A detailed account of the project objectives, and of the progress against them, is offered in provided in the following.
WP1 - Circular Supply Chains and Production Systems. All WP1 deliverables were successfully completed, with no major deviation from the original schedule. These deliverables are concerned with the following topics: decision support framework aimed at measuring the circularity quotient of supply chains (D1.1); risk management practices within Circular Supply Chains (D1.2); collaboration practices within Circular Supply Chains (D1.3); collaboration practices to mitigate risks within Circular Supply Chains (D1.4); reflections on the implementation of decision support frameworks aimed at measuring the circularity quotient of supply chains (D1.5); and a mathematical modelling toolkit (D1.6). ESRs’ progress has been solid, as testified by the 16 journal publications produced by the end of the project, the constant participation to international conferences, and a good amount of further papers in advanced review stage.
WP2 - Towards The Circular Economy: Assessing Environmental Efficiency. All WP2 deliverables were successfully completed, with no major deviation from the original schedule. Results produced by ESRs (which employ several types of environmental assessment methods included in the integrated assessment framework) have been published in prestigious international journals, with several further papers in advanced review stage. Case studies included in these papers have also informed project deliverables (especially D2.2 and D2.3). Methodological developments, mainly aimed at describing the integration of methods for environmental assessment in order to aid the transition towards a Circular Economy have been illustrated in D2.1 and D2.5. The performance of the WP has been solid, as testified by the 32 journal publications produced by the end of the project, the constant participation to international conferences, and a good amount of further papers in advanced review stage.
WP3 - Towards The Circular Economy: Assessing Economic Efficiency. All WP3 deliverables were successfully completed, with no major deviation from the original schedule. Such deliverables were concerned, respectively, with the arrangement of a structural framework for the engagement of stakeholders in Circular Economy research, and with the definition of crucial concepts and approaches for assessing economic efficiency within as part of the CE
Transition. Also, deliverables within this WP have been dealing with applications of these approaches, and with an assessment of how different future conceptions of the CE might be evaluated and assessed. The performance of the WP has been solid, as testified by the 9 journal publications produced by the end of the project, the constant participation to international conferences, and a good amount of further papers in advanced review stage.
WP4 - Development Policy for The Circular Economy. ESRs have successfully completed all deliverables for this WP, with minor deviations on the schedule. Such deliverables have been concerned, respectively, with: a best-practices for the transition towards a Circular Economy (including both bottom-up and top-down policies); of a map of stakeholders for the development of regional policy concerned with the Circular Economy; a performance evaluation system for Circular Economy implementation at a regional level; circular economy business models and consumer’s perspectives. The performance of the WP has been solid, as testified by the 5 journal publications produced by the end of the project, the constant participation to international conferences, and a good amount of further papers in advanced review stage.
