Open AccessThe Circular Economy: An Exploratory Case Study from the Paper and Retail Industries
Author(s) -
Peter Jones,
Daphne Comfort
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
athens journal of business and economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2241-794X
DOI - 10.30958/ajbe.7-4-5
Subject(s) - circular economy , enthusiasm , work (physics) , service economy , business , economy , retail industry , product (mathematics) , consumption (sociology) , marketing , economics , industrial organization , engineering , mechanical engineering , psychology , social psychology , ecology , geometry , mathematics , biology , social science , sociology
Recent decades have witnessed increasing interest in the concept of the circular economy within both the business world and political circles. The circular economy spans the entire life cycle of products from product design through production, marketing, and consumption, to waste management, recycling, and re-use, and enthusiasm for putting the concept into practice has been identified across different sectors of the economy. This exploratory case study reviews how some of the leading companies in the paper and retail industries, have publicly addressed the circular economy. The case study outlines the nature of the circular economy, provides a cameo literature review of published work on the circular economy, describes the approach adopted for the case study, reports the findings of the review of how the leading companies in the paper and retail industries have addressed the circular economy, and discusses some wider issues. Keywords: circular economy, case study, paper industry, retail industry, greenwash, economic growth