CICLOG publishes a paper in the journal "Sustainable Production and Consumption"
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are an interconnected strategy for the promotion of sustainable practices and solutions that addresses the main issues faced by our society. Concomitantly, two emerging topics are currently gaining interest due to their potential to implement systematic shifts and contribute to achieving the SDG – Circular Economy (CE) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0). In this sense, CICLOG PhD Candidate Thales E.T. Dantas, advised by Dr. Sebastião R. Soares, PhD and in partnership with colleagues from Production Engineering published a paper in the journal “Sustainable Production and Consumption”.
The research performed a systematic literature review to identify how the CE-I4.0 nexus, the combination of CE practices and I4.0 technologies, could contribute to achieving the SDG. A total of 50 peer-reviewed articles that addressed the simultaneous or individual link between CE and I4.0 to sustainability form the review portfolio.
Findings show that the CE-I4.0 nexus directly benefits SDG 7, SDG 8, SDG 9, SDG 11, SDG 12, and SDG 13. The authors argue that the CE-I4.0 nexus is pivotal in the endeavors to reach the SDG, as it connects innovative technologies with novel circular production and business models, which ultimately brings the opportunity to tackle the SDG targets intensified in this study.
According to the authors, further research could quantitatively address the impacts of the CE-I4.0 nexus, investigate secondary effects on the SDG, or develop further case studies under the CE-I4.0 umbrella.
This is the third paper published by CICLOG in the year 2020.
Congratulations Thales for this work more!
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By Roni Severis
Florianópolis, Oct. 9th, 2020.
