Description:
Circular economy can serve as a key building block for the sustainability targets of manufacturing companies. Although the term itself has long been established, we see that proper implementation of a circular economy model across entire manufacturing value chains is still lacking and remains a challenge. However, there are clearly visible and good examples of circular economy standards which have already been applied and are generating value among multiple layers. Circular Economy and Manufacturing presents these and more, providing a roadmap of optimized, flexible, efficient, effective, and competitive green production strategies for the manufacturing industry and its multiple stakeholders.
The volume proves to be an excellent springboard for further discussion and research into new frameworks of best practices in view of achieving more socially responsible and sustainable organizations in a not-so-distant future.
Brief description: Carolina Machado is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Minho, Portugal. She has lectured and researched in human resource management subjects since 1989. She is Head of the Human Resource Management Work Group at the University of Minho, as well as Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, and Member of CICS.NOVA.UMinho.