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Circular Economy Models in Sustainability Reports of the Polish Electric Power Industry

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  • Jacek Garbol

    (Department of Management Accounting, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Jurija Gagarina 11, 87-100 Toruń, Poland)

  • Marlena Ciechan-Kujawa

    (Department of Management Accounting, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Jurija Gagarina 11, 87-100 Toruń, Poland)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is the identification of circular economy implementation models characteristic of the Polish electric power industry based on the scope and degree of progress of activities included in companies’ sustainability reports. A comprehensive four-level model was used in the study, and it was completed through an assessment of the progress of CE projects implemented in the companies. The scope and level of progress of activities undertaken in the companies of the analysed industry are relatively similar, which makes it possible to determine the model of CE implementation in the electric power industry. Companies are engaged in 2 of the 13 defined areas, energy efficiency and environmental improvements, and, on average, in 4 further ones (industrial waste recycling, dematerialisation, renewables, and industrial symbiosis), which means that they focus mainly on activities of level I and partially level II. Activities at levels III and IV are currently omitted or not advanced.

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  • Jacek Garbol & Marlena Ciechan-Kujawa, 2024. "Circular Economy Models in Sustainability Reports of the Polish Electric Power Industry," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(23), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:23:p:6102-:d:1536291
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    1. Márcia R. C. Santos & Ana Rolo & Dulce Matos & Luisa Carvalho, 2023. "The Circular Economy in Corporate Reporting: Text Mining of Energy Companies’ Management Reports," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-16, August.
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