
Vanessa Prieto-SandovalPontifical Xavierian University · Department of Business Administration
Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval
BA. MSc. PhD
Assistant Professor at Pontifical Javeriana University
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Introduction
Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval currently works at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, at the Business Department. Before, she worked at the Department of Industrial Management, Universidad de Navarra. Vanessa does research in Circular Economy, Education in sustainability, consumers behavior, ecolabelling and Business Administration. Her current project is 'ECoPyme.'
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Education
September 2015 - January 2019
September 2014 - September 2015
February 2007 - August 2010
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Publications (38)
The implementation of activities close to the circular economy (CE), such as environmental management system (EMS) and cleaner production (CP) practices, and their relationships, are expected to have positive effects on the circular and sustainability performance. However, current research has provided results in which the effects are diffuse, cont...
Purpose: The circular economy is a key issue for any company, city, or institution. The linear economy model, based on "take, make, use and waste" of products and resources, has discarded potentially valuable resources and caused serious contamination problems. In contrast, the circular economy (CE) model is a strategic paradigm whose purpose is to...
Recycling is a highly relevant issue in environmental behavior. To make it work, it is necessary to involve people. Many efforts have been made to increase people's participation in recycling. This study proposes an informal education to raise awareness among homemakers about recycling, especially aluminum packaging recycling, using workshops and c...
The implementation of the circular economy (CE) is expected to lead companies to become more sustainable. However, the effects of CE practices on the sustainability performance of companies are diffuse, even more so when both are influenced by drivers such as Industry 4.0 and stakeholder pressure, among others. The current literature offers diverge...
The circular economy (CE) is an alternative economic system based on closing energy and material cycles to achieve sustainable development and create value based on innovation. In this sense, business associations (BAs) can work as intermediaries to promote CE in industrial sectors. They bring together many companies, generate trust-based relations...
As a society, we are aiming to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, and one of the most important challenges is fostering responsible production and consumption. Green marketing campaigns and instruction in university curricula are an opportunity to influence producers' and consumers' decision-making process in a positive way....
Business models for the circular economy, or circular business models, is a growing field of research applied in various industries. Global sustainability trends, such as electrification of the transport sector and increased energy consumption from renewable sources, have led to rapid growth in the number of batteries produced, especially lithium-i...
Purpose: The circular economy has multiple benefits and opportunities to achieve sustainability and a better future for the next generations. The purpose of this paper is to propose a methodology that guides step-by-step any industrial SMEs in the transition from the linear to a circular model. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a crucial rol...
This paper contributes to the circular economy (CE) literature by investigating the drivers of success of the CE implementation in the construction sector and how those drivers can complement any implementation process in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). To do so, we analyzed the case of TECMO Estructuras Metálicas, using the methodology propos...
La operación de una organización de servicios puede crear el imaginario de una reducida generación de impactos ambientales negativos, esto se evidencia en la ausencia de estrategias de gestión ambiental al interior de la empresa tanto en su operación como en los hábitos de sus empleados. Sin embargo, este es un tema que cobra cada vez más importanc...
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The European Ecolabel (EU Flower) has the mission to encourage cleaner production and influence consumers to promote Europe’s transition to a circular economy. Nonetheless, little is known about EU Ecolabel evolution; it is not clear what the drivers that encourage its implementation are. Thus, this study aims to assess the growing acceptan...
Most companies operate on a linear economy that consists of "take, make, use and waste." However, the growing impact of industries’ emissions on the envi-ronment has aroused global concerns about their activities. As a result, companies are becoming more and more aware of the importance of implementing a circular economy (CE) model by closing the l...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are key actors in the implementation of the circular economy (CE) concept as a basis for creating sustainable societies. Thus, the main objective of this study is to identify key strategies and resources that may favor CE implementation in SMEs. These key strategies should encourage SMEs to develop eco‐innovation...
The circular economy has become a topic of intense interest for policymakers, scholars and business managers because it has proven to be a new paradigm to achieve the sustainability of our society. However, the main efforts made in the circular economy cannot be limited to the actions of professional or experts. We believe that if we intend to meet...
The circular economy has become an important issue in recent years because it makes sustainable development feasible by creating value in the economy and by closing the energy and materials loops. However, since most companies continue to operate under a linear model, it is particularly important to start providing companies with tools that facilit...
The growing complexity of environmental issues and its connection with the way in which society is consuming make essential to understand the extent of the consumers' awareness regarding the sustainable aspects. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the motivations of sustainable consumers and how those motivations should be considered by...
The growing importance of the concept of the circular economy as a way to attain sustainable development has encouraged scholars to propose different ways to understand it. Given the large number of studies done on the circular economy, their differing approaches and their multiple applications, this paper attempts to propose a consensus view of th...
