Sustainable Production and Consumption

Papers
(The TQCC of Sustainable Production and Consumption is 26. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Walk and chew gum: A demand and supply illustration of macro and micro net-zero initiatives for the automobile industry400
Towards an integrated system modeling of water scarcity with projected changes in climate and socioeconomic conditions321
Farmers' preferences for sustainable farmland construction — Insights from a discrete choice experiment in China291
Linking methodologies to assess climate impacts and circular economy strategies along supply chains223
Are air travelers willing to pay for mandatory carbon emission policies? Evidence from China194
Insect production as a novel alternative to livestock farming: Exploring interest and willingness to adopt among German farmers192
Assessing the environmental impacts of rice in an anthropized Mediterranean wetland: Towards carbon farming186
Beyond the life cycle: assessing business models for the circular economy through life-cycle-based methodologies184
Can consumers understand that there is more to palm oil than deforestation?177
Environmental and economic sustainability of additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review176
Enabling environmental sustainability and circularity assessment in technology development: The Value-Impact Scanner165
Review of the current knowledge and identified gaps in assessing the social and environmental impacts of mining processes in the Lithium Triangle160
A data-driven life cycle assessment of battery swapping for electric two-wheelers: A multi-city operational perspective145
Consumer concerns over food insecurity drive reduction in the carbon footprint of food consumption142
Multinational enterprises mitigate carbon inequality across Chinese cities137
Economic analysis of whole-county PV projects in China considering environmental benefits133
Calculating the true costs of protein sources by integrating environmental costs and market prices131
Consumer behavior in circular business models: Unveiling conservation and rebound effects130
Water and sludge resource planning for sustainable agriculture: An energy-water-food-waste nexus approach130
One Framework to Rule Them All: An Integrated, Multi-level and Scalable Performance Measurement Framework of Sustainability, Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis122
Food waste and the effects of waste reduction in China's catering industry121
An integrated design method for used product remanufacturing scheme considering carbon emission119
Product destruction: Exploring unsustainable production-consumption systems and appropriate policy responses113
Comparative analysis of micro level indicators for evaluating the progress towards a circular economy110
Decentralized production concepts for bio-based polymers - implications for supply chains, costs, and the carbon footprint109
Does Mexico have the agricultural land resources to feed its population with a healthy and sustainable diet?104
Comparative life cycle assessment of circular and linear product versions for a motorboat and smartphone102
Technology transition strategies for textile-dyeing sludge management in China from the environmental and economic perspectives100
The synergistic role of carbon dioxide removal and emission reductions in achieving the Paris Agreement goal99
Unlocking synergies between waste management and climate change mitigation to accelerate decarbonization through circular-economy digitalization in Indonesia96
Climate change impact of food distribution: The case of reverse logistics for bread in Sweden95
How do circular start-ups achieve scale?95
The EU Bioeconomy Footprint: Using life cycle assessment to monitor environmental impacts of the EU Bioeconomy94
Biogas and biohydrogen for net zero cooking and transportation in Bhutan91
Combining life cycle assessment and dynamic qualitative comparative analysis to analyze the environmental impacts of urban development across different provinces in China90
Energy transition pathways for the Nigerian Road Transport: Implication for energy carrier, Powertrain technology, and CO2 emission87
Quantifying circular economy pathways of decommissioned onshore wind turbines: The case of Denmark and Germany87
Integrating nutrition into environmental impact assessments reveals limited sustainable food options within planetary boundaries86
Reforming plastic packaging regulation: Outcomes from stakeholder interviews and regulatory analysis84
Operationalizing telecoupling through territorial life cycle assessment: Environmental evaluation of international agricultural supply chains80
A feasibility analysis on adopting electric vehicles in the short food supply chain based on GHG emissions and economic costs estimations80
Towards suitable practices for the integration of social life cycle assessment into the ecodesign framework of hydrogen-related products80
Enablers for circular ecosystem transformation: A multi-case study of Brazilian circular ecosystems79
Social sustainability of communities: A systematic literature review79
Coupling the digital twin technology and life cycle assessment: Carbon dioxide emissions from polysilicon production78
Prosumerism for sustainability77
Do environmental and cleaner production practices lead to circular and sustainability performance? Evidence from Colombian manufacturing firms76
Conceptualizing circular economy policy instruments: The case of recycled content standards75
Temporal dynamic assessment of household energy consumption and carbon emissions in China: From the perspective of occupants74
Multi-stakeholder perspectives on sustainability transitions in the cosmetic industry74
Techno-economic assessment of co-pyrolyzed kitchen waste and rice straw for co-generation of heat and power73
A risk-based multi-criteria decision-making framework for offshore green hydrogen system developments: Pathways for utilizing existing and new infrastructure73
A composite indicator for evaluating safety and sustainability by design and circularity in emerging technologies73
Evaluating circular economy strategies for raw material recovery from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries: A system dynamics model72
The impact of the circular economy on sustainable development: A European panel data approach72
A parametric LCA platform for modelling environmental impacts in plant protein processing: Application to pea, soy, and wheat protein isolates and concentrates71
Circular economy strategies as enablers for solar PV adoption in organizational market segments71
A systematic literature review on circularity assessment indicators and frameworks in the built environment71
Optimization of food-fuel-fibre in biorefinery based on environmental and economic assessment: The case of sugarcane utilization in Thailand70
Integrating ex-ante and prospective life-cycle assessment for advancing the environmental impact analysis of emerging bio-based technologies69
Balancing photovoltaic development and cropland protection: Assessing agrivoltaic potential in China68
Current status of agrivoltaic systems and their benefits to energy, food, environment, economy, and society67
Telemedicine for innovation and sustainability: Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) from the healthcare system perspective66
Sustainability Fingerprint - guiding companies in anticipating the sustainability direction in early design66
Thermo-ecological cost optimization of a solar thermal and photovoltaic integrated energy system considering energy level64
Sectoral impacts of climate change in Iran: A dynamic analysis with emphasis on agriculture63
Supply chain circularity composite index: Measuring the closed-loopedness of material flows63
Food processing and value generation align with nutrition and current environmental planetary boundaries62
Corrigendum to “Environmental performance of different sorbents used for direct air capture” [Sustain. Prod. Consum. 32 (2022) 101–111]61
Assessing the environmental impacts of product service systems in the digital-devices market: An application of attributional and consequential life cycle assessment61
Strategic productive arrangements to leverage greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in the production of sustainable aviation fuels in Brazil60
Multi-measure pathways for achieving carbon-neutral cement production59
Environmental performance of three innovative leather production processes using less chromium and water59
Sustainable development of phosphorus recovery: From a product perspective58
High incidence of false biodegradability claims related to single-use plastic utensils sold in Brazil58
Introducing a new method to assess the benefits of resources recovered from wastewater to the natural environment57
Demand-side strategies can mitigate critical material supply bottlenecks in China's solar photovoltaic deployment: A dynamic integrated assessment framework57
Assessing the sustainability of cultured meat in optimized Danish diets57
Social acceptance and economic impacts of biomethane: A resource for energy sustainability56
Natural claims and sustainability: The role of perceived efficacy and sensorial expectations56
Burying straw interlayers decreases CO2 emissions in deep saline soil56
Multi-objective optimization for comprehensive water, energy, food nexus modeling55
A sustainability analysis for a circular power-to-liquid process for diesel production55
Unveiling the potential for decarbonization of the building sector: A comparative study of technological and non-technological low-carbon strategies54
Transitioning the silk industry towards circularity: A thematic analysis of sustainable value chain practices54
Life cycle assessment of absorbent hygiene product waste: Evaluation and comparison of different end-of-life scenarios54
Plastic alternatives and substitutes in the packaging sector – A UK consumer perspective54
A framework for assessing the circular economy potential in the water and agriculture sectors in Türkiye through the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus54
“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)53
Environmental assessment of oyster farming from a life cycle perspective53
The economic catch-up of developing countries has mitigated inter-country carbon inequality53
How to attract newness-conscious consumers to a circular electric vehicle economy52
Indonesia's contribution to global carbon flows: Which sectors are most responsible for the emissions embodied in trade?52
Assessing consumer perceptions of chemical leasing business models and possibilities for adoption by Taiwanese manufacturers51
Water-energy-food nexus ecolabel for the hotels, restaurants and catering sector51
Global peak of international trade-induced CO2 transfers and drivers: From multiple perspectives51
Designing sustainable innovations in manufacturing: A systems engineering approach51
A sustainability scoring system to assess food initiatives in city regions51
Exploring behavioural intentions behind biochar technology adoption in agriculture50
Water and land use in China's food systems: Exploring potential mitigation strategies50
Sustainable construction based on green roofs designed to retain rainwater and provide food: An LCA compared to conventional roofs50
A life cycle assessment model to evaluate the environmental sustainability of lignin-based polyols49
Ease of robotic disassembly metric and information for digital product passports in flexible remanufacturing systems49
Unveiling hidden environmental costs and optimizing sustainable BATs screening in finished fabrics production: An LCA-based approach49
“Thought for food”: A systematic review of how psychological state factors affect sustainable food outcomes49
Closing the loop: Structural, environmental and regional assessments of industrial symbiosis47
Turning food loss and waste into animal feed: A Mexican spatial inventory of potential generation of agro-industrial wastes for livestock feed47
Evaluating the environmental and financial performance of additive manufacturing at scale in the consumer goods industry47
Analysing regulatory instruments in sustainability transitions: A combined ‘intervention points’ and ‘roles of law’ approach to the European Union's Ecodesign framework47
Optimizing the rate of straw returning to balance trade-offs between carbon emission budget and rice yield in China47
Understanding ethical products: Definitions and attributes to consider throughout the product lifecycle46
Towards zero waste: A comprehensive framework for categorizing household food waste46
Environmental sustainability assessment of a biorefinery platform utilizing black soldier Fly larvae for organic waste valorization46
Additive manufacturing in green supply chains: A parametric model for life cycle assessment and cost46
Absolute environmental sustainability of solid biofuels: An investigation by different environmental-ecological performance indicators46
Meat production and consumption for a healthy and sustainable Australian food system: Policy options and political dimensions46
Navigating sustainability transitions: A science for policy approach46
Towards a holistic assessment of circular economy strategies: The 9R circularity index46
Bridging the divide between projected hydroclimatic variability and agricultural ecosystem sustainability through Life Cycle Assessment–Geographic Information System45
A systematic design of integrated palm-oil biorefinery networks: Identifying sustainable solutions45
Assessment of the sustainability of the European agri-food sector in the context of the circular economy45
Heterogeneous interactions in the water-land-food nexus in shaping resource efficiency: A supernetwork simulation44
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]44
A systems approach to analysing drivers and barriers to waste-to-energy utilization in the Global South: The case of Cameroon44
Sustainable development of clean heating in rural northern China: Locally tailored energy options44
Urban residents' acceptance of recycled water: An improved innovation-decision model considering the needs satisfied and social characteristics44
Critical assessment of the scope and applicability of circularity indicators for the sustainable life cycle management of wind turbine blades44
Prospective life cycle assessment of an integrated biorefinery for production of lactic acid from dairy side streams44
Towards a circular economy for the plastic packaging sector: Insights from the Italian case43
Selection of non-financial sustainability indicators as key elements for multi-criteria analysis of hotel chains43
Supply chain management in response to climate change: A system dynamics approach43
Sustainability risk assessment in manufacturing: A Life Cycle Assessment-based Failure Mode and Effects Analysis approach43
Why can't the alternative become mainstream? Unpacking the barriers and enablers of sustainable protein innovation in Brazil43
Life cycle assessment for circular biomanufacturing of lactic acid from sugarcane bagasse43
Mariculture carbon sequestration efficiency in China: Its measurement and socio-economic factor analysis43
A new method of patent analysis to support prospective life cycle assessment of eco-design solutions43
Assessment of food-related nitrogen and phosphorus footprints in Indonesia43
Transforming the food system with a biomass value hierarchy: Sustainability and policy insights43
Development and application of a nutritional quality model for life cycle assessment of protein-rich foods43
Energy potential assessment and geospatial site suitability analysis for crop residue-based power plants in Pakistan43
Multisectoral water‑carbon pressures and economic benefits in China: An embodied perspective driven by consumption43
Life cycle assessment of apple production and consumption under different sales models in China42
Economic assessment of a renewable energy-electricity-hydrogen system considering environmental benefits42
Circular economy assessment using project-level and organisation-level indicators for construction organisations: A systematic review42
Assessment of the Environmental Performance of Blended Cements from a Life Cycle Perspective: A Systematic Review42
Development of the virtual battery concept in the paper industry: Applying a dynamic life cycle assessment approach42
Jute bags as a sustainable alternative to single-use plastic bags in Bangladesh: Rethinking the sole reliance on life cycle assessment41
Environmental performance of fruiting vegetable production in vertical farms41
Absolute environmental sustainability assessment of rice in Pakistan using a planetary boundary-based approach41
Circular economy metrics for batteries: Enhancing sustainability in energy storage systems41
Global projections of plastic use, end-of-life fate and potential changes in consumption, reduction, recycling and replacement with bioplastics to 205041
Parametric life cycle assessment model for absolute environmental sustainability assessment of lithium-ion batteries41
Towards more sustainable animal-feed alternatives: A survey on Spanish consumers' willingness to consume animal products fed with insects41
Assessing circular economy at company level: Comparison of tools and methodological challenges41
Investigating the entrepreneurial orientation of circular-social hybrid start-ups by assessing their path toward sustainability: Evidence from 20 European cases41
How to measure and enhance the resilience of energy systems?41
Repurpose or recycle? Simulating end-of-life scenarios for electric vehicle batteries under the EU battery regulation40
Reducing life cycle environmental impacts of milk production through precision livestock farming40
Decarbonizing the lime-based construction materials industry: A practical guide for cradle-to-gate life-cycle inventory40
Joint assessment of the environmental impacts and resource criticality of French food consumption scenarios in 2050 from a regionalised life cycle perspective40
Identifying environmental impacts linked to the production of plant-based spreads in Peru using life cycle assessment40
Circular economy and the separated yet inseparable social dimension: Views from European circular city experts39
Agriphotovoltaics as a profitable land use approach for regions in transformation? - An economic analysis and technical validation of suitable concepts39
Carbon-neutral natural gas in South Korea: Households' perspective obtained through a contingent valuation experiment39
An overview of environmental co-benefits and trade-offs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in municipal wastewater management39
Circular strategy assessment for digital services: The CADiS framework39
Life cycle assessment of carbon capture and storage value chains: A systematic, critical literature review38
Right to repair in practice: Environmental and economic performance of coffee machine repairs38
Exploring public perceptions of carbon capture and utilization in the U.S38
An integrated optimization framework for regional energy planning with a sustainability assessment model38
Unveiling the inequalities in virtual water transfer in China: The environmental and economic perspectives38
Spatiotemporal dynamics of China's food supply chains and associated greenhouse gas emissions38
An environmental assessment framework for circular steel products38
Screening life cycle assessment of medical workwear and potential mitigation scenarios37
Beggar-thy-neighbor: Carbon leakage within China's pilot emissions trading schemes37
Carbon-water eco-efficiency trade-offs and spatial inequalities in China's low-carbon urban transition: Evidence from county-level data37
Sustainability assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts, feed-food competition and economic robustness of dairy and beef farming systems in South Western Europe37
An Environmentally-Extended Input-Output analysis of province-level carbon emissions from energy use in China's food system36
Carbon sequestration potential of sustainable agricultural practices to mitigate climate change in Indian agriculture: A meta-analysis36
Integrating life cycle assessment and ecodesign to improve product effectiveness and environmental performance: A novel approach36
Life cycle assessment of waste tire recycling: Upgraded pyrolytic products for new tire production36
Consumer collectives in the circular economy: A systematic review and research agenda36
Social life cycle assessment of a desalination and resource recovery plant on a remote island: Analysis of generic and site-specific perspectives36
Trade-off or synergy: How is the carbon footprint of agricultural food products linked to other environmental impacts?36
Element-based material flow analysis to identify unexplored industrial symbiosis opportunities36
Drivers and barriers in sustainable supply chains: The case of the Brazilian coffee industry36
Stakeholder perceptions of the role of standards for addressing the sustainable development goals36
Advancing the European energy transition based on environmental, economic and social justice36
Transition towards carbon neutrality: Forecasting Hong Kong's buildings carbon footprint by 2050 using a machine learning approach35
Intentions to purchase a sustainable mobile phone by network analysis in four European countries35
Challenges in life cycle assessment implementation for construction environmental product declaration development: A mixed approach and global perspective35
Applying Critical Systems Practice meta-methodology to improve sustainability in the rice supply chain of Iran35
1.5° lifestyle changes: Exploring consequences for individuals and households35
Transitioning to a certified bio-based sector through a circular and sustainable approach35
The impact of influencers on sustainable consumption: A systematic literature review35
Reducing environmental pressure through a more circular consumption of clothes34
A comparative life cycle assessment of novel technologies: Extraction of essential oils from rosemary leaves34
Dynamic stock model based assessment of carpooling in passenger transportation carbon emissions: Will avoided trips and material credits help?34
Decarbonizing last-mile logistics: A life cycle and just transition perspective34
Factors associated with Finnish, German and UK consumers' intentions to test, buy and recommend reusable fast-moving consumer goods packaging34
Life Cycle Assessment of single- vs multi-use surgical equipment: Impact of methodology on sustainability decisions34
Investigating the sustainability, utilisation, consumption and conservation of sea mammals – A systematic review34
The value of externalities for biofuels and implications for policy-led development: A discrete choice experiment with Australian consumers34
The assessment of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in China's chemical industry33
Improving the sustainability of milk production across different climate regions in China33
Testing circularity measures: Lifespan and end-of-life modelling influence on the environmental impact of the EU residential building stock33
Pathways for enhancing sustainable mobility in emerging markets: Cost-benefit analysis and policy recommendations for recycling of electric-vehicle batteries in Thailand33
Strengthening Social Life Cycle Assessment for a just bioeconomy: Insights from Namibia's bush-based value chains33
Implications of water conservation measures on urban water cycle: A review33
Overarching Business Models for a Circular Bioeconomy: Systematising archetypes33
The impact of demand-side strategies to enable a more circular economy in private car mobility33
Can markets for nature conservation be successful? An integrated assessment of a product label for biodiversity practices in Germany33
Driving sustainability at early-stage innovation in production of zinc oxide nanoparticles33
Aligning healthier diets with water efficiency through trade integration in African food systems33
Developing an indicator-based assessment framework for assessing the sustainability of urban water management33
Environmental performance of second-life lithium-ion batteries repurposed from electric vehicles for household storage systems32
Level of decoupling between economic growth and environmental pressure on Earth-system processes32
Leveraging voluntary simplicity in promoting sustainable consumption from the perspective of moral appeals32
Consolidation of management practices for Sustainable Product Development: A systematic literature review32
Towards a sustainable circular economy: Understanding the environmental credits and loads of reusing modular building components from a multi-use cycle perspective32
Emerging China reshapes the geography of global unequal ecological exchange from 2000 to 202431
Quantifying the industry-wide symbiotic potential: LCA of construction and energy waste management in the Czech Republic31
Sustainability assessment of increased circularity of urban organic waste streams31
Analysis of carbon peak achievement at the provincial level in China: Construction of ensemble prediction models and Monte Carlo simulation31
Application of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the automotive sector – A systematic literature review31
Opportunities to mitigate process-related greenhouse gas emissions in global trade networks31
Integrating product-focused life cycle perspectives in the fresh food supply chain: Revealing intra- and inter-organizational views31
Rising mercury consumption from blue foods in China balanced by a shift to lower-mercury choices31
Connecting organizational context to environmental sustainability initiatives and industrial symbiosis: Empirical results and case analysis31
Incorporating embodied carbon transfer and sequestration service flows into regional carbon neutrality assessment in China31
How can the circular economy support the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? A comprehensive analysis31
Social risk assessment of the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles: Material supply chains in China, Japan, and South Korea31
Climate change-aware individuals and their meat consumption: Evidence from Italy31
From bytes to sustainable: Assessing the environmental and socioeconomic footprints of the global digital industry31
Global renewable energy power generation efficiency evaluation and influencing factors analysis31
Mastering complexity in Life Cycle Assessment for product development: Evaluating the impacts of adaptive façades31
Transition towards sustainable diets: Multi-objective optimization of dietary pattern in China31
Analysis of emission reduction effects of carbon trading: Market mechanism or government intervention?31
Circular economy and agriculture: Mapping circular practices, drivers, and barriers for traditional table-olive groves31
Company views of consumers regarding sustainable packaging31
Is it food or is it waste? Determinants of decisions to throw food away30
Unveiling the interactive mechanisms and key obstacles of urban economic-social-environmental systems under sustainable development goals: A comparative diagnosis of China's three major urban agglomer30
Differences in science-based target approaches and implications for carbon emission reductions at a sectoral level in Germany30
Optimal-sustainable multi-energy management of microgrid systems considering integration of renewable energy resources: A multi-layer four-objective optimization30
Evaluating material passports for circularity in the construction industry30
Developing guidelines for waste designation of biofuel feedstocks in carbon footprints and life cycle assessment30
The effect of transportation choices for mitigating climate-related impacts: The case of solid biofuels exported to Europe produced by Latin American countries30
Exploring determinants of collaboration in circular supply chains: A social exchange theory perspective30
Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of manufacturing a cellulose nanocrystal-based hybrid membrane29
From field to table through the long way. Analyzing the global supply chain of Spanish tomato29
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