Circular economy in the agri-food sector: Insights into Portuguese companies’ practices

Scandurra, Federica; Salomone, Roberta; Caeiro, Sandra; Moura, Ana Pinto de

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Circular economy in the agri-food sector: Insights into Portuguese companies’ practices

2024Journal article

datacite.subject.fos	Ciências Agrárias
datacite.subject.fos	Engenharia e Tecnologia
datacite.subject.sdg	12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
dc.contributor.author	Scandurra, Federica
dc.contributor.author	Salomone, Roberta
dc.contributor.author	Caeiro, Sandra
dc.contributor.author	Moura, Ana Pinto de
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-10T16:58:07Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-10T16:58:07Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description.abstract	Relevant cultural and financial factors hamper circularity in Portuguese agri-food sector companies. To capture so, an empirical analysis of circular practices in agri-food companies was carried out. Being the agri-food sector central to the Portuguese economy and the numerous circular economy initiatives in the Country, the study aims to comprehend how circularity is achieved from an environmental, social, and financial perspective in Portuguese companies of the sector. Therefore, a survey of a selected sample of companies identified 9 examples of organisations involved in circularity to interview. Results evidence: (I) strong cultural and financial barriers in implementation and evaluation; (ii) generation of social value through community-centred initiatives and collaborations with local companies; (iii) urgency to valorise and communicate financial impact to conquer new funding opportunities. The analysis contributed with new knowledge on the social value-creating capacity of circularity and the impact on companies’ financial performance in the agri-food sector, providing interesting future insights into academia and policymaking.	eng
dc.identifier.citation	Scandurra, F., Salomone, R., Caeiro, S., & de Moura, A. P. (2024). Circular economy in the agri-food sector: Insights into Portuguese companies’ practices. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1-26. doi:10.1007/s43615-024-00425-y
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s43615-024-00425-y
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/19503
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.peerreviewed	yes
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
dc.relation	Part of this project had the support of FCT, Portugal through the strategic projects UID/ AMB/04085/2019 awarded to CENSE. The authors want to acknowledge and thank all the survey and interview respondents who participated in this research for their time and valuable contributions. An additional thank to Portugal Foods for their support in recruiting the participants. Author A.P. Moura acknowledges financial support from the national funds from the FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology through programmes UIDB/05748/2020 (https:// doi. org/ 10. 54499/ UIDB/ 05748/ 2020)
dc.rights.uri	N/A
dc.subject	Circular economy
dc.subject	Agri-food sector
dc.subject	Circularity assessment
dc.subject	Interviews
dc.subject	Financial performance
dc.subject	Social value creation
dc.title	Circular economy in the agri-food sector: Insights into Portuguese companies’ practices	eng
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