Sustainable Production and Consumption

Papers
(The TQCC of Sustainable Production and Consumption is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Can consumers understand that there is more to palm oil than deforestation?310
Financial costs and benefits of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification among independent smallholders: A probabilistic view of the Monte Carlo approach246
Linking methodologies to assess climate impacts and circular economy strategies along supply chains243
Decentralized production concepts for bio-based polymers - implications for supply chains, costs, and the carbon footprint205
Redesigning traditional linear supply chains into circular supply chains–A study into its challenges186
Beyond the life cycle: assessing business models for the circular economy through life-cycle-based methodologies178
Calculating the true costs of protein sources by integrating environmental costs and market prices175
Product destruction: Exploring unsustainable production-consumption systems and appropriate policy responses173
Comparative analysis of micro level indicators for evaluating the progress towards a circular economy169
How do circular start-ups achieve scale?169
Quantifying the water-energy-food nexus in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao regions168
Assessing methods for the production of renewable benzene160
Circular economy disclosure in corporate sustainability reports: The case of European companies in sustainability rankings159
Consumer behavior in circular business models: Unveiling conservation and rebound effects149
Environmental and economic sustainability of additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review146
Towards an integrated system modeling of water scarcity with projected changes in climate and socioeconomic conditions140
Comparative life cycle assessment of circular and linear product versions for a motorboat and smartphone134
Does Mexico have the agricultural land resources to feed its population with a healthy and sustainable diet?133
Are air travelers willing to pay for mandatory carbon emission policies? Evidence from China128
Enabling environmental sustainability and circularity assessment in technology development: The Value-Impact Scanner124
Walk and chew gum: A demand and supply illustration of macro and micro net-zero initiatives for the automobile industry121
Review of the current knowledge and identified gaps in assessing the social and environmental impacts of mining processes in the Lithium Triangle117
Consumer concerns over food insecurity drive reduction in the carbon footprint of food consumption117
Water and sludge resource planning for sustainable agriculture: An energy-water-food-waste nexus approach116
Optimum operational lifespan of household appliances considering manufacturing and use stage improvements via life cycle assessment116
Insect production as a novel alternative to livestock farming: Exploring interest and willingness to adopt among German farmers114
Assessing the environmental impacts of rice in an anthropized Mediterranean wetland: Towards carbon farming113
An integrated design method for used product remanufacturing scheme considering carbon emission111
Unpacking the complexity of the UK plastic packaging value chain: A stakeholder perspective108
Evaluating the environmental and economic sustainability of energy from anaerobic digestion of different feedstocks in Turkey107
Exploring stakeholder collaboration based on the sustainability factors affecting the sharing economy105
One Framework to Rule Them All: An Integrated, Multi-level and Scalable Performance Measurement Framework of Sustainability, Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis103
Farmers' preferences for sustainable farmland construction — Insights from a discrete choice experiment in China101
Environment management policy implementation for sustainable industrial production under power asymmetry in the graph model100
Food waste and the effects of waste reduction in China's catering industry100
The synergistic role of carbon dioxide removal and emission reductions in achieving the Paris Agreement goal100
Unlocking synergies between waste management and climate change mitigation to accelerate decarbonization through circular-economy digitalization in Indonesia97
A novel grey forecasting of greenhouse gas emissions from four industries of China and India96
Economic analysis of whole-county PV projects in China considering environmental benefits95
Technology transition strategies for textile-dyeing sludge management in China from the environmental and economic perspectives95
Perspectives on food waste management: Prevention and social innovations94
Social sustainability indicators: A comprehensive review with application in the energy sector91
Acknowledgement of reviewers 202191
Combining life cycle assessment and dynamic qualitative comparative analysis to analyze the environmental impacts of urban development across different provinces in China88
Current status of agrivoltaic systems and their benefits to energy, food, environment, economy, and society87
A risk-based multi-criteria decision-making framework for offshore green hydrogen system developments: Pathways for utilizing existing and new infrastructure87
Reforming plastic packaging regulation: Outcomes from stakeholder interviews and regulatory analysis87
Prosumerism for sustainability87
Reducing the environmental impacts of the production of melamine etherified resin fibre86
A systematic literature review on circularity assessment indicators and frameworks in the built environment86
