innovations and using new technological systems, as well as by changing how policies, society, business models, and funding methods are ”
Circular economy innovations, growth and employment at the firm level: Empirical evidence from Germany (2019, background): “While environmental impacts of CE have been widely studied (see, e.g., Domenech & Bahn-Walkowiak, 2019), rather little is known about the link between CE activities and firm growth and employment, which is supposed to represent the economic and social dimensions of sustainable development.”