The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy

• Main Authors: Lehtimäki, Hanna, Aarikka-Stenroos, Leena, Jokinen, Ari (Research fellow in environmental policy), Jokinen, Pekka
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 2024; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
• Subjects: Architectural structure and design; Architecture; Artificial intelligence; Business & Economics; Business and Management; Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business; Circular economy; Civil engineering, surveying and building; Climate change; Consumption; Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration; Development; Development studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Economics; Economics of specific sectors; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Engineering: general; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Environmental studies; Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design; Green Business; Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies; Interdisciplinary studies; KJMV6 Research and development management; KJMV7 Sales and marketing management; Management and management techniques; Management of specific areas; Other manufacturing technologies; Pollution and threats to the environment; Product design; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Sales and marketing; Social impact of environmental issues; Sustainability; Sustainability & Green Design; Sustainability policy; Sustainability transitions; Sustainable business; Sustainable consumption; Sustainable Development; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; Technology: general issues; The Arts; The arts: general topics; The environment; Consumption; Sustainability policy; Circular economy; Sustainable business; Sustainable consumption; Sustainability; Environmental studies; Sustainability transitions; Artificial intelligence
• ISBN: 1032212446; 9781032212456; 1032212454; 9781032212449; 9781003267492; 1003267491; 1000976734; 9781000971415; 1000971414; 9781000976731
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003267492

This groundbreaking handbook leads the way in accelerating the transition to a sustainable circular economy by introducing the concept of a catalyst as a positive and enhancing driving force for sustainability. Catalysts create and maintain favourable conditions for complex systemic sustainability transition changes, and a discussion and understanding of catalysts is required to move from a linear economy to a sustainable and circular economy. With contributions from leading experts from around the globe, this volume presents theoretical insights, contextualized case studies, and participatory methodologies, which identify different catalysts, including technology, innovation, business models, management and organisation, regulation, sustainability policy, product design, and culture. The authors then show how these catalysts accelerate sustainability transitions. As a unique value to the reader, the book brings together public policy and private business perspectives to address the circular economy as a systemic change. Its theoretical and practical perspectives are coupled with real-world case studies from Finland, Italy, China, India, Nigeria, and others, to provide tangible insights on catalysing the circular economy across organizational, hierarchical, and disciplinary boundaries. With its broad interdisciplinary and geographically diverse scope, this handbook will be a valuable tool for researchers, academics, and policymakers in the fields of circular economy, sustainability transitions, environmental studies, business, and the social sciences more broadly.