Enabling sustainability and resilience in industries through the value chains’ circularity and digitalisation

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Abstract: Living for the last decades in a linear world has emerged the necessity for resources reduction, reuse, and recycling, leaving behind the “take-make-waste” economic model and jumping over towards a cyclical ecologic system. Especially for the industrial environments, the efficient management of resources, the need for prevention and the circular designing and planning, have shown the path towards alternative approaches, new technologies and services, and cutting-edge solutions. Digitalisation technologies (Digital Twins, big data analysis, etc.), secondary raw materials, circular supply chains, integrated sustainability frameworks and standards, Digital Product Passports, are some of the solutions, services and tools that assemble to facilitate a green and digital transition, considering the circular economy aspects, and targeting to resiliency and sustainability. Under this scope, three industries focus on transforming their supply chains into circular, green and sustainable ones using advanced traceability approaches. The ordinary supply chains of a citrus juice company in Greece, the processes of managing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) for magnets and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) for drones, are assessed using the Sustainability Balanced Scorecard, to empower the business opportunities, to enhance traceability and lead to sustained value chains. 

Citation: Aryblia M., Sarantinoudis N., Tsinarakis G., Arampatzis G., Enabling sustainability and resilience in industries through the value chains’ circularity and digitalisation, CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND BIOECONOMY, ISSN: 2944-9820

Link: https://cms.gnest.org/cest2023/p/cest202300568