Cleaner Production, Circular Economy, and ESG Strategies to Foster Sustainability

Prof. Biagio F. Giannetti holds a Doctorate (D.Sc.) and a Master’s degree from the University of São Paulo (USP). He is a Full Professor in the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at Universidade Paulista (UNIP), where he leads the Production and Environment Laboratory (LaProMA) and coordinates research activities in sustainability and production systems. His work focuses on industrial ecology, emergy analysis, cleaner production, and sustainability assessment. He is the Global Director and founder of the Advances in Cleaner Production Network and serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production and Frontiers in Energy Research. Prof. Cecília Almeida holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (USP). She is a Full Professor at the Institute of Exact Sciences and Technology and in the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at Universidade Paulista (UNIP). Her research is centered on Cleaner Production, Industrial Ecology, and the development of environmental and sustainability indicators. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cleaner Production and a researcher at the Production and Environment Laboratory (LaProMA). Prof. Feni Agostinho holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering and a Ph.D. in Food Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, with scientific training at Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy. He is a Full Professor in the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at Universidade Paulista (UNIP), where he works in the area of Sustainability in Production Systems. His research interests include life cycle assessment, environmental accounting using eMergy, and circular economy. He serves as Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Cities and as Associate Editor of Cleaner and Responsible Consumption. Prof. Ubiratã Tortato holds a degree in Business (UFPR), M.Sc. in Business (UFPR) and a Ph.D. in Production Engineering (USP). He was a visiting researcher at the University of Ferrara (UNIFE) in Italy and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is a full professor in the Ph.D. Program in Business at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR). He is the founder of the Research Group on Sustainability in Organizations (GPSO) and the Chief-Editor of Applications of Circular Economy. He works with sustainability, ESG, circular economy, sustainable supply chains, decarbonization and digital transformation. Prof. Fábio Sevegnani holds a degree in Mechatronics Engineering and a Doctorate in Production Engineering from Universidade Paulista (UNIP), where he is a Full Professor and faculty member of the Graduate Program in Production Engineering. He has academic experience at the University of Florida as a visiting scholar. His research focuses on sustainability assessment, multicriteria modeling, industrial ecology, and production systems, with emphasis on decision-support approaches for complex systems. He also works with cleaner production and sustainability evaluation methodologies.

• Energy Transition for Climate Resilient Development: A Case Study of China.- Sustainable Evaluation through Energy-Water-Carbon Nexus Modeling.- Circular economy strategies for critical raw materials in the energy transition.- Problematic, unnecessary and avoidable (PUA) plastics: a perspective from the Global South.- Proposal to Develop a Renewable and Biodegradable Resin from Dairy Industry Waste for Use in 3D Printers.- Strategy for Sustainability in the Alpaca Textile Value Chain.- Building Supply Chain Justice through Cleaner Production.- Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy: A Case Study of the Textile Processing Industry.- Advancing Circular Built Environment Transitions through Effective Digital Product Passport Implementation.- Knowledge Mapping of Circular Economy in Agriculture.- The leadership role in transitioning to Circular Economy: Empirical evidence from Brazilian SMEs.