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An examination of barriers and enablers to circular economy transition among small and medium-sized enterprises in the Vietnamese fashion and textile industry 对越南时尚和纺织行业中小企业向循环经济转型的障碍和促进因素的审查

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100125

Minh Ha Nguyen, Saniyat Islam, Caroline Swee Lin Tan

The global textile and fashion industry is the second-largest industrial polluter, driven by its linear 'take-make-dispose' model, necessitating a transformative shift toward the circular economy. Implementation faces unique challenges in developing countries where the economic cornerstone sector creates critical environmental tension. This qualitative study investigated the internal and external barriers and enablers influencing CE adoption among SMEs in the Vietnam F&T sector. Drawing on Resource-Based View and Institutional Theory, data were collected through in-depth interviews with SME representatives, academic researchers, and government officials. Thematic analysis revealed key internal constraints (financial pressure, technological limits, a profit-first mindset, and knowledge gaps) and external impediments (weak customer demand, supply chain fragmentation, limited policy incentives, and infrastructure gaps). Nevertheless, enabling factors emerged, including strong leadership commitment, innovative business models, sustainability-oriented human resources, and capital sourcing networks, supported externally by market demand, stakeholder collaboration, and government regulations. The findings underscored that Vietnam's primary challenge was the absence of formal domestic recycling and reverse logistics systems, hindering the utilisation of readily available textile waste resources. This situation presented a significant opportunity for Vietnam to develop a new, high-value domestic circular industry. The study offers practical insights for policymakers and industry leaders to support SMEs in this transition with key recommendations focusing on capacity-building, improving infrastructure, and developing clearer regulatory frameworks.

全球纺织和时装业是第二大工业污染源，受其线性“获取-制造-处理”模式的驱动，有必要向循环经济转型。在经济基础部门造成严重环境紧张的发展中国家，执行工作面临着独特的挑战。本定性研究调查了内部和外部的障碍和使能因素，影响中小企业在越南食品和技术部门采用CE。利用资源基础观和制度理论，通过对中小企业代表、学术研究者和政府官员的深度访谈收集数据。专题分析揭示了关键的内部制约因素（资金压力、技术限制、利润至上的心态和知识差距）和外部制约因素（客户需求疲软、供应链碎片化、政策激励有限和基础设施差距）。然而，促成因素出现了，包括强有力的领导承诺、创新的商业模式、以可持续发展为导向的人力资源和资本采购网络，外部由市场需求、利益相关者合作和政府法规支持。调查结果强调，越南面临的主要挑战是缺乏正式的国内回收和逆向物流系统，阻碍了对现成的纺织废料资源的利用。这种情况为越南发展一个新的、高价值的国内循环产业提供了重要机会。该研究为政策制定者和行业领导者提供了切实可行的见解，以支持中小企业实现这一转型，并提出了以能力建设、改善基础设施和制定更清晰的监管框架为重点的关键建议。

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Income tax and renewable energy consumption in OECD countries: The influence of digitalization, globalization, and financial development 经合组织国家所得税与可再生能源消费：数字化、全球化和金融发展的影响

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100126

Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla

Despite extensive investigation into the factors driving the clean energy transition, the impact of income tax on renewable energy consumption (REC) has been overlooked. This study employs a newly compiled tax dataset covering OECD economies from 1990 to 2020 to investigate the influence of income tax on REC. The study also analyzes the moderating effects of digitalization, globalization, and financial development. Applying the Cross-Section Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) model, the findings reveal that income tax exerts an adverse long-run effect on REC, indicating that higher income taxes discourage the adoption of renewable energy. Digitalization and globalization have positive and significant impacts on REC, while financial development shows a negative association. Moreover, the findings reveal that digitalization and globalization mitigate the adverse influence of income tax on REC, whereas the moderating effect of financial development is insignificant. Robustness checks using the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) model support these findings. The study recommends that fostering technological advancement and globalization are crucial to enhancing the effectiveness of fiscal policy in accelerating the low-carbon transition across OECD economies.

