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Prof. Dr. Steve Evans
Centre for Industrial Sustainability, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK

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Journal article
Published: 15 May 2021 in Food Control
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The improvement of food allergen management among food manufacturers has been encumbered by a lack of behavioural incentives to adopt good practices (e.g. multiple verifications and adoption of advanced technologies etc.). This study aims to tackle this challenge by proposing an incentive-based approach. We develop this approach by compiling, through a scoping literature review, a comprehensive list of operational errors in food allergen management for food manufacturers; identifying incentives with a behavioural cost‒benefit approach; and integrating machine learning and human learning into a coherent framework for sustaining behavioural incentives. Such a synthesised approach could help to develop advanced food traceability technologies, more effective regulations and better food safety culture for improving food allergen management.

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Lili Jia; Steve Evans. Improving food allergen management in food manufacturing: An incentive-based approach. Food Control 2021, 129, 108246 .

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Lili Jia, Steve Evans. Improving food allergen management in food manufacturing: An incentive-based approach. Food Control. 2021; 129 ():108246.

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Lili Jia; Steve Evans. 2021. "Improving food allergen management in food manufacturing: An incentive-based approach." Food Control 129, no. : 108246.

Journal article
Published: 30 March 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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To improve industrial sustainability performance in manufacturing, energy management and optimisation are key levers. This is particularly true for aluminium extrusions manufacturing —an energy-intensive production system with considerable environmental impacts. Many energy management and optimisation approaches have been studied to relieve such negative impact. However, the effectiveness of these approaches is compromised without the support of refined supply-side energy consumption information. Industrial internet of things provides opportunities to acquire refined energy consumption information in its data-rich environment but also poses a range of difficulties in implementation. The existing sensors cannot directly obtain the energy consumption at the granularity of a specific job. To acquire that refined energy consumption information, a supply-side energy modelling method based on existing industrial internet of things devices for energy-intensive production systems is proposed in this paper. First, the job-specified production event concept is proposed, and the layout of the data acquisition network is designed to obtain the event elements. Second, the mathematical models are developed to calculate the energy consumption of the production event in three process modes. Third, the energy consumption information of multiple manufacturing element dimensions can be derived from the mathematical models, and therefore, the energy consumption information on multiple dimensions is easily scaled. Finally, a case of refined energy cost accounting is studied to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed models.

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Chen Peng; Tao Peng; Yang Liu; Martin Geissdoerfer; Steve Evans; Renzhong Tang. Industrial Internet of Things enabled supply-side energy modelling for refined energy management in aluminium extrusions manufacturing. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 301, 126882 .

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Chen Peng, Tao Peng, Yang Liu, Martin Geissdoerfer, Steve Evans, Renzhong Tang. Industrial Internet of Things enabled supply-side energy modelling for refined energy management in aluminium extrusions manufacturing. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 301 ():126882.

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Chen Peng; Tao Peng; Yang Liu; Martin Geissdoerfer; Steve Evans; Renzhong Tang. 2021. "Industrial Internet of Things enabled supply-side energy modelling for refined energy management in aluminium extrusions manufacturing." Journal of Cleaner Production 301, no. : 126882.

Responsible and sustainable manufacturing
Published: 25 August 2020 in International Journal of Production Research
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This investigation studies advanced practitioners of maintenance management and seeks to uncover the related impacts and contributions of best practice maintenance toward sustainable manufacturing operations. This exploratory research conducted a novel empirical analysis focused on maintenance functions in nine manufacturing companies from diverse sectors. The analysis uncovered insights related to the economic, environmental, and social benefits of deeper involvement of maintenance function in plant operations and decision-making. We observed links of maintenance function with product competitiveness and with energy management activities that were unexpected. We confirmed benefits from keeping machinery in good working conditions and restoring promptly good working conditions when an issue happens. The depth of maintenance contribution on each area identified in this study will depend on the operational and business context of the manufacturing company; thus, companies need to reflect on these based on their specific processes, business needs and goals. Ultimately, this work can inspire managers in manufacturing companies to organise maintenance functions strategically toward fostering long-term competitive, responsible and sustainable performance.

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Maria Holgado; Marco Macchi; Stephen Evans. Exploring the impacts and contributions of maintenance function for sustainable manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research 2020, 58, 7292 -7310.

