Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a systematic literature review on innovation and sustainability. To accomplish this aim, a systematic analysis of the literature in the Scopus database was carried out for articles with the terms “innovation” and...

Purpose: The demand for resources for development also increased corporate pressures for sustainability. Consequently, it is necessary for organizations to adopt measures addressing the need to implement a new business model, which allows a management team concerned about the economy and the...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate overlaps, complementarities and divergences between the literature on circular economy (CE) models and related literature in non-linear production models and frameworks, including CE, reverse logistics, closed-loop, industrial symbiosis and industrial...

Purpose: There is no literature that sought the revision and integration of ecological modernization of theory (EMT) and circular economy (CE). This article aims to answer the questions: How have companies developed circular economy practices within their operations? Why have companies invested...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze circular business models of Brazilian companies. Design/methodology/approach: The authors analyzed 105 business models of adopting companies from the perspective of the circularity of resources. These were classified as analytical sector...

Purpose: This study aims to analyse how Natura's practices of circular economy and sustainability overlap. Design/methodology/approach: This study is descriptive and qualitative, based on a thematic content analysis, and it describes and compares the performance of Natura in several dimensions,...