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Stakeholder analysis for carbon-storing magnesium carbonates value chain development 储碳碳酸镁价值链发展的利益相关者分析

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100107

Sudeep Parajuli , Jukka Majava , Paivo Kinnunen , Harri Haapasalo , Ron Zevenhoven

Carbon-storing magnesium carbonate produced from large-scale CO₂ mineralization captures and stores CO₂, presenting a promising solution to mitigate climate change issues. There is a gap between technology development and the development of the industrial ecosystem due to the lack of research on stakeholder analysis. This study aims to bridge the gap by describing the value chain of the carbon-storing magnesium carbonate development project and identifying and analysing key stakeholders, their roles, and requirements using a qualitative research approach and adopting qualitative content analysis method. This study conducts stakeholder analysis through semi-structured interviews with industry stakeholders and research organisations based in Finland. The stakeholders are classified based on their roles, influence along the value chain, and importance. The findings show that research organisations and industry actors are the primary stakeholders in the value chain, while customers, investors, and technology providers are the secondary stakeholders. The findings show that the government is classified as a tertiary stakeholder, and other stakeholders, including media, NGOs, and the public, fall under the extended stakeholders’ group. This study also provides the typologies of stakeholder requirements. The findings highlight the importance of stakeholder analysis in developing a sustainable value chain for carbon-storing magnesium carbonate production. The study offers practical insights for policymakers, industry leaders, research organisations, and other stakeholders looking to align technology development with market needs, facilitating the transition to greener solutions.

大规模二氧化碳矿化生产的储碳碳酸镁可捕获并储存二氧化碳，为缓解气候变化问题提供了一个有希望的解决方案。由于缺乏对利益相关者分析的研究，技术发展与产业生态系统的发展存在差距。本研究旨在通过描述储碳碳酸镁开发项目的价值链，并采用定性研究方法和定性内容分析方法，识别和分析关键利益相关者及其角色和需求，从而弥合这一差距。本研究通过与芬兰的行业利益相关者和研究机构的半结构化访谈进行利益相关者分析。利益相关者根据他们的角色、在价值链上的影响力和重要性进行分类。研究结果表明，研究机构和行业参与者是价值链中的主要利益相关者，而客户、投资者和技术提供商是次要利益相关者。研究结果表明，政府被归类为三级利益相关者，其他利益相关者，包括媒体、非政府组织和公众，属于扩展利益相关者群体。本研究还提供了涉众需求的类型。研究结果强调了利益相关者分析在开发储碳碳酸镁生产可持续价值链中的重要性。这项研究为政策制定者、行业领导者、研究机构和其他利益相关者提供了实用的见解，他们希望将技术发展与市场需求结合起来，促进向更环保的解决方案的过渡。

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Bridging the circularity measurement gap: An integrated framework for modeling aligned with sustainable development goals 缩小循环度测量差距：符合可持续发展目标的综合建模框架

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100109

Emad Alzubi , Saad Aldarazi , Hanaa Abdul Fattah , Rumeysa Beytekin , Muhammad Fakhruriza Pradana

The transition to circular economy (CE) is essential for addressing global challenges like resource scarcity and climate change. However, measuring circularity is complex due to the need to integrate environmental, economic, and social dimensions. This paper proposes a novel interdisciplinary framework that combines bibliometric analysis and system dynamics (SD) modeling to overcome this challenge. First, a bibliometric analysis of over 350 engineering studies identifies system dynamics as an emerging trend for CE assessment. Building on this, a system dynamics model is developed and applied to electronic waste supply chains, one of the world's fastest-growing waste streams. The model dynamically evaluates four key circularity indicators: carbon footprint, cost reduction index, job creation rate, and virgin material use. The results demonstrate the framework's ability to quantify significant benefits: a potential reduction of 160 million tons of CO₂e emissions, a threefold decrease in long-term costs compared to linear systems, and positive net job creation ratio of about 0.01 per ton collected. Furthermore, the framework is explicitly designed to track progress toward key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 12 (responsible consumption), SDG 8 (decent work), and SDG 13 (climate action). This research provides policymakers and businesses with a robust decision-support tool to simulate long-term impacts, prioritize high-value interventions, and balance trade-offs across sustainability dimensions, offering a actionable pathway toward resource-efficient economies.

