Global sustainability assessments call for a rethinking of prevailing systems production and consumption. We focus on the circular economy as an alternative system, role cooperatives transformative actors sustainability. While have been studied in relation to specific circularity strategies, notably recycling, we present first study all strategies. ask how strategies business models resonate wi...

Abstract Background Circular economy (CE) is a development priority of the European Union and it part EU industrial strategy. The transition to more circular an essential contribution EU’s efforts develop sustainable, low carbon, resource-efficient competitive economy. author focuses her CE-related reflections research in this paper on macro-level (research subjects: 28 countries), level which ...