The important role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in most economies underpins this research, which develops an empirical analysis that allows us to explore the potential for implementation of the Circular Economy in SMEs and the barriers and opportunities they may distinguish from it. To that end, a survey was carried out in Navarra and the...
This article describes an action research (AR) project for designing and implementing a structured mentoring programme in a Spanish university. A student affairs unit, a team of researchers, faculty-mentors and student-protégés worked together on three cycles of AR. The result is a programmatic mentoring programme for the development of non-technic...
The European circular economy action plan, launched in 2015 includes a group of measures aligned with the 3r principles. To meet recycling goals, valuable materials such as aluminium must have packaging that helps to increase their recycling rate above the current 45.6%. This recycling rate could be improved with the help of current consumers and t...
The circular economy is a paradigm that aims to generate economic prosperity, protect the environment and prevent pollution, consequently, facilitating sustainable development. The growing interest of governments, industry, and society in the implementation of the circular economy has led us to inquire about its direct connection with the ultimate...
Circular Economy has become an important issue in the last years. However, most of the companies keep going through a linear model. Consequently, it is highly important to start providing companies with a measuring framework to diagnose their circular economy implementation level. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to define the impo...
The Circular Economy has become a topic of high interest for policy makers, scholars, and business managers because it is shown as a new paradigm to achieve the sustainability of our society. However, the main efforts in Circular Economy cannot be reduced to professional or experts’ acts. Nevertheless, we consider that if we pretend to meet the cur...
Companies have made great strides in strengthening their environmental maturity and sustainable production. Nevertheless, many of them have not transmitted their knowledge to their workers, and this makes it more difficult to have employees participate in their company’s sustainability improvement process. In the particular case of Volkswagen Navar...
Circular Economy (CE) is fast becoming a matter of high importance for researchers, governments, and firms, to pursue social prosperity and to increase the resilience level of the natural environment. In this context, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have an important role because they represent some of the most important motors of development a...
An ecolabel is the visible manifestation of a voluntary eco-innovation process. In this process, consumers’ environmental expectations are met; firms increase their created and captured value and enhance their sustainability, and governments and institutions foster sustainable production and consumption. The European Ecolabel, also known as EU Flow...
Purpose: This research analyzes the maturity of environmental management as well as the degree of to which the Circular Economy has been implemented in Basque SMEs.
Design/methodology/approach: A total of 17 case studies were carried out in industrial SMEs companies in the Basque Country.
Findings: The main results show that companies are limited t...
This study analyzes the importance of ecolabels as an eco-innovation tool that can contribute to the sustainable design, production and consumption of products. Our research has a dual objective. The first is to build a theoretical framework that explains the relationship between ecolabels and eco-innovation, their determinants (demand, supply, and...
Environmental management has emerged as an issue of great interest among institutions, companies and consumers. Nowadays, the Circular Economy is the current platform to promote the sustainability principles in the market while also engaging the environmental protection and the social prosperity. To that aim this research analyzes the degree in whi...
Purpose – The present study focuses on organizations that promote sustainable consumption behaviours and their relation to the motivations of responsible consumers. The aim of this study is to determine the profile of the responsible consumer, their motivations for choosing green products and how organizations that promote sustainable behaviour rea...
Environmental management has emerged as an issue of great interest among companies. Circular Economy, proposes to change from a linear economy to a circular economy trying to promote the sustainability of economy while it also achieves sustainable environmental protection. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent a 99% of the European companie...
Since the introduction of capitalism system in the seventeenth century during the industrial revolution, there have been an enormous number of opportunities and challenges for society. The main advantage of the industrial revolution has been the increase in production capacity and the development of new technologies, which improved the standard of...
Economía circular es un término que aparece literalmente desde los años 90´s en la normativa alemana, sin embargo tiene sus orígenes en la Escuela de la Ecología Industrial desde los 70´s. Sin embargo para entender el concepto, hay que empezar por el sistema actual; la economía lineal. La economía lineal como lo indica su nombre, consiste en el pro...
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We have especial interest on reuse, repurpose, second-life of lithium batteries when they come from electric vehicles? Business models related to this industry are interesting too.
I have a brief idea but I'd like to know more about this hot issue, I see I very controversial
I'm helping a school students group who want to develop a basic lamp with algae and luminescent bacteria. It is not my field of action but they are really motivated with this idea...
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I'm looking for some researches which explain the mission, management or effectiveness of green consumers' organizations. I'd really appreciate any idea. Thanks!
I would like to know more about re-distributed manufacturing and digital innovation because they have a direct relationship with circular business models. Thanks!
We would like to see if the environmental certifications may boost the exports of firms and countries.