向循环经济转型对于解决资源短缺和气候变化等全球性挑战至关重要。然而，由于需要整合环境、经济和社会维度，测量圆度是复杂的。本文提出了一种结合文献计量学分析和系统动力学（SD）建模的跨学科框架来克服这一挑战。首先，对350多个工程研究的文献计量分析表明，系统动力学是CE评估的一个新兴趋势。在此基础上，开发了系统动力学模型，并将其应用于电子废物供应链，这是世界上增长最快的废物流之一。该模型动态评估了四个关键的循环指标：碳足迹、成本降低指数、创造就业机会率和原始材料使用。结果表明，该框架能够量化显著效益：与线性系统相比，可能减少1.6亿吨二氧化碳当量排放，长期成本降低三倍，每收集1吨可创造约0.01个正净就业机会。此外，该框架明确旨在跟踪关键可持续发展目标（SDG）的进展情况，包括可持续发展目标12（负责任消费）、可持续发展目标8（体面工作）和可持续发展目标13（气候行动）。本研究为决策者和企业提供了一个强大的决策支持工具，以模拟长期影响，优先考虑高价值干预措施，并平衡可持续性各维度的权衡，为实现资源节约型经济提供了一条可行的途径。

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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 : 2025-10-10 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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Carbon balance in coffee farming: A life cycle case study of conservationist versus conventional systems 咖啡种植中的碳平衡：生态系统与传统系统的生命周期案例研究

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100106

Gabrielli Martinelli , Everton Vogel , Régio Márcio Toesca Gimenes , Carla Eloize Carducci , Daiane Pereira de Souza , Clandio Favarini Ruviaro

Global warming, primarily driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, represents one of the major environmental challenges of our time. Agriculture plays a dual role in this context, as both a significant emitter and a potential carbon sink. Coffee cultivation, spread across more than 70 countries, increasingly demands the integration of productivity and sustainability. While conservation-oriented agricultural practices offer promising mitigation strategies, their application in coffee systems, particularly in key producing countries, remains underexplored. This study aimed to assess and compare greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration between a Conservationist Production System and a Conventional Production System in coffee farming in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. To this end, Life Cycle Assessment was applied, focusing on the Global Warming Potential category. The Conservationist System emitted 1.21 kg CO₂-eq per functional unit, significantly lower than the 3.21 kg CO₂-eq observed in the Conventional System. Both systems demonstrated negative net carbon balances, confirming their roles as carbon sinks: −560.78 kg CO₂-eq for the Conservationist System and −430.86 kg CO₂-eq for the Conventional System. Superior performance of the Conservationist System is attributed to practices such as intercropping with Urochloa decumbens and the incorporation of organic residues. These results emphasize the relevance of integrating such practices into sustainable coffee production and highlight their potential contribution to carbon credit mechanisms and environmental certification initiatives.

全球变暖主要是由人为温室气体排放造成的，是我们这个时代面临的主要环境挑战之一。在这种情况下，农业扮演着双重角色，既是一个重要的排放体，也是一个潜在的碳汇。咖啡种植遍布70多个国家，越来越需要将生产力和可持续性结合起来。虽然以保护为导向的农业做法提供了有希望的缓解战略，但它们在咖啡系统中的应用，特别是在主要生产国的应用，仍未得到充分探索。本研究旨在评估和比较巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州咖啡种植中环保生产系统和传统生产系统之间的温室气体排放和碳固存。为此，应用了生命周期评估，重点关注全球变暖潜势类别。环保系统每个功能单元排放1.21 kg co2当量，显著低于传统系统的3.21 kg co2当量。两种系统均表现出负净碳平衡，证实了它们作为碳汇的作用：环保系统为- 560.78 kg co2当量，传统系统为- 430.86 kg co2当量。生态保护系统的优异表现归功于采用卧氯草间作和有机残留物掺入等做法。这些结果强调了将这些做法纳入可持续咖啡生产的相关性，并强调了它们对碳信用机制和环境认证倡议的潜在贡献。

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Psychological drivers of Sustainability: Examining happiness and progress toward the SDGs 可持续发展的心理驱动力：研究幸福和实现可持续发展目标的进展

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100103

Yimei Man

Sustainability is a global imperative, yet the role of human psychology in shaping progress toward sustainable development remains underexplored. This study investigates the relationship between psychological factors – specifically life satisfaction and happiness – and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Utilising data from the World Happiness Index (WHI) and the 17 SDGs across 131 countries from 2011 to 2021, this research explores how subjective well-being influences national progress toward sustainable development. Using Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares to address serial correlation and endogeneity, the analysis reveals that higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness are positively associated with progress on socioeconomic sustainable goals, but are insignificantly or negatively correlated with environmental sustainable goals. These findings highlight the dual role of human psychology in advancing sustainable development: while fostering societal well-being drives progress on certain goals, it can pose challenges for environmental objectives. Policymakers should incorporate psychological dimensions into sustainability frameworks to better align human motivations with the achievement of sustainable goals, fostering an approach that balances well-being with environmental stewardship.