Ecodesign coupled with Life Cycle Assessment to reduce the environmental impacts of an industrial enzymatic cleaner85
Circular economy strategies as enablers for solar PV adoption in organizational market segments85
Sustainable process synthesis, design, and analysis: Challenges and opportunities85
Temporal dynamic assessment of household energy consumption and carbon emissions in China: From the perspective of occupants82
A feasibility analysis on adopting electric vehicles in the short food supply chain based on GHG emissions and economic costs estimations81
Energy transition pathways for the Nigerian Road Transport: Implication for energy carrier, Powertrain technology, and CO2 emission80
Optimization of food-fuel-fibre in biorefinery based on environmental and economic assessment: The case of sugarcane utilization in Thailand80
Social sustainability of communities: A systematic literature review80
Socio-techno-economic assessment to design an appropriate renewable energy system for remote agricultural communities in developing countries80
Coupling the digital twin technology and life cycle assessment: Carbon dioxide emissions from polysilicon production78
Quantifying circular economy pathways of decommissioned onshore wind turbines: The case of Denmark and Germany78
Enablers for circular ecosystem transformation: A multi-case study of Brazilian circular ecosystems77
Conceptualizing circular economy policy instruments: The case of recycled content standards76
How to reduce overpackaging of food in China: Analysis based on evolutionary game76
Integrating nutrition into environmental impact assessments reveals limited sustainable food options within planetary boundaries76
Digitalizing shopping routines: Re-organizing household practices to enable sustainable food provisioning76
Towards suitable practices for the integration of social life cycle assessment into the ecodesign framework of hydrogen-related products76
The impact of the circular economy on sustainable development: A European panel data approach75
Climate change impact of food distribution: The case of reverse logistics for bread in Sweden75
The EU Bioeconomy Footprint: Using life cycle assessment to monitor environmental impacts of the EU Bioeconomy75
Biogas and biohydrogen for net zero cooking and transportation in Bhutan73
Optimal design of the ecological compensation mechanism in transboundary river basins under the Belt and Road Initiative73
Multi-stakeholder perspectives on sustainability transitions in the cosmetic industry71
A composite indicator for evaluating safety and sustainability by design and circularity in emerging technologies71
Do environmental and cleaner production practices lead to circular and sustainability performance? Evidence from Colombian manufacturing firms70
Balancing photovoltaic development and cropland protection: Assessing agrivoltaic potential in China70
Techno-economic assessment of co-pyrolyzed kitchen waste and rice straw for co-generation of heat and power70
Integrating ex-ante and prospective life-cycle assessment for advancing the environmental impact analysis of emerging bio-based technologies70
Evaluating circular economy strategies for raw material recovery from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries: A system dynamics model70
Proposed diets for sustainable agriculture and food security in Iran69
Transitioning the silk industry towards circularity: A thematic analysis of sustainable value chain practices69
Corrigendum to “Environmental performance of different sorbents used for direct air capture” [Sustain. Prod. Consum. 32 (2022) 101–111]69
Environmental performance of three innovative leather production processes using less chromium and water68
Supply chain circularity composite index: Measuring the closed-loopedness of material flows68
Strategic productive arrangements to leverage greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in the production of sustainable aviation fuels in Brazil67
Multi-measure pathways for achieving carbon-neutral cement production66
Social acceptance and economic impacts of biomethane: A resource for energy sustainability65
Assessing the sustainability of cultured meat in optimized Danish diets65
Sustainable development of phosphorus recovery: From a product perspective63
Burying straw interlayers decreases CO2 emissions in deep saline soil63
High incidence of false biodegradability claims related to single-use plastic utensils sold in Brazil62
A framework for assessing the circular economy potential in the water and agriculture sectors in Türkiye through the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus62
Sectoral impacts of climate change in Iran: A dynamic analysis with emphasis on agriculture62
A sustainability analysis for a circular power-to-liquid process for diesel production62
Introducing a new method to assess the benefits of resources recovered from wastewater to the natural environment61
Assessing the environmental impacts of product service systems in the digital-devices market: An application of attributional and consequential life cycle assessment61
Thermo-ecological cost optimization of a solar thermal and photovoltaic integrated energy system considering energy level61
Food processing and value generation align with nutrition and current environmental planetary boundaries60
The economic catch-up of developing countries has mitigated inter-country carbon inequality60
Sustainability Fingerprint - guiding companies in anticipating the sustainability direction in early design60
Environmental assessment of oyster farming from a life cycle perspective59