尽管对推动清洁能源转型的因素进行了广泛的调查，但所得税对可再生能源消费（REC）的影响一直被忽视。本研究采用新编制的经合组织经济体1990年至2020年的税收数据集来研究所得税对经济复苏的影响，并分析了数字化、全球化和金融发展的调节作用。应用横截面增强自回归分布滞后（CS-ARDL）模型，研究结果表明，所得税对可再生能源产生不利的长期影响，表明较高的所得税阻碍了可再生能源的采用。数字化和全球化对REC有显著的正向影响，金融发展对REC有显著的负相关影响。此外，研究结果还表明，数字化和全球化能够缓解所得税对REC的不利影响，而金融发展的调节作用不显著。使用完全修正的普通最小二乘（FMOLS）模型进行稳健性检查支持这些发现。该研究建议，促进技术进步和全球化对于提高财政政策在加速经合组织经济体低碳转型中的有效性至关重要。

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Forging sustainable futures: A mixed-methods analysis of customer loyalty in Thailand's home-building industry 打造可持续发展的未来：泰国住宅建筑行业客户忠诚度的混合方法分析

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100112

Nisit Sittiasa, Aunchistha Poo-Udom

The pursuit of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for sustainable cities requires a fundamental reevaluation of core industries. This study addresses this imperative by examining the drivers of customer loyalty within Thailand's volatile home-building sector, positioning loyalty as a strategic enabler of economic and social sustainability. In an environment of rising sustainability mandates and fragmenting consumer loyalty, the research aims to validate an integrated model that explains how sustainable business practices influence long-term customer relationships. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was employed. The initial quantitative phase involved a Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling analysis of survey data from 680 customers in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. This was followed by a qualitative phase, using thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 15 industry experts, academics, and clients to explain the quantitative results. The findings reveal a robust model that explains 72.4 % of the variance in customer loyalty. The analysis demonstrates that sustainable marketing communication does not directly influence loyalty; its impact is entirely mediated through service quality and the firm's management system. Service quality emerges as the most significant direct predictor, underscoring that the tangible experience is the primary loyalty engine. The study concludes that fostering customer loyalty through a holistic approach centered on demonstrable service excellence and managerial competence is vital to enhancing firm-level resilience and advancing the broader goals of sustainable urban development in an emerging economy.

为了实现联合国关于可持续城市的可持续发展目标，需要从根本上重新评估核心产业。本研究通过研究泰国不稳定的住宅建筑行业中客户忠诚度的驱动因素，将忠诚度定位为经济和社会可持续性的战略推动者，从而解决了这一当务之急。在可持续发展要求不断提高和消费者忠诚度分散的环境下，本研究旨在验证一个综合模型，该模型解释了可持续的商业实践如何影响长期客户关系。采用顺序解释混合方法设计。最初的定量阶段涉及对曼谷大都市区680名客户的调查数据进行偏最小二乘结构方程模型分析。接下来是定性阶段，通过对15位行业专家、学者和客户的深入访谈进行专题分析，来解释定量结果。研究结果揭示了一个稳健的模型，可以解释72.4%的客户忠诚度差异。分析表明，可持续营销传播不直接影响忠诚度；其影响完全通过服务质量和公司的管理制度来调节。服务质量成为最重要的直接预测因素，强调有形体验是主要的忠诚度引擎。该研究的结论是，通过以卓越服务和管理能力为中心的整体方法来培养客户忠诚度，对于增强企业层面的弹性和推进新兴经济体中可持续城市发展的更广泛目标至关重要。

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Theoretical model of green entrepreneurship and digital transformation in enhancing the sustainability of batik MSMEs with business innovation as a mediating variable 以商业创新为中介变量的绿色创业与数字化转型对蜡染中小微企业可持续性提升的理论模型

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2026.100135

Akh Fawaid , Masdukil Makruf , Sayyidi Sayyidi , Sri Wahyuni Fatmawati , Ika Oktaviana Dewi