可持续发展是全球的当务之急，但人类心理在推动可持续发展进程中的作用仍未得到充分探索。本研究调查了心理因素-特别是生活满意度和幸福感-与可持续发展目标（sdg）的实现之间的关系。本研究利用2011年至2021年131个国家的世界幸福指数（WHI）和17个可持续发展目标的数据，探讨了主观幸福感如何影响国家在可持续发展方面的进步。利用全修正普通最小二乘分析序列相关性和内质性，分析表明，较高水平的生活满意度和幸福感与社会经济可持续目标的进展呈正相关，但与环境可持续目标的进展呈不显著或负相关。这些发现强调了人类心理在促进可持续发展方面的双重作用：在促进社会福祉推动某些目标取得进展的同时，它也可能对环境目标构成挑战。决策者应将心理层面纳入可持续发展框架，以更好地将人类动机与实现可持续发展目标结合起来，培养一种平衡福祉与环境管理的方法。

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Does forest management certification halt forest loss at country level? A global analysis 森林管理核证能在国家一级制止森林损失吗？全球分析

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100104

Saskia Dröge , Charline Depoorter , Axel Marx , Bart Muys

Forests play a vital role in regulating the global climate, supporting biodiversity, and sustaining the livelihoods of approximately 1.6 billion people. However, unsustainable forest management continues to drive widespread forest loss. Certification schemes such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) evolved to promote sustainable forestry practices, yet evidence of their effectiveness in reducing deforestation and forest degradation remained inconclusive. This study employed generalised additive models to assess whether increased FSC and PEFC certification coverage was associated with reduced permanent and temporary forest loss, using annual data from 2005 to 2019 across more than 113 countries while controlling for other drivers of forest change. No significant association between certification coverage and forest loss reduction was found at the country level. These findings were limited by the lack of publicly available data on certified forests at high spatial resolution and the use of aggregated country-level certification coverage, which might obscure regional (sub-country) effects. Improved transparency and finer-scale data are needed for more definitive assessments of certification's impact. Furthermore, for achieving global goals such as halting deforestation by 2030, additional strategies beyond voluntary certification are needed.

森林在调节全球气候、支持生物多样性和维持约16亿人的生计方面发挥着至关重要的作用。然而，不可持续的森林管理继续造成广泛的森林损失。诸如森林管理委员会（FSC）和认可森林核证方案（PEFC）等核证办法的发展是为了促进可持续的林业做法，但它们在减少毁林和森林退化方面的有效性的证据仍然没有定论。本研究使用了超过113个国家2005年至2019年的年度数据，同时控制了森林变化的其他驱动因素，采用广义加性模型来评估FSC和PEFC认证覆盖率的增加是否与永久性和临时性森林损失的减少有关。在国家一级没有发现核证覆盖率与减少森林损失之间的重大联系。由于缺乏关于高空间分辨率核证森林的公开数据，以及使用国家一级核证覆盖率的总和，这些调查结果受到限制，这可能会模糊区域（分国家）的影响。为了更明确地评估认证的影响，需要提高透明度和更精细的数据。此外，为了实现到2030年停止森林砍伐等全球目标，需要在自愿认证之外采取其他战略。

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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 : 2025-06-26 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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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 : 2025-06-18 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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Enabling the sustainability transition in buyer–seller interactions: Strategic insights from sellers and buyers 在买卖双方互动中实现可持续转型：来自买卖双方的战略见解

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100100

Pia Hautamäki , Karina Burgdorff Jensen , Andrea Urbinati

Legislation is now compelling European firms to conduct their businesses in an environmentally sustainable manner. Also, customers are increasingly demanding sustainability aspects in business proposals, products and solutions. Thus, numerous firms are seeking effective sales-related strategies to enable a shift toward sustainable business practices and support their customers' sustainability transition. There is a paucity of studies within the context of buyer–seller interactions and lack of empirical understanding concerning sustainability transition and professional selling. Our study takes stock of this research gap by investigating how sales executives and their buyers in three countries enable the sustainability transition in buyer‒seller interactions. Leveraging the theoretical lens of relationship selling and drawing on qualitative research based on one-to-one interviews and focus-group interviews conducted in Finland, Denmark, and Italy, our study developed a model of sales strategies enabling sustainability transition in buyer‒seller interactions, both from the sellers' and buyers’ perspectives. These strategies can be categorized as context-driven, customer-driven, sales-driven, or joint-driven, depending on whether they are shaped by customers or sellers, or by collaborative efforts. Our study demonstrates that sales strategies influencing the sustainability transition in buyer–seller interactions vary based on the maturity level of sustainability within the firm, while firm size also matters. Our study contributes to the literature on sustainability transition in buyer‒seller interactions from a sales strategy perspective by delineating how sales firms can incorporate sustainability principles for their customers. This study also offers managerial suggestions for firms on how to implement sales strategies during sustainability transitions.

