Mirela Panait – författare

Recycling, Upcycling, and Waste Management: Current Sustainability Practices and Future Trends explores how these processes contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the three pillars of sustainability: social, economic, and environmental. This book answers crucial questions about the importance of recycling and upcycling in accelerating SDGs and achieving sustainability. It examines the circular economy, innovative solutions for sustainability, the role of artificial intelligence in waste reduction, and international perspectives on waste management.Additionally, the book offers practical case studies and best practices, providing readers with examples of successful recycling and waste management initiatives. It discusses the integration of AI in minimizing waste and presents a global view on the challenges and opportunities in waste management.Delivers in-depth coverage of current recycling, upcycling, and waste management practicesOffers insights into emerging trends and future directions in sustainability and waste managementIncludes practical case studies from various contexts, offering actionable insights for professional challenges and projects

The business world finds itself in a state of transition, driven in tandem by the strategies of digitalization and sustainable development. A complex process, various stakeholders approach the transition with different tools. Public authorities create the legal and institutional framework, companies fuel the process of technological innovation but also promote sustainable development in their activity. Social responsibility has become a key element of the business strategy also embraced by portfolio investors, universities, consumers.Digitalization, Sustainable Development, and Industry 5.0 offers cutting-edge multidisciplinary research, with expert insights on the technologies and strategies businesses use in the twin transition process. The challenges of a Society 5.0-based new normal organizational model and the contributors’ solutions both inform and teach regarding the present, as well as illuminate the path ahead. Understanding the best practices that have emerged in the twin transition allows researchers and practitioners alike to become more effective and serve as a launching point for future generations.The chapters present strategies for academics, researchers, managers, practitioners, and entrepreneurs looking to use new information technologies for business development while protecting the environment. Administrators, educational leaders, policymakers, researchers and other professionals can utilize the extensive research on managing organizations and providing valuable leading and professional development initiatives as well as implementing the latest administrative technologies.

This book provides an interdisciplinary look at how non-financial performance, sustainability reports, and corporate governance can be used as tools to facilitate sustainable economic development. It examines emerging trends within corporate social responsibility to offer ways in which supply chain management, customers, and different stakeholders, both within development and emerging economics, can support both social and economic development. Ways in which company digitization can support the broaden digital transformation of global economies, how greenwashing can be overcome, and the empowering of gender and cultural diversity within corporate structures and broader society are also discussed.This book highlights how industry and corporate governance can contribute to the sustainable economic development agenda and be included in the structural transformation underpinning the green transition. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in environmental economics and corporate responsibility.

This book opens up a critical dimension of energy transition taking in account multidimensional challenges on economic, social and environmental fields. Therefore, certain social and environmental problems generated by energy poverty are solved by using renewable energy.