circulating matter and energy will diminish the need for new input. Its concept lies in maintaining the value of products … sustainability, economic growth, environmental resilience, and a better quality of life for all. The most efficient way to close …-products, human resources, logistics, services, waste, energy, or water. To that end, this Special Issue seeks to contribute to the …

been put forward on how to reach sustainability at a macro-economic level. These concepts are based on different points of … environmental theories. An overriding priority of companies attempting to promote sustainability at enterprise and sector level is … will bring on a path to sustainability. That is true for economic targets (high profit, high competitiveness, low …

This paper investigates the economic impacts of the mining sector on household expenditures. Employing the difference …-in-differences model and the Mongolia Household Socio-Economic Survey data from 2008 to 2016, I find that the mining activities benefited … local residents. Specifically, mining activities increase household expenditures on food, health, and electricity …

This research aims to detect the factors that best explain the performance of regional innovation in the European Union … innovation in the EU during the year 2016. This comparison allowed us to identify the variations that have occurred during these … regional innovation in the EU in 2019. The data collected was treated in the econometric software Eviews10. Estimations used a …

countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy … development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density … environmental and innovation policies. The big size of the needed investments in a context of limited financial resources asks for a …

the mining industry across the world. Many changes in the formal legal and regulatory systems have also been introduced … monitoring of success, the ongoing tension between companies, communities, and governments regarding the role of mining in … to assess and track mining's contribution to human and ecosystem wellbeing over the full project and product lifecycles …

Energy-based economic development (EBED) can provide economic, social and environmental benefits related to national …

' attitudes, forest resource utilization, evaluation of forestry mechanization and forest roads, characteristics of damage from …

modernisation approach to sustainability. In surveying the community energy scene in the UK, our paper pays particular attention to … community-led initiatives for sustainable energy consumption and production. Such initiatives include green lifestyle …-based activities to reduce energy consumption (e.g. Transition Towns, and Carbon Reduction Action Groups), more traditional behaviour …