立法现在迫使欧洲公司以环境可持续的方式开展业务。此外，客户对商业提案、产品和解决方案的可持续性要求也越来越高。因此，许多公司正在寻求有效的销售相关策略，以实现向可持续商业实践的转变，并支持其客户的可持续转型。在买卖双方相互作用的背景下缺乏研究，缺乏对可持续性过渡和专业销售的经验理解。我们的研究通过调查三个国家的销售主管和他们的买家如何在买卖双方的互动中实现可持续性转变，来评估这一研究差距。利用关系销售的理论视角，并借鉴在芬兰、丹麦和意大利进行的一对一访谈和焦点小组访谈为基础的定性研究，我们的研究开发了一个销售策略模型，从卖家和买家的角度来看，在买卖双方的互动中实现可持续转变。这些策略可以被分类为上下文驱动、客户驱动、销售驱动或联合驱动，这取决于它们是由客户还是卖家塑造的，还是由合作努力塑造的。我们的研究表明，在企业内部的可持续性成熟度水平不同的情况下，销售策略对买卖双方互动中可持续性转变的影响也不同，而企业规模也有影响。我们的研究从销售策略的角度描述了销售公司如何将可持续性原则纳入其客户，从而为有关买卖双方互动中可持续性转变的文献做出了贡献。本研究也为企业在可持续转型过程中如何实施销售策略提供管理建议。

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Digging Deep – Governing subsurface uses for the German energy transition 深挖——治理德国能源转型的地下用途

Cleaner Production Letters

Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100099

Juliane Biehl , Johann Köppel , Julia Neugebauer , Gesa Geißler

The geological subsurface holds diverse use potentials, including raw material extraction, renewable energy storage, carbon sequestration, and waste storage. While global resource governance is often emphasised, comprehensive synoptic overviews of specific subsurface uses and their environmental and social impacts are lacking. Given the climate crisis, sustainability goals, and recent geopolitical shifts, the European Union has intensified efforts to secure domestic raw materials to reduce dependency and support the energy transition. Within this context, Germany, the EU's most populous and economically influential member, provided a critical case study for examining subsurface governance challenges. This study aimed to (i) synthesise impacts and pressures from multiple subsurface uses and (ii) identify respective governance, planning, impact assessment (IA), and permitting gaps. A configurative literature review was conducted, reviewing academic literature, grey literature, policy reports, and IA documents for various subsurface activities, including mineral extraction, geothermal energy, carbon dioxide sequestration and hydrogen storage in Germany. Findings revealed cumulative environmental and social pressures, with significant impacts on land and water resources, and gaps in IA practices, such as limited consideration of population impacts, land degradation, and subsurface biodiversity. Increased spatial competition for subsurface space, including space for energy storage and waste management, heightened regulatory pressures. The study concluded that IA practices are often assumption-based, lacking long-term empirical data and that certain subsurface activities are inadequately assessed. Critical governance gaps are identified, suggesting entry points for enhancing environmental planning, impact assessments, and governance strategies in Germany's subsurface resource management.

地质地下具有多种用途潜力，包括原材料提取、可再生能源储存、碳封存和废物储存。虽然经常强调全球资源治理，但缺乏对具体地下利用及其环境和社会影响的全面概要概述。考虑到气候危机、可持续发展目标和最近的地缘政治变化，欧盟加大了确保国内原材料的努力，以减少对能源的依赖并支持能源转型。在此背景下，欧盟人口最多、经济影响力最大的成员国德国为研究地下治理挑战提供了一个重要的案例研究。本研究旨在(i)综合多种地下用途的影响和压力，（ii）确定各自的治理、规划、影响评估（IA）和许可差距。对德国的矿物开采、地热能、二氧化碳封存和储氢等地下活动的学术文献、灰色文献、政策报告和IA文件进行了配置性文献综述。研究结果揭示了累积的环境和社会压力，对土地和水资源产生了重大影响，以及IA实践中的差距，例如对人口影响、土地退化和地下生物多样性的考虑不足。地下空间（包括能源储存和废物管理空间）的空间竞争加剧，监管压力加大。该研究的结论是，人工智能的实践通常是基于假设的，缺乏长期的经验数据，并且某些地下活动没有得到充分的评估。指出了关键的治理差距，为加强德国地下资源管理的环境规划、影响评估和治理策略提出了切入点。

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