Justice, equity, and the circular economy: introduction to the special double issue

WS Ashton, CF Fratini, C Isenhour, R Krueger - Local Environment, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In the last decade, the Circular Economy (CE) has emerged as an important framing for
business and policy action in support of sustainable development. In that time, there has …

Just by design: exploring justice as a multidimensional concept in US circular economy discourse

B Berry, B Farber, FC Rios, MA Haedicke… - Local …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Circular economies are often framed as addressing a trio of problems: environmental
degradation, economic stagnation, and social ills, broadly defined. Our paper centers on this …

[HTML][HTML] What would a human-centred 'social'Circular Economy look like? Drawing from Max-Neef's Human-Scale Development proposal

RKM Clube, M Tennant - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Circular Economy (“CE”) has emerged as a concept to radically transform how
resources are used and managed, with promise to solve the ecological turmoil of the …

Embedding circularity: Theorizing the social economy, its potential, and its challenges

R Ziegler, T Bauwens, MJ Roy, S Teasdale… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dominant conception of the circular economy presents it as a politically neutral,
technology-driven process of efficiency improvements and green market expansion …

Toward a just circular economy: conceptualizing environmental labor and gender justice in circularity studies

M Pansera, S Barca, B Martinez Alvarez… - … Science, Practice and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past decade, the concept of circular economy (CE) has gained political traction as a
potential solution to economy-environment tradeoffs. However, critical social scientists have …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing the social aspects of a circular economy: A systematic literature review

A Padilla-Rivera, S Russo-Garrido, N Merveille - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Circular Economy (CE) is a growing topic among scholars, industries, and governments, and
is aimed at decoupling economic growth and development from the consumption of finite …

The circular economy: an interdisciplinary exploration of the concept and application in a global context

A Murray, K Skene, K Haynes - Journal of business ethics, 2017 - Springer
There have long been calls from industry for guidance in implementing strategies for
sustainable development. The Circular Economy represents the most recent attempt to …

The limits of the loops: critical environmental politics and the Circular Economy

K Hobson - Trajectories in Environmental Politics, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Circular Economy (CE) is now a key governance framework that aims to reconfigure how
value is extracted from resources. Despite its widespread uptake, CE commentary to date …

[HTML][HTML] Transition to a sustainable circular society: more than just resource efficiency

M Calisto Friant, WJV Vermeulen… - Circular Economy and …, 2024 - Springer
While the conceptual underpinnings of the circular economy (CE) date back to the 1970s,
the concept has recently become a major discourse in contemporary sustainability debates …

The Circular Economy and human needs satisfaction: Promising the radical, delivering the familiar

RKM Clube, M Tennant - Ecological Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Circular Economy (“CE”) is gaining momentum as an approach to addressing
sustainability challenges. The CE is framed as a transformative model with economic …