Achieving high sustainability levels in the energy sector is at the heart of the United Nations
and European Union goals. One of the main paths to achieve this is to adopt sustainable …

Cultivated and plant-based meats are emerging as innovative alternatives to improve the
food production system. Although some environmental impacts and market acceptance …

Purpose Gold mining is one of the most generative economic activities in many developing
countries. Gold mining operations are generally recognized not only as being too energy …

While the whole society is meant to benefit from sustainable development; environmental
and social fairness considerations are often overlooked in the design of supply chain …

This research study presents a dynamic discrete optimization model for the treatment of
municipal solid waste (MSW) with sustainability as an essential research objective. The …

Food additives constitute an integral ingredient of food production and processing
operations, as their functional properties are paramount to not only improving the …

The utilization of agricultural wastes has visibly emerged as a promising policy towards
enhancing the fragile global energy system characterized by a limited fossil fuel reserve. To …

The complexity of social indicators and their subjective and often qualitative nature render
their inclusion into quantitative optimization models for network design and strategic …

Epidemic outbreaks pose a significant risk to supply chain and logistics, particularly in the
global automotive industry. These risks are characterized by long-term disruptions that can …

At the current worrisome rate of global consumption, the linear economy model of producing
goods, using them, and then disposing of them with no thought of the environmental, social …