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Maria Holgado, Marco Macchi, Stephen Evans. Exploring the impacts and contributions of maintenance function for sustainable manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research. 2020; 58 (23):7292-7310.

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Maria Holgado; Marco Macchi; Stephen Evans. 2020. "Exploring the impacts and contributions of maintenance function for sustainable manufacturing." International Journal of Production Research 58, no. 23: 7292-7310.

Comment
Published: 08 October 2019 in Nature Communications
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Designing effective policy interventions to motivate mitigation actions requires more realistic assumptions about human decision-making based on empirical evidence from the behavioural sciences. We therefore need to consider behavioural rather than only economic costs and benefits in policy intervention designs. Plastic pollution is a purely anthropogenic problem and cannot be solved without large-scale human action. Motivating mitigation actions requires more realistic assumptions about human decision-making based on empirical evidence from the behavioural sciences enabling the design of more effective interventions.

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Lili Jia; Steve Evans; Sander Van Der Linden. Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 1 -3.

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Lili Jia, Steve Evans, Sander Van Der Linden. Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution. Nature Communications. 2019; 10 (1):1-3.

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Lili Jia; Steve Evans; Sander Van Der Linden. 2019. "Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution." Nature Communications 10, no. 1: 1-3.

Journal article
Published: 21 December 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Industrial symbiosis (IS) uses a metaphor drawn from the natural ecosystem that ‘nothing is being wasted in nature’ to suggest that one factory can use another factory's waste as its feedstock. Through qualitative research and thematic analysis, this study has identified three themes for fostering IS: IS fostering models, IS implementation stages, and policy instruments. A framework for studying the influence of policy on IS implementation from the firm's perspective is proposed, using four IS fostering models, five IS implementation stages, and ten policy instruments. We demonstrate that studying IS through these combined lenses brings many new detailed insights. Following this, the use of the framework to conduct comparative case studies to consider which policy instrument worked well under which conditions was demonstrated using the case of the Speed-dating/exogenous IS model between the UK and China. Accordingly, this framework is expected to contribute to efficient policy support, which will increase the proliferation of IS practice and the potential of IS practicality.

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Yuan Tao; Steve Evans; Zongguo Wen; Mingfeng Ma. The influence of policy on industrial symbiosis from the Firm's perspective: A framework. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 213, 1172 -1187.

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Yuan Tao, Steve Evans, Zongguo Wen, Mingfeng Ma. The influence of policy on industrial symbiosis from the Firm's perspective: A framework. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 213 ():1172-1187.

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Yuan Tao; Steve Evans; Zongguo Wen; Mingfeng Ma. 2018. "The influence of policy on industrial symbiosis from the Firm's perspective: A framework." Journal of Cleaner Production 213, no. : 1172-1187.

Chapter
Published: 17 January 2017 in Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management
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Sustainability is crucial to create long-term high value in manufacturing system. Sustainable value creation requires systems thinking in order to maximise total value captured. There is a need to better understand how companies can improve sustainable value creation. Few tools or structured approaches to thinking about sustainable value are available. This chapter seeks to provide understanding of key concepts for and tools that aid practitioners in sustainable value creation in manufacturing. The chapter also provides case studies on how the tools have helped companies improve sustainability.

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Steve Evans; Lloyd Fernando; Miying Yang. Sustainable Value Creation—From Concept Towards Implementation. Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management 2017, 203 -220.

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Steve Evans, Lloyd Fernando, Miying Yang. Sustainable Value Creation—From Concept Towards Implementation. Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management. 2017; ():203-220.

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Steve Evans; Lloyd Fernando; Miying Yang. 2017. "Sustainable Value Creation—From Concept Towards Implementation." Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management , no. : 203-220.

Journal article
Published: 19 July 2016 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Sustainability has become one of the key factors for long-term business success. Recent research and practice show that business model innovation is a promising approach for improving sustainability in manufacturing firms. To date business models have been examined mostly from the perspectives of value proposition, value capture, value creation and delivery. There is a need for a more comprehensive understanding of value in order to promote sustainability. This paper proposes value uncaptured as a new perspective for sustainable business model innovation, and develops four forms of value uncaptured: value surplus, value absence, value missed and value destroyed. This paper also proposes a framework of using value uncaptured for sustainable business model innovation. This framework has been validated in case studies in six product-service systems firms with advanced manufacturing technologies. The empirical studies identify 26 main sources of value uncaptured throughout the product life cycle. The findings show that (a) the new perspective of value uncaptured can help manufacturing firms understand the negative aspects of their business models; (b) the four forms and 26 sources can assist firms in identifying value uncaptured in a structured way; and (c) the identified value uncaptured can trigger the discovery of new value opportunities which lead to new business models with higher sustainable value. This paper extends the existing studies on business models from the perspectives of value proposition, capture, creation and delivery, to value uncaptured. The proposed framework has helped firms identify value opportunities that trigger the innovation of sustainable business models. Therefore, this paper contributes to both theory and practice in the field of sustainable business models innovation.