Unveiling the potential for decarbonization of the building sector: A comparative study of technological and non-technological low-carbon strategies59
Slicing the fruit five ways: An economic, social, and environmental assessment of five mango food supply chains in Burkina Faso59
A closed-loop supply chain network considering consumer's low carbon preference and carbon tax under the cap-and-trade regulation59
Plastic alternatives and substitutes in the packaging sector – A UK consumer perspective58
Exploring public attention about green consumption on Sina Weibo: Using text mining and deep learning58
Natural claims and sustainability: The role of perceived efficacy and sensorial expectations58
Multi-objective optimization for comprehensive water, energy, food nexus modeling57
Global peak of international trade-induced CO2 transfers and drivers: From multiple perspectives56
“High incidence of false biodegradability claims related to single-use plastic utensils sold in Brazil” by Barbosa Moreno et al., (Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol.41 (2023) 1–8)56
Life cycle assessment of absorbent hygiene product waste: Evaluation and comparison of different end-of-life scenarios56
Understanding ethical products: Definitions and attributes to consider throughout the product lifecycle55
A life cycle assessment model to evaluate the environmental sustainability of lignin-based polyols55
Assessing consumer perceptions of chemical leasing business models and possibilities for adoption by Taiwanese manufacturers55
Decoupling analysis on China's civil aviation carbon emissions from transportation revenue: A three-dimension decomposition framework54
Navigating sustainability transitions: A science for policy approach53
Social life cycle assessment of crude palm oil production in Malaysia52
Environmental sustainability assessment of a biorefinery platform utilizing black soldier Fly larvae for organic waste valorization52
A sustainability scoring system to assess food initiatives in city regions52
Ease of robotic disassembly metric and information for digital product passports in flexible remanufacturing systems52
Meat production and consumption for a healthy and sustainable Australian food system: Policy options and political dimensions52
Turning food loss and waste into animal feed: A Mexican spatial inventory of potential generation of agro-industrial wastes for livestock feed52
Closing the loop: Structural, environmental and regional assessments of industrial symbiosis51
Towards zero waste: A comprehensive framework for categorizing household food waste51
A systematic design of integrated palm-oil biorefinery networks: Identifying sustainable solutions51
“Thought for food”: A systematic review of how psychological state factors affect sustainable food outcomes51
How to attract newness-conscious consumers to a circular electric vehicle economy50
Designing sustainable innovations in manufacturing: A systems engineering approach50
Absolute environmental sustainability of solid biofuels: An investigation by different environmental-ecological performance indicators50
Additive manufacturing in green supply chains: A parametric model for life cycle assessment and cost50
Analysing regulatory instruments in sustainability transitions: A combined ‘intervention points’ and ‘roles of law’ approach to the European Union's Ecodesign framework50
Unveiling hidden environmental costs and optimizing sustainable BATs screening in finished fabrics production: An LCA-based approach49
Sustainable construction based on green roofs designed to retain rainwater and provide food: An LCA compared to conventional roofs49
Assessment of the sustainability of the European agri-food sector in the context of the circular economy48
Water-energy-food nexus ecolabel for the hotels, restaurants and catering sector48
Indonesia's contribution to global carbon flows: Which sectors are most responsible for the emissions embodied in trade?48
Water and land use in China's food systems: Exploring potential mitigation strategies48
Evaluating the environmental and financial performance of additive manufacturing at scale in the consumer goods industry47
Optimizing the rate of straw returning to balance trade-offs between carbon emission budget and rice yield in China47
Towards a holistic assessment of circular economy strategies: The 9R circularity index47
How to make sustainable water-saving policy based on public preferences in China? A conjoint analysis perspective47
Heterogeneous interactions in the water-land-food nexus in shaping resource efficiency: A supernetwork simulation46
Corrigendum to “Life cycle assessment and shadow cost of steam produced by an industrial-sized high-temperature heat pump” [Sustain. Prod. Consum. 40 (2023) 48–62]46
Joint assessment of the environmental impacts and resource criticality of French food consumption scenarios in 2050 from a regionalised life cycle perspective46
Circular economy metrics for batteries: Enhancing sustainability in energy storage systems45
Circular economy assessment using project-level and organisation-level indicators for construction organisations: A systematic review45
Towards a circular economy for the plastic packaging sector: Insights from the Italian case45
A systems approach to analysing drivers and barriers to waste-to-energy utilization in the Global South: The case of Cameroon45
Sustainable development of clean heating in rural northern China: Locally tailored energy options45
Circular business models for the fastmoving consumer goods industry: Desirability, feasibility, and viability44