Batik micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) around the world are increasingly facing pressure to adopt environmentally responsible practices while simultaneously adapting to rapid digital transformation. However, research that integrates environmental entrepreneurship, digital transformation, business innovation, and business sustainability—especially within culture-based creative industries—remains limited and fragmented. This study addresses this gap by developing a theoretical model that explains how environmentally oriented entrepreneurship and digital transformation influence innovation and long-term business sustainability in Batik MSMEs in Madura, Indonesia. A quantitative research design was employed using Structural Equation Modeling with the Partial Least Squares approach. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to batik MSME owners and managers, and analyzed using SmartPLS version 4. The findings show that environmentally oriented entrepreneurship and digital transformation both enhance business innovation and overall business sustainability, with innovation serving as a key mediating factor. That most Batik MSMEs actors display environmental awareness and engage in product innovation, although creative promotion remains relatively low. Indicators of sustainability also show positive tendencies, including stable profit patterns and the creation of permanent employment. This study contributes to the international literature by offering a culturally grounded model that integrates environmental and digital dimensions in creative microenterprises. The conclusions highlight the importance of strengthening innovation capabilities and supporting environmentally responsible digitalization as strategic pathways for ensuring the long-term sustainability of Batik MSMEs.

世界各地的蜡染微型、小型和中型企业（MSMEs）正面临越来越大的压力，在适应快速数字化转型的同时，采取对环境负责的做法。然而，整合环境创业、数字化转型、商业创新和商业可持续性的研究——特别是在以文化为基础的创意产业中——仍然有限且分散。本研究通过建立一个理论模型来解决这一差距，该模型解释了环境导向型创业和数字化转型如何影响印尼马杜拉蜡染中小微企业的创新和长期业务可持续性。采用偏最小二乘法的结构方程模型进行定量研究。数据收集通过一个结构化的问卷管理蜡染MSME业主和经理，并分析使用SmartPLS版本4。研究结果表明，环境型创业和数字化转型均能促进企业创新和整体企业可持续性，其中创新是关键的中介因素。大多数蜡染中小微企业表现出环保意识，从事产品创新，尽管创意推广仍然相对较低。可持续性指标也显示出积极的趋势，包括稳定的利润模式和创造长期就业。本研究通过提供一个基于文化的模型，将环境和数字维度整合到创新型微型企业中，为国际文献做出了贡献。结论强调了加强创新能力和支持对环境负责的数字化作为确保蜡染中小微企业长期可持续发展的战略途径的重要性。

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Understanding what makes sustainability education effective: Insights from a university certificate program 了解是什么使可持续教育有效：来自大学证书课程的见解

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2026.100133

Laura Montes de Oca , Maria Navarro , Tyra Byers

Sustainability education is increasingly recognized as essential for preparing graduates to address global environmental, economic, and societal challenges. Yet limited research examines which program features most effectively foster lasting learning and professional readiness. This study explores the design and perceived impact of a university Sustainability Certificate Program (SCP) through alumni reflections, offering insights into program characteristics that support transformational learning. Using reflexive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews from the 2018–2020 cohort, the study identifies four interrelated features that shaped outcomes: experiential learning opportunities that connected coursework with real-world application; inclusive and interdisciplinary pedagogical approaches; strong institutional and relational supports; and structured career preparation and professional development. Alumni described the SCP as a coherent, student-centered experience that cultivated sustainability competencies, personal growth, and long-term engagement with sustainability practices. Findings highlight how intentional integration of experiential strategies, competency-based design, and supportive learning environments can strengthen sustainability education. Implications include embedding applied learning across curricula, aligning pedagogy with competency frameworks, fostering inclusive learning communities that promote belonging, and linking academic experiences to career translation. While the study is limited by its small, self-selected sample and retrospective design, its insights are transferable to institutions seeking to design programs that bridge theory and practice and prepare graduates for sustainability-oriented careers.

