Including Social in Circular Umeå

The paper examines the social impacts of transitioning to a circular economy in Umeå, Sweden, focusing on seven social impact categories, including employment, access to services, and participation. While stakeholders generally perceive the transition as a "win-win-win" for the environment, economy, and people, the authors suggest this lack of perceived negative impact may indicate insufficient consideration of societal consequences or a lack of civil society participation in the strategy's design.

• A social impact assessment in Umeå, Sweden, identified several negative impacts of a circular economy (CE) transition across seven categories, with specific in-depth exploration of employment, access to services, and participation.
• Stakeholders in Umeå generally perceive the negative impacts of the circular economy to be limited, viewing the interventions as beneficial for the environment, economy, and people simultaneously.
• The perception of the circular economy as a universal win raises concerns regarding whether societal consequences were adequately considered and if civil society was sufficiently involved in designing the city's strategy.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Including Social in Circular Umeå. https://www.sei.org/publications/including-social-in-circular-umea/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Including Social in Circular Umeå. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/including-social-in-circular-umea/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022including, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Including Social in Circular Umeå}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/including-social-in-circular-umea/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }