TPS B3 – Circular Economy Practices in Organizations
Objective
The aim of TPS B3 on circular economy practices in organizations is to identify the levers, resources, initiatives and tools that promote the integration and consideration of circularity in companies and organizations.
Examples of Research Questions and Issues
- How can organizations improve circularity?
- How can organizations be supported in transitioning towards more circular business models?
- What are the barriers and drivers for implementing circular economy in organizations?
- What are the planning, coordination, monitoring, and measurement tools for the circular strategy of organizations?
- How to evaluate the economic benefits associated with circular initiatives? What are the potential undesirable effects (rebound effects, displacement of impacts, etc.) of circular business models?
- What is the adoption potential of business models such as collaborative economy or functional economy?
- How to encourage and support eco-design of products and services in companies (SMEs, large enterprises, etc.)?
- How to optimize product and service design to enhance conservation and circularity of natural resources, material resources and energy resources?
- How to measure the level of circularity achieved through eco-design of products and services?
- How to optimize operations and logistics along the value chain?
B3 Activities
Projects Led by B3
Inventory of existing tools for organizations
The collection of circular economy tools developed by Rafael Ziegler at HEC Montréal in the context of cooperatives will be updated and expanded to better meet the needs of Quebec organizations, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The central challenge is to reinforce the relevance and accessibility of this collection as a strategic resource for the adoption of circular practices.
Literature review on the integration and implementation of circularity in businesses and organizations
This systematic literature review provides an overall picture of circular economy adoption in different types of organizations, analyzing the factors that facilitate or hinder implementation. It highlights sectoral approaches, impacts on organizational performance and the influence of context, such as size or location. The study identifies the challenges and opportunities associated with integrating the circular economy, and suggests ways of orienting future research, public policy and practice in favor of a sustainable transition.
Letter to the editor on the obstacles and levers to the implementation of circular practices in organizations
A letter to the editor will be co-written by an editorial board of experts, and will aim to provide an informed opinion on why the circular economy is struggling to gain a lasting foothold in organizations, despite the availability of funding, technical solutions and support resources.
Other Project Related to Circular Economy Practices in Organizations
Projects lead by other TPS
- Organizational material flow analysis (Led by Marc Journeault in TPS C2) > Discover
- Critical analysis of ISO_59020 (Led by Mathias Glaus in TPS C3) > Discover
- Measuring an organization’s circularity (Led by Marc Journeault in TPS C3) > Discover
- Special issue in Management International (Led by Emmanuel Raufflet in TPS D2) > Discover the call for papers
- Special issue of Organisations & Territoires (Led by Rachida Bouhid in TPS D2) > Discover the call for papers
- The capacity of the circular economy to produce quality jobs in Quebec: an exploratory study (Led by Emmanuel Raufflet in TPS D3) > Discover
Projects funded trough RRECQ calls for projects
- Simplification and adaptation of material flow cost accounting (MFCA) for SMEs (Project led by Marc Journeault) > Discover
- Open data analysis for a circular business model for entrepreneurs (Project led by Cécile Fonrouge) > Discover
- Analysis and optimization of networking and energy co-product recovery opportunities in Bécancour’s industrial park and port (Project led by Jean-Marc Frayret) > Discover
- The activist entrepreneur: profiles and inventories of circular demands and actions (Project led by Cécile Fonrouge) > Discover
- Circular economy and cooperation – exploring three related approaches (cooperatives, commons and the tree of cooperation) for a just and sustainable economy (Project led by Rafael Ziegler) > Discover
- Democratic and participatory governance models in social economy and sustainability in circular economy (Project led by Martine Vézina) > Discover
- Sustainable interorganizational collaboration: role and contribution to the transition to the circular economy (Project led by Anne-Marie Corriveau) > Discover
- Sustainable design of closed-loop supply chains using Industry 4.0 technologies: A data-driven optimization approach towards the circular economy (Project led by Armin Jabbarzadeh) > Discover
- Development of an advanced data analytics tool to optimize the performance of a connected, circular and sustainable supply chain (Project led by Tasseda Boukherroub) > Discover
- Circular transition in Quebec: Learning and trial and error in SME involvement (Project led by Guillaume Pain) > Discover
- Circular Economy at the Heart of Office Furniture Conception: Towards Furniture Reuse Within the Industry (Project led by Houssein Awada) > Discover
- SME Circularity Index – 4.0 (Project led by François Labelle) > Discover
- Towards the Development of a Sustainable and Circular Economy Strategy for Waste Smartphone Glass – A Novel Remanufacturing Approach for E-waste Valorization (Project led by Lucas Hof) > Discover
- Examining the Consumer Relationship with Eco-friendly Leathers and Furs (Project led by Myriam Ertz) > Discover
- Avenues to Advance the Circular Economy in Winter Road Maintenance in Québec (Project led by Amina Lamghari)
- Study of Circular Economy Best Practices in Quebec Agricultural and Agri-Food SMEs (Project led by Olivier Boiral) > Discover
- Implementation in the Municipal Sector of the Technique for Manufacturing Cold-Treated Recycled Materials in a Plant for Pavement Rehabilitation (Project led by Eric Lachance-Tremblay) > Discover
- Towards Concrete Circularity Inclusive of the Disabled (Project led by Claudianne Ouellet-Plamondon)
Other member projects
- Development of a sustainability index in Canada (Led by Marc Journeault) > Discover
- Mouvement Entreprises Vertes Québec (Led by Marc Journeault) > Discover
Steering Committee
B3 focusing on organizational practices of circular economy is led by a team of six researchers. They are responsible for proposing the directions of B3 and represent a diversity of research in circular economy on the organizational theme.
Marc Journeault
Ph.D., CPA, MBA, Professor at Université Laval and co-head of Axis 2
Mathias Glaus
ing., Ph.D., Professor at ÉTS and co-head of Axis 3
François Labelle
Ph.D., Professor at UQTR
Guillaume Pain
Ph.D., Professor at Université Laval
Rafael Ziegler
Ph.D., Professor at HEC Montréal
Samira Rousselière
Ph.D., Professor at Oniris VetAgroBio (France)
Mobilized Experts
In addition to the steering committee members, the experts from B3 are also included. Regularly mobilized to provide their perspectives and expertise, they contribute to broadening the representation of organizational diversity and pushing forward reflections on the theme of organizational circularity.
List of TPS members
- Abdelmoumen Baghdoud, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Ali Karevan, Doctoral student at TS
- Ana Carolina Eugênio de Oliveira, Lecturer at Sherbrooke University
- Camilo Mejía Moncayo, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Céline Vaneeckhaute, Professor at Université Laval
- Chedrak Chembessi, Professor at Université de l’Ontario Français
- Charlotte Trudeau-Drolet, Student at HEC
- Claire Gillet-Monjarret, Professor at Université de Montpellier
- Clara Alagy, Student at Polytechnique Montréal
- Claudia Déméné, Professor at Université Laval
- Deanna Han, Doctoral student at Maastricht University
- Eline Laurent, Researcher at CTTEI
- Elisabeth Laroche, Researcher at INEDI
- Elisabeth Viry, Researcher at CTTEI
- Emna Helal, Institutional researcher at ÉTS
- Esra Alp Coskun, Co-founder of Circularity Matrix
- Farah Gayama, Le collectif bienvenue
- Fatima Touhami, Senior lecturer at Sultant Moulay Slimane University (Morocco)
- Felipe Soto, BBA consultants
- Félix Veillette, Student at ÉTS
- Frédérique Mouly, Sustainable Development Commissioner at Excellence industrielle Saint-Laurent
- Florimond Delobel, Researcher at CTTEI
- Helen Micheaux, Senior lecturer at AgroParisTech
- Julie Larivière, Project manager at CTTEI
- Khalla Niang, Doctoral student at UQAM
- Killian Onida, Post-doctoral researcher at ÉTS
- Linker Tomala Suarez, Student at ESPO (Ecuator)
- Manassee Foksou Tchilia, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Manh-Chiên Vu, Professor at UQO
- Marc Taillefer, International standards
- Mathilde Vincent, Project Manager at CTTEI
- Maxime Saint-Denis, Project Manager at CTTEI
- Olivier Côté, Researcher at Écofaune Boréale
- Omur E. Dagdeviren, Professor at ETS
- Oumar Sangaré, Project Manager at Université Laval
- Pierre-Yves Misme, Cyrcée
- Renée Marcoux, Researcher at ENAP
- Samira M. Rousselière, Professor at Université de Nantes (France)
- Selma Etteieb, Coordinator at CTRI
- Soulé Idrissou, Lecturer and researcher at Université d’Abomey-Calavi (Benin)
- Thang Le Dinh, Professor at UQTR
- Vincent Helfrich, Professor and Research Director at ESSCA
- Willy Boniface Awatcha, Master’s student at ÉTS
Resources on organizational practices
- Circular Economy Collection on the PortailCoop of HEC Montréal
- Methodological demonstration for conducting a systematic review with artificial intelligence
- Global Circularity Protocol for Business Landscape Analysis
- Global Circularity Protocol for Business Impact Analysis
- ISO 59010:2024 : Circular economy — Guidance on the transition of business models and value networks
- BNQ 21000 – Sustainable Development – Guidelines for the Implementation of Principles for Management of Enterprises and Other Organizations
- The Blue Connection
