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dc.contributor.editorMansuy, Jean
dc.contributor.editorVerga, Giulia Caterina
dc.contributor.editorPel, Bonno
dc.contributor.editorMessagie, Maarten
dc.contributor.editorLebeau, Philippe
dc.contributor.editorAchten, Wouter
dc.contributor.editorKhan, Ahmed Zaib
dc.contributor.editorMacharis, Cathy
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-29T10:54:19Z
dc.date.available2022-11-29T10:54:19Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59775
dc.description.abstractWe are living on a finite planet. Humankind is overstepping planetary boundaries, however. In 2021, worldwide consumption has exceeded the yearly bio-capacity of the Earth (what we call the overshoot day) on the 29th of July. For industrialised countries, the situation is far worse: In 2022, Belgium reached that overshoot day on the 26th of March. In the face of these urgent challenges of sustainable resource use, there is wide agreement on the need for a transition, a fundamental societal shift, towards, amongst others, a circular economy (CE), the focus of this book. The book speaks deliberately of transitioning. This marks our focus on transition processes and activities. Discussions of ‘the transition’ easily get stuck in abstract visions, remote future goals and ideological statements about the desired world of tomorrow. By contrast, much more attention needs to be paid to concrete transformation processes that could lead towards these projected futures. Transition how? Where to? By whom? We highlight that companies are key actors in CE transitioning. This edited volume presents key outcomes from the “Transitioning Belgian companies into circularity” research chair, established by Belgian Employers’ Federation FEB/VBO. Whilst focusing on the role of companies, we show how the private sector cannot bring about such societal transformations single-handedly. We consider companies as embedded transition agents, i.e. as actors that operate as parts of broader business ecosystems. The book results from collaborative work between researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Containing contributions by Jean Mansuy, Giulia C. Verga, Bonno Pel, Maarten Messagie, Philippe Lebeau, Wouter Achten, Ahmed Z. Khan, Cathy Macharis, Ela Callorda Fossati and Tom Bauler, it gathers expertise in sustainable urbanism, transition governance, the redesign of systems, lifecycle analysis, and business model innovation.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJG Business ethics and social responsibilityen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJJ Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to businessen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate changeen_US
dc.subject.otherCircular economy; business; economy;business models; business ecosystems;circular; transitioning;climate;industry;societyen_US
dc.titleTransitioning to a circular economyen_US
dc.title.alternativeChanging Business Models and Business Ecosystemsen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.46944/9789461173942en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy5cae5a70-e73a-4f54-96c8-533084e04e50en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9789461173935en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9789461173959en_US
oapen.pages220en_US
oapen.place.publicationBrusselen_US


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