Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills

This study explored the size and potential of green employment for circular economy (CE) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union, and investigated the role of green jobs and skills for the implementation of CE practices. The data were collected in a Eurobarometer survey, and ref...

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Autores principales:	Francesca Bassi, Mariangela Guidolin
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	resource efficiency environmental skills green economy multilevel modeling circular economy Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8b6468a9b7644559b8db022d77461b192021-11-11T19:45:31ZResource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills10.3390/su1321121362071-1050https://doaj.org/article/8b6468a9b7644559b8db022d77461b192021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12136https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This study explored the size and potential of green employment for circular economy (CE) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union, and investigated the role of green jobs and skills for the implementation of CE practices. The data were collected in a Eurobarometer survey, and refer to resource efficiency, green markets, and CE procedures. Lack of environmental expertise is one of the factors that might be perceived as an obstacle when trying to implement resource-efficiency actions. Previous research has shown that, although resource-efficiency practices are adopted by firms in all European countries, there are differences both within and between countries. The analysis of the determinants of green behavior by European SMEs was completed by a study of heterogeneity across firms and within countries with a multilevel latent class model, a hierarchical clustering method. A general important observation is that having no workers dedicated to green jobs is strongly correlated to the probability of adopting resource-efficiency practices, while perceiving the need of extra environmental skills has a positive effect on the intention to implement actions in the future. Other characteristics of the firms play a significant impact on resource efficiency: in general, older and bigger firms, with larger yearly turnover, are more prone to implement actions.Francesca BassiMariangela GuidolinMDPI AGarticleresource efficiencyenvironmental skillsgreen economymultilevel modelingcircular economyEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12136, p 12136 (2021)
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topic	resource efficiency environmental skills green economy multilevel modeling circular economy Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	resource efficiency environmental skills green economy multilevel modeling circular economy Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Francesca Bassi Mariangela Guidolin Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills
description	This study explored the size and potential of green employment for circular economy (CE) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union, and investigated the role of green jobs and skills for the implementation of CE practices. The data were collected in a Eurobarometer survey, and refer to resource efficiency, green markets, and CE procedures. Lack of environmental expertise is one of the factors that might be perceived as an obstacle when trying to implement resource-efficiency actions. Previous research has shown that, although resource-efficiency practices are adopted by firms in all European countries, there are differences both within and between countries. The analysis of the determinants of green behavior by European SMEs was completed by a study of heterogeneity across firms and within countries with a multilevel latent class model, a hierarchical clustering method. A general important observation is that having no workers dedicated to green jobs is strongly correlated to the probability of adopting resource-efficiency practices, while perceiving the need of extra environmental skills has a positive effect on the intention to implement actions in the future. Other characteristics of the firms play a significant impact on resource efficiency: in general, older and bigger firms, with larger yearly turnover, are more prone to implement actions.
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title	Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills
title_short	Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills
title_full	Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills
title_fullStr	Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills
title_full_unstemmed	Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills
title_sort	resource efficiency and circular economy in european smes: investigating the role of green jobs and skills
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Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in European SMEs: Investigating the Role of Green Jobs and Skills

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