人们越来越认识到，可持续发展教育对于准备毕业生应对全球环境、经济和社会挑战至关重要。然而，有限的研究调查了哪些项目最有效地促进了持久的学习和专业准备。本研究通过校友反思探讨了大学可持续发展证书项目（SCP）的设计和感知影响，为支持转型学习的项目特征提供了见解。通过对2018-2020年队列中半结构化访谈的反思性专题分析，该研究确定了影响结果的四个相互关联的特征：将课程作业与现实应用联系起来的体验式学习机会；包容和跨学科的教学方法；强有力的机构和关系支持；以及结构化的职业准备和职业发展。校友们将SCP描述为一个连贯的、以学生为中心的体验，培养了可持续发展能力、个人成长和长期参与可持续发展实践。研究结果强调了体验策略、基于能力的设计和支持性学习环境的有意整合如何加强可持续发展教育。其影响包括在课程中嵌入应用学习，使教学法与能力框架保持一致，培育促进归属感的包容性学习社区，并将学术经验与职业翻译联系起来。虽然这项研究受限于它的小范围、自我选择的样本和回顾性设计，但它的见解可以转移到那些寻求设计理论与实践联系起来的课程，并为毕业生为可持续发展导向的职业做好准备的机构。

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Nurturing green behaviour: Exploring managerial competencies for effective green human resource management in hotels 培育绿色行为：探索酒店有效的绿色人力资源管理的管理能力

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100102

Said Shabban Abdo , David Edgar

Global environmental concerns are intensifying, placing organizations under pressure to integrate sustainability into their operations. Businesses, particularly in resource-intensive industries such as hospitality, must adopt environmentally responsible practices to reduce their ecological footprint and align with regulatory, societal, and consumer expectations. Employees play a crucial role in achieving these sustainability goals; however, fostering employee green behavior requires more than policy mandates, it necessitates a strategic approach that develops competencies, enhances motivation, and creates opportunities for sustainable practices. This study examines the factors related to managerial competencies employed by a multinational hotel organization operating in Egypt to facilitate employee green behavior and enhance sustainable performance. Using the Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity (AMO) theory as a conceptual framework, this study adopts a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews conducted with seven highly experienced Egyptian national hotel general managers. Thematic analysis was performed to identify key managerial competencies influencing employees’ green behavior. The findings propose a Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) practices framework as a central mechanism for enhancing employees’ abilities, motivation, and opportunities to support sustainable performance. This framework is underpinned by three core managerial competencies, problem-solving, communication, and trust, developed through formal training, engagement strategies, knowledge-sharing, and trust-building initiatives. The research contributes to the conversations in the field by extending the AMO model to incorporate GHRM practices and highlighting the strategic importance of investing in managerial competencies and human resources to align employee development with corporate sustainability objectives.

全球对环境的关注正在加剧，使组织面临将可持续发展纳入其业务的压力。企业，特别是酒店等资源密集型行业的企业，必须采取对环境负责的做法，以减少其生态足迹，并与监管、社会和消费者的期望保持一致。员工在实现这些可持续发展目标方面发挥着至关重要的作用；然而，培养员工的绿色行为需要的不仅仅是政策规定，它需要一种战略方法来发展能力，增强动机，并为可持续实践创造机会。本研究考察了在埃及经营的一家跨国酒店组织所采用的管理能力的相关因素，以促进员工的绿色行为和提高可持续绩效。本研究以能力、动机和机会（AMO）理论为概念框架，采用定性研究设计，对7位经验丰富的埃及国家酒店总经理进行了半结构化访谈。通过主题分析，找出影响员工绿色行为的关键管理胜任力。研究结果表明，绿色人力资源管理（GHRM）实践框架是提高员工能力、激励和机会以支持可持续绩效的核心机制。该框架以三项核心管理能力为基础，即解决问题能力、沟通能力和信任能力，这些能力是通过正式培训、参与战略、知识共享和建立信任举措发展起来的。该研究通过扩展AMO模型以纳入GHRM实践，并强调投资于管理能力和人力资源以使员工发展与企业可持续发展目标保持一致的战略重要性，为该领域的对话做出了贡献。