Assessment of food-related nitrogen and phosphorus footprints in Indonesia44
Prospective life cycle assessment of an integrated biorefinery for production of lactic acid from dairy side streams44
Jute bags as a sustainable alternative to single-use plastic bags in Bangladesh: Rethinking the sole reliance on life cycle assessment44
Information as an enabler of sustainable food choices: A behavioural approach to understanding consumer decision-making44
Environmental performance of fruiting vegetable production in vertical farms44
How to measure and enhance the resilience of energy systems?43
Investigating the entrepreneurial orientation of circular-social hybrid start-ups by assessing their path toward sustainability: Evidence from 20 European cases43
Supply chain management in response to climate change: A system dynamics approach42
A new method of patent analysis to support prospective life cycle assessment of eco-design solutions42
Critical assessment of the scope and applicability of circularity indicators for the sustainable life cycle management of wind turbine blades42
Absolute environmental sustainability assessment of rice in Pakistan using a planetary boundary-based approach42
Feasibility assessment of adopting distributed solar photovoltaics and phase change materials in multifamily residential buildings41
Development of the virtual battery concept in the paper industry: Applying a dynamic life cycle assessment approach41
Decarbonizing the lime-based construction materials industry: A practical guide for cradle-to-gate life-cycle inventory41
Sustainability implications of transformation pathways for the bioeconomy41
Preferred product attributes for sustainable outdoor apparel: A conjoint analysis approach41
Life cycle assessment of frozen broccoli processing: Environmental mitigation scenarios41
Sustainability risk assessment in manufacturing: A Life Cycle Assessment-based Failure Mode and Effects Analysis approach41
Why can't the alternative become mainstream? Unpacking the barriers and enablers of sustainable protein innovation in Brazil41
Towards more sustainable animal-feed alternatives: A survey on Spanish consumers' willingness to consume animal products fed with insects40
Repurpose or recycle? Simulating end-of-life scenarios for electric vehicle batteries under the EU battery regulation40
Energy potential assessment and geospatial site suitability analysis for crop residue-based power plants in Pakistan40
Development and application of a nutritional quality model for life cycle assessment of protein-rich foods40
Parametric life cycle assessment model for absolute environmental sustainability assessment of lithium-ion batteries40
Transforming the food system with a biomass value hierarchy: Sustainability and policy insights40
Life cycle assessment of apple production and consumption under different sales models in China40
Mariculture carbon sequestration efficiency in China: Its measurement and socio-economic factor analysis39
Urban residents' acceptance of recycled water: An improved innovation-decision model considering the needs satisfied and social characteristics39
Global projections of plastic use, end-of-life fate and potential changes in consumption, reduction, recycling and replacement with bioplastics to 205039
The dynamics of renewable energy diffusion considering adoption delay39
Economic assessment of a renewable energy-electricity-hydrogen system considering environmental benefits39
Multisectoral water‑carbon pressures and economic benefits in China: An embodied perspective driven by consumption39
Assessing circular economy at company level: Comparison of tools and methodological challenges39
Beggar-thy-neighbor: Carbon leakage within China's pilot emissions trading schemes38
Selection of non-financial sustainability indicators as key elements for multi-criteria analysis of hotel chains38
Assessment of the Environmental Performance of Blended Cements from a Life Cycle Perspective: A Systematic Review38
Identifying environmental impacts linked to the production of plant-based spreads in Peru using life cycle assessment38
Challenges in life cycle assessment implementation for construction environmental product declaration development: A mixed approach and global perspective37
Unveiling the inequalities in virtual water transfer in China: The environmental and economic perspectives37
Right to repair in practice: Environmental and economic performance of coffee machine repairs37
Applying Critical Systems Practice meta-methodology to improve sustainability in the rice supply chain of Iran37
Social life cycle assessment of a desalination and resource recovery plant on a remote island: Analysis of generic and site-specific perspectives37
Circular strategy assessment for digital services: The CADiS framework37
Success factors of Wood-Plastic Composites (WPC) as sustainable packaging material: A cross-sector expert study37
Spatiotemporal dynamics of China's food supply chains and associated greenhouse gas emissions37
Advancing the European energy transition based on environmental, economic and social justice36
Are Chinese provincial carbon emissions allowances misallocated over 2000–2017? Evidence from an extended Gini-coefficient approach36
Intentions to purchase a sustainable mobile phone by network analysis in four European countries36
Carbon-neutral natural gas in South Korea: Households' perspective obtained through a contingent valuation experiment36
An Environmentally-Extended Input-Output analysis of province-level carbon emissions from energy use in China's food system36