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M. Yang; S. Evans; D. Vladimirova; P. Rana. Value uncaptured perspective for sustainable business model innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016, 140, 1794 -1804.

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M. Yang, S. Evans, D. Vladimirova, P. Rana. Value uncaptured perspective for sustainable business model innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016; 140 ():1794-1804.

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M. Yang; S. Evans; D. Vladimirova; P. Rana. 2016. "Value uncaptured perspective for sustainable business model innovation." Journal of Cleaner Production 140, no. : 1794-1804.

Book chapter
Published: 02 April 2016 in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016
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Industrial Symbiosis can help improve the overall efficiency of the industrial system. The positive impact of implementing symbiotic exchanges between companies would benefit their host region through increased job creation and reduced environmental stress, whilst the entities engaged could benefit from a combination of additional revenue streams and reduced costs. However, in spite of the potential benefits of IS, there remains an implementation gap, with practitioners failing to fully exploit the possibilities of IS. The objective of this article is to provide a review of the current state of IS research in order to unlock current gaps of knowledge and practice, and identify research opportunities which will help close the implementation gap. The final aim is to explore and understand the areas practitioners willing to engage with IS need to consider in order to operationalize IS in their network.

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Maria Holgado; Dai Morgan; Steve Evans. Exploring the Scope of Industrial Symbiosis: Implications for Practitioners. Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016 2016, 169 -178.

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Maria Holgado, Dai Morgan, Steve Evans. Exploring the Scope of Industrial Symbiosis: Implications for Practitioners. Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016. 2016; ():169-178.

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Maria Holgado; Dai Morgan; Steve Evans. 2016. "Exploring the Scope of Industrial Symbiosis: Implications for Practitioners." Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016 , no. : 169-178.

Conference paper
Published: 18 August 2015 in Security Education and Critical Infrastructures
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Eco-efficiency is defined as the concept of doing more with less; in other words, creating goods and services while preserving natural resources and reducing waste and pollution during manufacturing. This paper presents a toolkit for eco-efficiency at factory level: the Factory Resource and Energy Efficiency (FREE) toolkit. It contains five key elements; (1) see waste, (2) find solutions, (3) set targets, (4) assess yourself, and (5) create good habits. The FREE toolkit contains a range of games, tools and methods mapped against these five elements to integrate sustainability into factory activities. This paper presents the toolkit structure and an example of the journey for eco-efficiency.

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Mélanie Despeisse; Steve Evans. Improving Factory Resource and Energy Efficiency: The FREE Toolkit. Security Education and Critical Infrastructures 2015, 640 -646.

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Mélanie Despeisse, Steve Evans. Improving Factory Resource and Energy Efficiency: The FREE Toolkit. Security Education and Critical Infrastructures. 2015; ():640-646.

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Mélanie Despeisse; Steve Evans. 2015. "Improving Factory Resource and Energy Efficiency: The FREE Toolkit." Security Education and Critical Infrastructures , no. : 640-646.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2015 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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M.C. Ruiz Puente; E. Romero Arozamena; S. Evans. Industrial symbiosis opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises: preliminary study in the Besaya region (Cantabria, Northern Spain). Journal of Cleaner Production 2015, 87, 357 -374.

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M.C. Ruiz Puente, E. Romero Arozamena, S. Evans. Industrial symbiosis opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises: preliminary study in the Besaya region (Cantabria, Northern Spain). Journal of Cleaner Production. 2015; 87 ():357-374.

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M.C. Ruiz Puente; E. Romero Arozamena; S. Evans. 2015. "Industrial symbiosis opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises: preliminary study in the Besaya region (Cantabria, Northern Spain)." Journal of Cleaner Production 87, no. : 357-374.