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Design for Disassembly: An analytical method for assessing target components for remanufacturing 面向拆卸的设计：再制造目标部件评估的分析方法

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100113

Sofie Bach Hybel, Emilie Folkmann, Lykke Margot Ricard

The transition to a circular economy requires products to be designed for recovery, reuse, and remanufacturing. Fastening systems and product architecture play a decisive role in enabling these strategies, yet practical methods for assessing design-for-disassembly (DfD) remain limited, partically at the component level. This paper presents an analytical method that adapts the disassembly mapping approach to evaluate small-scale mechatronic products, focusing on identifying target components for remanufacturing. The method integrates manual disassembly, CAD-based product architecture analysis, and generic life cycle assessment (LCA) data to assess both economic and environmental value. Three LEGO® mechatronic products were analysed as representative cases: the Yellow Hub, the Large Angled Blue Motor, and the Super Mario Figure. Across these cases, key design barriers were identified, including glued battery casings, hidden snap-fits, and soldered electronic clusters. The findings show that economically valuable components often coincide with those having the highest embodied energy and CO₂-eq, highlighting the alignment between environmental and economic motivations. The study proposes three design guidelines: (a) minimise disassembly steps to target components, (b) cluster and conserve electrical functionality (Click-a-tronics), and (c) standardise fastener systems. Together, these guidelines connect product architecture to circular design strategies and provide actionable insights for manufacturers aiming to integrate remanufacturing into product development and comply with emerging Ecodesign standards.

向循环经济的过渡要求产品的设计要符合回收、再利用和再制造的要求。紧固系统和产品架构在实现这些策略方面起着决定性作用，但评估可拆卸设计（DfD）的实用方法仍然有限，特别是在组件级别。本文提出了一种采用拆卸映射方法对小尺寸机电一体化产品进行评估的分析方法，重点关注再制造目标部件的识别。该方法集成了人工拆卸、基于cad的产品架构分析和通用生命周期评估（LCA）数据，以评估经济和环境价值。以三款乐高®机电一体化产品为代表进行了分析：黄色轮毂、大角度蓝色电机和超级马里奥人偶。在这些案例中，确定了关键的设计障碍，包括胶合电池外壳、隐藏卡扣和焊接电子簇。研究结果表明，具有经济价值的成分往往与具有最高隐含能量和二氧化碳当量的成分一致，突出了环境动机和经济动机之间的一致性。该研究提出了三个设计准则：(a)最大限度地减少目标组件的拆卸步骤，(b)集中和保存电气功能（Click-a-tronics），以及(c)标准化紧固件系统。总之，这些指导方针将产品架构与循环设计策略联系起来，并为旨在将再制造整合到产品开发中并遵守新兴生态设计标准的制造商提供可操作的见解。

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Comprehensive analysis of plastic regulations in Ecuador: Evaluating the path to a circular economy 对厄瓜多尔塑料法规的综合分析：评估循环经济之路

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100108

Valeria Ochoa-Herrera , Mónica Apraez , Daniela Flor , Camila Flores , Melanie Valencia , Alexandra Velasco