Integrating life cycle assessment and ecodesign to improve product effectiveness and environmental performance: A novel approach36
Transition towards carbon neutrality: Forecasting Hong Kong's buildings carbon footprint by 2050 using a machine learning approach36
Reducing life cycle environmental impacts of milk production through precision livestock farming36
Agriphotovoltaics as a profitable land use approach for regions in transformation? - An economic analysis and technical validation of suitable concepts36
An environmental assessment framework for circular steel products36
Consumer collectives in the circular economy: A systematic review and research agenda36
Circular economy and the separated yet inseparable social dimension: Views from European circular city experts36
Life cycle assessment of carbon capture and storage value chains: A systematic, critical literature review36
Sustainability assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts, feed-food competition and economic robustness of dairy and beef farming systems in South Western Europe36
Exploring public perceptions of carbon capture and utilization in the U.S35
Stakeholder perceptions of the role of standards for addressing the sustainable development goals35
1.5° lifestyle changes: Exploring consequences for individuals and households35
Screening life cycle assessment of medical workwear and potential mitigation scenarios35
The impact of influencers on sustainable consumption: A systematic literature review35
Life cycle assessment of waste tire recycling: Upgraded pyrolytic products for new tire production35
An integrated optimization framework for regional energy planning with a sustainability assessment model35
Carbon sequestration potential of sustainable agricultural practices to mitigate climate change in Indian agriculture: A meta-analysis35
An overview of environmental co-benefits and trade-offs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in municipal wastewater management35
Drivers and barriers in sustainable supply chains: The case of the Brazilian coffee industry35
Factors associated with Finnish, German and UK consumers' intentions to test, buy and recommend reusable fast-moving consumer goods packaging34
Investigating the sustainability, utilisation, consumption and conservation of sea mammals – A systematic review34
Toward an organizational theory of sustainability culture34
Developing an indicator-based assessment framework for assessing the sustainability of urban water management34
Exploring green product attributes and their effect on consumer behaviour: A systematic review34
Strengthening Social Life Cycle Assessment for a just bioeconomy: Insights from Namibia's bush-based value chains34
Driving sustainability at early-stage innovation in production of zinc oxide nanoparticles34
Analysis of emission reduction effects of carbon trading: Market mechanism or government intervention?34
Consolidation of management practices for Sustainable Product Development: A systematic literature review34
Improving the sustainability of milk production across different climate regions in China34
Opportunities to mitigate process-related greenhouse gas emissions in global trade networks34
Energy and water mapping of the cocoa value chain in Ghana34
Climate change-aware individuals and their meat consumption: Evidence from Italy34
Circular economy and agriculture: Mapping circular practices, drivers, and barriers for traditional table-olive groves33
Towards a sustainable circular economy: Understanding the environmental credits and loads of reusing modular building components from a multi-use cycle perspective33
Environmental and economic assessment of hard apple cider using an integrated LCA-LCC approach33
A comparative life cycle assessment of novel technologies: Extraction of essential oils from rosemary leaves33
Analysis of carbon peak achievement at the provincial level in China: Construction of ensemble prediction models and Monte Carlo simulation33
Pathways for enhancing sustainable mobility in emerging markets: Cost-benefit analysis and policy recommendations for recycling of electric-vehicle batteries in Thailand33
The impact of demand-side strategies to enable a more circular economy in private car mobility33
Overarching Business Models for a Circular Bioeconomy: Systematising archetypes33
Analysis of energy-saving and environmental benefits from power structure adjustment in China: A comparative study from 2020 to 206033
How can the circular economy support the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? A comprehensive analysis33
Environmental performance of second-life lithium-ion batteries repurposed from electric vehicles for household storage systems33
Social risk assessment of the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles: Material supply chains in China, Japan, and South Korea32
Company views of consumers regarding sustainable packaging32
Level of decoupling between economic growth and environmental pressure on Earth-system processes32
The effect of transportation choices for mitigating climate-related impacts: The case of solid biofuels exported to Europe produced by Latin American countries32
The assessment of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in China's chemical industry32
The value of externalities for biofuels and implications for policy-led development: A discrete choice experiment with Australian consumers32
Effects of environmental regulation on CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis of 282 cities in China32
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