Sustainable Circular Economy Strategies: An Analysis of Brazilian Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Corporate Sustainability Reporting provides essential data for academic and empirical research on sustainability and the still-growing adoption of the circular economy by companies. Despite the wide attention that the circular economy receives from the academy, a systematization and hierarchy of the...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-05, Vol.14 (10), p.5808
Main Authors: Sanches, Julia Romano, Trevisan, Adriana Hofmann, Seles, Bruno Michel Roman Pais, Castro, Camila Gonçalves, Piao, Roberta Souza, Rozenfeld, Henrique, Mascarenhas, Janaina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business process management
Circular economy
Content analysis
Developing countries
Economics
LDCs
Literature reviews
Multinational corporations
Public policy
Qualitative research
Sustainability
Sustainability reporting
Sustainable development
Systematic review
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Summary:Corporate Sustainability Reporting provides essential data for academic and empirical research on sustainability and the still-growing adoption of the circular economy by companies. Despite the wide attention that the circular economy receives from the academy, a systematization and hierarchy of the strategies that embrace the sustainable circular economy are still necessary. In addition, there is a limitation of research on the analysis of Corporate Sustainability Reporting in emerging economies. In this study, fifty sustainable circular economy strategies emerged from a systematic literature review, arranged among nine categories. The differential of the identified strategies is the expansion of strategies for a sustainable circular economy vision. Then, 51 Corporate Sustainability Reporting from 17 multinational companies operating in Brazil in 2016, 2018 and 2020 were analyzed to identify companies’ adoption of these strategies. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting analysis results suggest that companies operating in Brazil are directing significant efforts toward a sustainable circular economy. Based on these two results and the theory of business process management, we proposed the Business Process for Sustainable Circular Economy framework.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14105808