Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review

[EN] Value chains have become increasingly complex, complicating the transition to a circular economy and the pursuit of sustainable development. This transition requires assessing economic, environmental, social, and governance dimensions. We conduct a systematic literature review to evaluate wheth...

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Autores: Esteban-Amaro, Rosa Inés|||0000-0001-7895-403X, Estelles-Miguel, Sofia|||0000-0001-6119-373X, Lengua, Ismael|||0000-0002-4320-8325, Yannou, Bernard, Bouillass, Ghada
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Circular economy
Methodology
Sustainability
Systematic literature review
Value chain
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spelling Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature reviewEsteban-Amaro, Rosa Inés|||0000-0001-7895-403XEstelles-Miguel, Sofia|||0000-0001-6119-373XLengua, Ismael|||0000-0002-4320-8325Yannou, BernardBouillass, GhadaCircular economyMethodologySustainabilitySystematic literature reviewValue chain[EN] Value chains have become increasingly complex, complicating the transition to a circular economy and the pursuit of sustainable development. This transition requires assessing economic, environmental, social, and governance dimensions. We conduct a systematic literature review to evaluate whether existing methodologies can effectively assess the circularity and sustainability of value chains according to these four critical dimensions. Our work identifies three critical aspects to improve value chain evaluation: (i) circular economy requires assessment of the entire value chains, (ii) lack of stakeholder integration hinders sustainable development, and (iii) the need for multilevel and multidimensional performance assessment results in complex and incomplete methodologies. These findings imply that restructuring value creation models and value chain networks is essential to facilitate the application of simplified methodologies, thereby promoting the widespread adoption of circularity and sustainability. Addressing these gaps would the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and benefit society in the long run.John Wiley & SonsDepartamento de Organización de EmpresasFacultad de Administración y Dirección de EmpresasInstituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del ConocimientoDepartamento de Ingeniería GráficaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Diseño IndustrialCentro de Investigación en Tecnologías GráficasEscuela Politécnica Superior de GandiaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería InformáticaGrupo de Cluster InnovaciónUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20252025-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/220789reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada (by-nc-nd) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/2207892026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
title Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
spellingShingle Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
Esteban-Amaro, Rosa Inés|||0000-0001-7895-403X
Circular economy
Methodology
Sustainability
Systematic literature review
Value chain
title_short Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
title_full Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
title_fullStr Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
title_full_unstemmed Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
title_sort Assessing circularity and sustainability of a value chain: A systematic literature review
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Esteban-Amaro, Rosa Inés|||0000-0001-7895-403X
Estelles-Miguel, Sofia|||0000-0001-6119-373X
Lengua, Ismael|||0000-0002-4320-8325
Yannou, Bernard
Bouillass, Ghada
author Esteban-Amaro, Rosa Inés|||0000-0001-7895-403X
author_facet Esteban-Amaro, Rosa Inés|||0000-0001-7895-403X
Estelles-Miguel, Sofia|||0000-0001-6119-373X
Lengua, Ismael|||0000-0002-4320-8325
Yannou, Bernard
Bouillass, Ghada
author_role author
author2 Estelles-Miguel, Sofia|||0000-0001-6119-373X
Lengua, Ismael|||0000-0002-4320-8325
Yannou, Bernard
Bouillass, Ghada
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Organización de Empresas
Facultad de Administración y Dirección de Empresas
Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento
Departamento de Ingeniería Gráfica
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Diseño Industrial
Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías Gráficas
Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática
Grupo de Cluster Innovación
Universitat Politècnica de València
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Circular economy
Methodology
Sustainability
Systematic literature review
Value chain
topic Circular economy
Methodology
Sustainability
Systematic literature review
Value chain
description [EN] Value chains have become increasingly complex, complicating the transition to a circular economy and the pursuit of sustainable development. This transition requires assessing economic, environmental, social, and governance dimensions. We conduct a systematic literature review to evaluate whether existing methodologies can effectively assess the circularity and sustainability of value chains according to these four critical dimensions. Our work identifies three critical aspects to improve value chain evaluation: (i) circular economy requires assessment of the entire value chains, (ii) lack of stakeholder integration hinders sustainable development, and (iii) the need for multilevel and multidimensional performance assessment results in complex and incomplete methodologies. These findings imply that restructuring value creation models and value chain networks is essential to facilitate the application of simplified methodologies, thereby promoting the widespread adoption of circularity and sustainability. Addressing these gaps would the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and benefit society in the long run.
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