A New Consumption Culture for the Circular Economy? Exploring the Role of Citizen-Consumers in the Case of Carsharing

Changing practices and instituting a circular economy: a case of consumer cooperatives in Taiwan

Building a circular economy for single use plastics has been a major challenge for East Asia’s emerging consumer societies and its position as a global hub for plastic production. The challenge is often addressed through technology and market innovations, while the study of Social and Solidarity Economy and sustainable...

Greenwashing: Its Impacts on Consumer Behavior and the Development of Genuine Green Enterprises in Vietnam’s Circular Economy

Digital influences on green economic participation: The role of eWOM in shaping circular consumption among young vietnamese consumers

Circular business models (CBMs) are increasingly recognized as a strategic mechanism for advancing sustainable consumption and supporting green economic growth, particularly in emerging economies where rising consumption intensifies pressures on natural resources and waste management systems. Concurrently, the rapid ex...

Local embeddedness, technological capability and collaboration as catalysts for circular economy social performance: insights from social embeddedness and network theories

The circular economy (CE) substitutes the linear take-make-dispose approach with reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery of materials across production, distribution and consumption. Although existing studies have advanced CE largely through its environmental and economic dimensions, comparatively less emphasis ha...

Green Marketing: A New Corporate Social Responsibility

The dynamics of business environment not only impact the business enterprises but also affect the values of society at a large. It forces the businesses to revitalize and express the changes through strategies that meet the change and expectation held by consumers and the other stakeholders. Consumers of this era are e...

Think Global, Act Local: Envisioning Circular Futures as Networks of Circular Economy Villages

Despite growing policy interest, global circularity is declining — falling to just 6.9% in 2025. This paper argues that a key reason is the absence of a concrete vision of what a circular economy would look like as a physical place. To provide that vision, the argument traces a line across three bodies of work. Bauwens...