Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. Agriculture, Biomass, Foods and Beverages -- 1. Key factors of Digital agriculture on competitiveness, sustainability, and safety areas -- 2. Precision Agriculture technologies in the Italian agricultural context. A study on the rate of knowledge and diffusion among Italian farmers -- 3. The Role of Technological Innovations for Agrifood Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review -- 4. The agri-food products life cycle: the technological dimension role in an open innovation perspective -- 5. Innovation in the food sector: development prospects for synthetic meat production -- 6. Valorization strategies of technological and therapeutic properties of orange by-products -- 7. Circular economy in the agri-food industry. How social media create engagement -- 8. Circular urban food policies: the "Food in the circular city" model promoted by the city of Prato -- 9. S-LCA applied in a research project and social conditionality of the new Common Agriculture Policy 2023-2027 -- 10. The S-LCA applied in a research project: “smallholders including farmers” impact subcategory -- 11. The potential of soil carbon sequestration: International and national soil carbon projects -- 12. Eco-innovation and digitalization of agri-food companies towards the circular economy: A pilot project for the evaluation of the impacts and circularity indicators for the agri-food chain -- 13. Application of the DNSH principle to the restoration and enhancement of a historical garden: the project "Well-being and spirituality: Orto-giardino Laudato Sì" -- 14. The adoption of information systems for the analysis of the life cycle of hazelnuts -- 15. Sweet chestnut fractions from sustainable circular process for the control of phytopathogenic oomycetes -- 16. A circular bioeconomy chain: indicators applied to the sustainable production of microalgae for industrial purposes -- 17. The ILCIDAF project for the development of an Italian Database of Life Cycle Inventory of agri-food products: the wheat milling phase -- 18. Life Cycle Inventory data for the Italian olive oil supply chain: how to ensure representativeness -- 19. Carbon Footprint of seasonal meals: the case of school canteens -- 20. Water Footprint of agri-food products from MENA countries vs. EU -- 21. The air indicator of VIVA certification for the sustainability of Italian wine: analysis and perspectives -- 22. Environmental accounting for the circularization of the packaged water sector in Italy -- 23. Recent evolutions in food consumption patterns during the Covid-19 emergency. The emerging market of Food Delivery and its implications on food quality -- 24. Foods Supplements: quality assessment of formulations by expert panel -- 25. Wine quality improvement based on the perception of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) - evidence from Bulgaria -- 26. Multi-elemental characterisation and multivariate analysis of Venetian Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) wines -- 27. Study of the volatile component and the flavonoid content of edible flowers -- 28. The cultivation of Iris pallida as an opportunity for the enhancement of Tuscan agro-biodiversity and a resource for the local economy -- 29. Honey Production in Italy: Quality, Sustainability, and Innovation Strategies of Companies in the Abruzzo Region -- 30. Determination of bioactive compounds in Italian honeydew honeys -- 31. Comparison of the carotenoid content in durum wheat pasta and wholewheat pasta by multivariate analysis -- 32. The likely effect of the rise in global temperature on cheese safety -- 33. Tomato supply chain and production quality control for international markets -- 34. Sustainability of rural supply chains in Nepal: selection, characterization and labelling of spices for the local market -- 35. Carob leaves extracts as new ingredients in the food field: extraction, characterization and antioxidant features -- 36. Carob Pods as Source of Bioactive Molecules in the Preparation of Functional Jelly -- 37. Crocus sativus L. flowers valorisation as sources of bioactive compounds -- Part II. Consumers’ awareness, and behaviors -- 38. An empirical study to understand if sustainable consumers have sustainable behaviours -- 39. Greenwashing and consumer awareness on environmental issues: a pilot analysis -- 40. What factors influence post-Covid-19 consumer purchase habits? An empirical survey in the Italian agri-food sector -- 41. Towards a sustainable diet: the profile of vegan and vegetarian Italian consumers -- 42. Not in My Backyard or Please in My Backyard? A PRISMA-based literature review -- 43. From knowledge to consumption: how consumers perceive of the food quality -- 44. Exploring consumer and company perceptions of the use of digital technologies for traceability -- 45. Functional properties and preferences of consumption of honeys from different origin -- 46. Food safety and insect food: a preliminary consumers’ indication -- Part III. Digitalization -- 47. Digital Innovation Ecosystems: a Systematic Literature Review and a New Definition -- 48. Smart City and Internet of Things -- 49. Digital transformation in companies and human resource management -- 50. “Everything-as-a-service”: l’evoluzione del mercato privato dei beni in piattaforma pubblica di servizi -- 51. Supply chain 4.0: lean six sigma, industry 4.0 technologies and circular supply chain applied to an italian hospital case study -- 52. Bibliometric Analysis and Topic Modeling of the literature on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare -- 53. Digital innovation in the healthcare system: integration between blockchain and artificial intelligence -- 54. The role of multi-stakeholder platforms in the path towards Circular Economy (CE) transition in Europe -- 55. Green Smart Manufacturing: potentials and limits towards Industry 5.0 -- 56. The use of unmanned aerial systems in environmental monitoring -- Part IV. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors -- 57. Natural gas supply in Italy: analysis and perspectives -- 58. The agro-photovoltaic sector as a possible implementation tool in Sicilian energy transition -- 59. Redevelopment of industrial brownfields through green hydrogen: evolution and criticalities -- 60. Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing of a unitized regenerative fuel cell stack: a preliminary study -- 61. A Hypothesis of a Lean Warehouse Design for an Italian Textile-Apparel Company -- 62. Textile industry between past and future in the ‘Museo Merceologico’ (MuMe) -- 63. Production and consumption trends in the European textile sector and main sustainability challenges -- 64. The future of the Italian tanning industry considering the recent geopolitical crisis -- 65. Risk assessment and life cycle approach to optimize the sustainability performance of leather products.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. Waste management: Innovation and Quality -- Chapter 1. Development of an innovative controlled drying technology for the recovery of waste from the wine chain in a circular-economy perspective -- Chapter 2. Reduction of food waste and donations of surplus food in retail stores: A survey proposal -- Chapter 3. Enhancement of waste from the agri-food chain as innovative ingredients for the formulation of functional foods and their impact in chronic kidney disease -- Part II. Waste management: Circular economy and sustainability -- Chapter 4. The study of variables that influence the implementation of a waste cycle tracking system: a literature review -- Chapter 5. Quantification of fugitive methane emissions from landfills: an open issue -- Chapter 6. Sustainable organic waste management in small communities: evidence from life cycle-based evaluations -- Chapter 7. Valorisation of by-product and industry waste for date palm fruit by recovering bioactive molecules and possible applications: a circular economy model -- Chapter 8. Valorisation of pomegranate waste and by-products for new models of circular economy -- Chapter 9. Carbon, Water and Energy Footprint. A sustainability assessment for fruit & vegetable losses in Italy -- Chapter 10. Green technologies and LCA for the analysis of bioactive compounds in wheat husk: an integrated study for sustainability assessment -- Chapter 11. Modelling the leather industry waste from the circular economy perspective. A depth-review -- Chapter 12. Application of the MFA methodology for the analysis of paper and cardboard waste in Italy and a focus on the waste management in Apulia -- Chapter 13. Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in a Regional Circular Economy Scenario -- Chapter 14. Closing the cycle by reusing treated wastewater: the role of Prato in the European debate on Circular Economy -- Part III. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Energy.-Chapter 15. Natural gas supply in Italy: analysis and perspectives -- Chapter 16. The agro-photovoltaic sector as a possible implementation tool in Sicilian energy transition -- Chapter 17. Redevelopment of industrial brownfields through green hydrogen: evolution and criticalities -- Chapter 18. Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing of a unitized regenerative fuel cell stack: a preliminary study -- Part IV. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Leather and textile -- Chapter 19. A Hypothesis of a Lean Warehouse Design for an Italian Textile-Apparel Company -- Chapter 20. Textile industry between past and future in the in the New Museum of Commodity Science -- Chapter 21. Production and consumption trends in the European textile sector and main sustainability challenges -- Chapter 22. The future of the Italian tanning industry considering the recent geopolitical crisis -- Chapter 23. Risk assessment and life cycle approach to optimize the sustainability performance of leather products -- Chapter 24. A combined economic-environmental assessment of an innovative chemical formulation for waterproofing applications in the leather manufacturing industry -- Part V. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Mobility, Logistics and Transports -- Chapter 25. Mobility Environmental Profile in the Framework of a Research Project: The “CRESTING” Case -- Chapter 26. University students and mobility. A sustainability analysis -- Chapter 27. Life Cycle Costing in the maritime sector: the case of the extraordinary maintenance of a Roll-on/Roll-off ferry -- Chapter 28. The last-mile delivery process from a life cycle perspective -- Part VI. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Technical materials and products -- Chapter 29. Concerns deriving from the sand business and potential substitutes for a sustainable construction sector -- Chapter 30. Reshoring and nearshoring of resources towards making the manufacturing chain of the Italian ceramic industry more resilient and sustainable -- Chapter 31. Definition of indicators relating to the extraction of minerals used in the ceramic sector for LCA -- Chapter 32. Personal Protective Equipment recycling scenarios for the production of reinforced bituminous conglomerates -- Chapter 33. Environmental performance and efficiency in the semiconductor fabrication sector -- Chapter 34. The recovery of materials and management at the end-of-life of ships. Models and strategies for a Critical Raw Materials Circular Market in Europe -- Part VII. Quality, circular economy, and sustainability: a miscellaneous of general facts -- Chapter 35. Entropic Limits of Circular Economy -- Chapter 36. Circular Bioeconomy: An analysis of operational principles and limits -- Chapter 37. Comparison and Contrast between Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Innovation -- Chapter 38. Transition to Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment: connections with social responsibility tools -- Chapter 39. A new approach to improve sustainability: the role of Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) -- Chapter 40. The proposal for the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): towards better environmental data in sustainability reporting -- Chapter 41. ESG indicators and SME: towards a simplified framework for sustainability reporting -- Chapter 42. Women entrepreneurship and new business models for a quality production of Aloe Vera in Jordan -- Chapter 43. Sustainability standards and certifications for the healthcare sector: A literature review on social, economic, and environmental indicators -- Chapter 44. ISO 9001 certification of the Specialization Schools of the Health Area of the University of Padova -- Chapter 45. European University Alliances and good quality assurance practice -- Chapter 46. The inclusion of gender diversity in Italian universities: main priorities and critical issues -- Chapter 47. Patent box as a tax relief tool for companies operating in circular economy context -- Chapter 48. Industrial symbiosis in Sicily: perspectives and criticalities .