The transition towards a circular economy to address plastic pollution is more critical than ever. In low-middle income countries (LMICs), like Ecuador, this challenge is intensified by inadequate waste management infrastructure and recycling facilities. High rates of informal waste disposal, including incineration and dumping in waterbodies or open land, are common, largely due to the absence of comprehensive municipal waste collection systems. Within this context, the aim of this research is to evaluate how Ecuador is moving towards a circular economy to reduce plastic pollution. This involves a comprehensive analysis of relevant policies, focusing on the nature of the discourse, the experiences of frontline stakeholders involved in implementation, and identifying key barriers. The findings highlight that a diverse range of stakeholders, including national and local governments, the private sector, and civil society, have undertaken initiatives to regulate plastic usage and implement related policies. However, despite the existence of regulations and initiatives, a critical gap between national and local regulations coupled with a lack of technical guidelines for implementation raises concern. Challenges to the effectiveness of these instruments and initiatives for plastic management in the country were identified with the regulatory barriers emerging as the most prevalent. At the same time, the existing regulatory documents follow a mainly reformist discourse pointing towards a general optimist approach that would also like to holistically address social issues in alignment with technology development to aid the transition. Reinforcing national policies, fostering robust local directives, establishing clear and trackable objectives within each regulation, and forging cross-sector alliances are among the key proposed strategies to overcome those challenges. A comprehensive roadmap for sustainable plastic management is essential, incorporating gender considerations for inclusivity and actively involving waste pickers. These approaches provide a solid foundation for informing future strategies and policy development in the country.

向循环经济过渡以解决塑料污染比以往任何时候都更加重要。在厄瓜多尔等中低收入国家，废物管理基础设施和回收设施不足加剧了这一挑战。非正式废物处理率很高，包括在水体或露天土地上焚烧和倾倒，这在很大程度上是由于缺乏全面的城市废物收集系统。在此背景下，本研究的目的是评估厄瓜多尔如何走向循环经济以减少塑料污染。这涉及对相关政策的全面分析，重点关注话语的性质、参与实施的一线利益相关者的经验，并确定主要障碍。调查结果强调，包括国家和地方政府、私营部门和民间社会在内的各种利益攸关方已采取行动，规范塑料的使用并实施相关政策。然而，尽管有条例和倡议，但国家和地方条例之间的严重差距加上缺乏执行的技术准则，令人关切。确定了这些文书和该国塑料管理倡议的有效性面临的挑战，其中最普遍的是监管障碍。与此同时，现有的监管文件遵循一种主要是改革派的话语，指向一种普遍的乐观主义方法，这种方法也希望在技术发展的同时全面解决社会问题，以帮助转型。加强国家政策，促进强有力的地方指令，在每项法规内建立明确和可跟踪的目标，以及建立跨部门联盟是克服这些挑战的关键拟议战略。制定一个全面的可持续塑料管理路线图至关重要，其中要考虑到性别因素，以促进包容性，并让废物收集者积极参与。这些方法为该国未来的战略和政策制定提供了坚实的基础。

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Embracing LCA: Understanding and facilitating adoption in manufacturing firms 拥抱LCA：理解并促进制造企业的采用

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100101

Synnøve Hjellvik , Arjan F. Kirkels

Companies increasingly apply Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to assess the environmental impact of products. A broad body of literature exists on applying product-level LCA that identifies drivers and barriers. However, a more systemic and theoretical insight into its adoption in manufacturing companies is largely lacking. We fill this gap by conceptualizing LCA implementation as innovation adoption over different stages. We do so by literature review and a cross-case analysis of nine manufacturing companies.

Drivers and barriers from the literature are mapped, and the cases validate their current relevance. LCA as innovation shows strong compatibility with company internal and external drivers, which suggests a shift compared to findings in the literature. Barriers are mainly complexity, lack of data, and practical constraints. Subsequently, a conceptual model is constructed following Rogers' diffusion model. It shows how companies gradually acquire the knowledge and skills to apply and interpret LCA and subsequently institutionalize and integrate it into the regular company activities, as well as the required support, guidance, and means to make it through subsequent stages. A prescriptive design science approach translates this into guidelines for companies on how to start and increase adoption. Managers and policymakers can draw from this general insight to support the implementation of LCA.

While this research shows diffusion theory's theoretical and practical relevance, insights are limited by the qualitative and explorative approach as well as by the limitations of diffusion theory. Further validation and differentiation can help to understand the influence of external context, internal company characteristics, and integration with broader business management and transition studies.

企业越来越多地应用生命周期评估（LCA）来评估产品对环境的影响。关于应用产品级LCA识别驱动因素和障碍的文献很多。然而，对其在制造企业中的应用的更系统和理论的见解在很大程度上是缺乏的。我们通过将LCA实施概念化为不同阶段的创新采用来填补这一空白。我们通过文献综述和对九家制造公司的跨案例分析来做到这一点。从文献的驱动因素和障碍被映射，和案例验证其当前的相关性。LCA作为创新表现出与公司内部和外部驱动因素的强兼容性，这表明与文献研究结果相比发生了转变。障碍主要是复杂性、缺乏数据和实际限制。随后，根据罗杰斯的扩散模型构建了概念模型。它展示了公司如何逐渐获得应用和解释LCA的知识和技能，并随后将其制度化并整合到公司的常规活动中，以及使其通过后续阶段所需的支持，指导和手段。规定性的设计科学方法将其转化为公司如何开始和增加采用的指导方针。管理者和决策者可以从这一普遍见解中获得支持LCA的实施。虽然本研究显示了扩散理论的理论和实践相关性，但由于定性和探索性方法以及扩散理论的局限性，见解受到限制。进一步的验证和区分可以帮助理解外部环境、内部公司特征的影响，以及与更广泛的业务管理和转型研究的整合。

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The quest for more circular battery value chains: Implementing the EU digital battery passport and remaining challenges 寻求更循环的电池价值链：实施欧盟数字电池护照和仍然存在的挑战

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100118

Riccardo Losa , Stina Torjesen

Digital technologies have been increasingly adopted to facilitate the adoption of circular economy. A prominent example is the Digital Product Passport (DPP), designed to enhance product sustainability by collecting and disclosing comprehensive lifecycle information. International efforts toward the DPP include systems in the US, EU and China which leverage digital technologies to enhance products traceability, circularity, and sustainability across various industries. A DPP for batteries (DBP - Digital Battery Passport) is currently being implemented under the EU Battery Regulation and is entering into force in the European market in February 2027. Past studies have examined DPPs’ data requirements, principles, and challenges, but few have assessed their effectiveness in fostering circularity, and none have evaluated their role in the development of a circular battery sector in Europe. This study explored whether DBP’s potential circularity benefits are valid or compromised by implementation challenges and practical limitations. 35 industry stakeholders were interviewed, and literature and policy documents reviewed. The findings indicated that the DBP supports the emergence of circular battery value chains and facilitates both re-use and recycling. However, while data for recycling is easier to provide, the information needed for re-use is seen by stakeholders as posing availability and intellectual property challenges. This ties in with additional biases in the EU Battery Regulation that potentially favor recycling (i.e., targets for recycled content and recovered materials). Facilitating recycling over re-use is sub-optimal from an environmental perspective, and the article suggested a set of solutions to the DBP’s challenges, including for the recycling bias.

越来越多地采用数字技术，促进循环经济的发展。一个突出的例子是数字产品护照（DPP），旨在通过收集和披露全面的生命周期信息来增强产品的可持续性。国际上对DPP的努力包括美国、欧盟和中国的系统，这些系统利用数字技术来提高各个行业的产品可追溯性、循环性和可持续性。电池的DPP （DBP -数字电池护照）目前正在根据欧盟电池法规实施，并将于2027年2月在欧洲市场生效。过去的研究考察了dpp的数据要求、原则和挑战，但很少评估其在促进循环方面的有效性，也没有评估其在欧洲循环电池行业发展中的作用。本研究探讨了DBP的潜在循环效益是否有效，或者是否受到实施挑战和实际限制的影响。访谈了35个行业利益相关者，并审查了文献和政策文件。研究结果表明，DBP支持循环电池价值链的出现，并促进再利用和回收。然而，虽然回收数据更容易提供，但利益相关者认为，再利用所需的信息构成了可用性和知识产权方面的挑战。这与欧盟电池法规中潜在的有利于回收利用的额外偏见（即回收内容和回收材料的目标）有关。从环境的角度来看，促进回收而不是再利用是次优的，文章提出了一套解决DBP挑战的解决方案，包括回收偏见。

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