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Reports & public documents.
Layman’s Report
Public summary of LIFE FORTURE’s objectives, activities and results for an international audience. The report explains how the project introduced a dynamic sustainability assessment model in ceramic manufacturing, integrating environmental, economic and social dimensions through Industry 4.0 technologies and real-time data.Final event: Neemo Presentation — The LIFE Programme as an EU funding instrument for environment and climate
Presentation by Lorenzo Mengali introducing the LIFE Programme and its role as the European Union’s dedicated funding instrument for environmental and climate action. The presentation frames LIFE FORTURE within the broader LIFE programme, highlighting its policy context, objectives and contribution to environmental innovation.Final event: Gresmalt Presentation — Industry 4.0 + Sustainability = Dynamic DYCTA
Presentation by Marco Cucchi on the industrial implementation of Dynamic DYCTA at Gresmalt. It explains how Industry 4.0, IoT and continuous data collection can support real-time sustainability monitoring, transforming production data into environmental and socio-economic indicators.Final event: UNIMORE Presentation — DYCTA Environment
Presentation by Anna Maria Ferrari and Lucrezia Volpi on the environmental dimension of DYCTA. It explains the evolution from traditional Life Cycle Assessment to dynamic environmental assessment, showing how inventory data, impact assessment and digital tools can support real-time monitoring and product eco-design.Final event: URJC Presentation — Socio-economic sustainability and the DYCTA response
Presentation by Rocío González Sánchez and Fernando García Muiña on the economic and social dimensions of sustainability. The presentation explains how DYCTA addresses socio-economic sustainability through dynamic assessment, digital technologies, Industry 4.0 and dedicated indicators.Final event: UNIMORE DIEF Presentation — Local ingredients for a green recipe: the new G3NIUS porcelain stoneware
Presentation by Cristina Siligardi on the material and technological development of the G3NIUS porcelain stoneware product. The presentation describes the role of local raw materials, ceramic body formulation and product innovation in reducing environmental impact.Final event: Gresmalt G3NIUS Presentation — The ceramic challenge: accessible sustainability
Presentation by Alessandra Salvarani on G3NIUS as a concrete application of LIFE FORTURE results. The presentation focuses on accessible sustainability, material innovation and product innovation, showing how the project’s approach was translated into a ceramic product concept.Final event: Leroy Merlin Presentation — Towards generativity, beyond social responsibility
Presentation by Francesca De Simone on Leroy Merlin’s approach to generativity and social responsibility. The presentation connects sustainability with sharing, employee involvement, circular economy initiatives and social projects, offering a market and retail perspective complementary to the industrial results of LIFE FORTURE.Final event: Sapienza Presentation — Circular-Green Premium: threat or opportunity?
Presentation by Prof. Idiano D’Adamo on the Circular-Green Premium and its implications for sustainability-oriented markets. The contribution discusses whether circular and green value can represent a risk or an opportunity for companies, consumers and market positioning.Eco-design with 7.4 mm tiles
Dissemination report presenting the benefits of 7.4 mm ceramic tiles compared with standard 9 mm tiles. The document highlights reduced raw material use, lower CO₂ emissions, lower overall environmental impact, improved transport efficiency and economic advantages along the value chain.Sustainability Goals by Gresmalt
Dissemination material presenting Gresmalt’s sustainability strategy and contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It describes the development of the DYCTA system, the company’s environmental and socio-economic monitoring approach, and key sustainability indicators related to water, energy, material circularity and emissions.Webinar CISE — Digitalization as an opportunity to implement sustainability in manufacturing companies
Webinar by Davide Settembre Blundo on the role of digitalization in supporting sustainability in manufacturing. The presentation explains how digital and circular approaches can help companies improve efficiency, support decision-making and implement practical sustainability strategies.Qualicer 2020 — Increased green value of glazed porcelain stoneware tiles through the eco-design of raw materials
Presentation by Lucrezia Volpi on the eco-design of raw materials for glazed porcelain stoneware tiles. The work compares different raw material supply formulations, reducing the share of extra-EU materials and assessing how raw material choices can improve the environmental profile of ceramic products.Qualicer 2020 — The economic dimension of sustainability: new perspectives from a ceramic tile manufacturing context
Presentation by Sonia Medina Salgado, Anna Maria Ferrari, Davide Settembre Blundo, Marco Cucchi and Fernando García Muiña on the economic dimension of sustainability. It focuses on Life Cycle Costing as a comprehensive tool to support decision-making in ceramic tile manufacturing and to evaluate environmental, financial and social acceptability.ICerS Raw Material Congress Presentation — Light and shadow in supply chain sustainability management
Presentation by Lucrezia Volpi on supply chain sustainability management in the ceramic sector. It discusses the complexity of ceramic supply chains, the connection between supply chain and value chain management, and the role of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment as a tool for corporate social responsibility.Italian Ceramic Society Conference 2019 — Experimental model for the sintering of porcelain stoneware bodies
Presentation by Cristina Siligardi focused on the mineralogical analysis and sintering behaviour of porcelain stoneware bodies. The study compares ceramic formulations with different percentages of European raw materials and investigates their technological properties to support more sustainable raw material strategies.Conference on Circular Economy for the Ceramic Industry — Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable business models
Presentation delivered at Confindustria Ceramica in Sassuolo on 9 May 2019. It explains how Corporate Social Responsibility can help integrate sustainability principles into business models, with specific reference to circular economy, industrial districts and the ceramic sector.Final Event LIFE M&M — Sustainability as a source of competitive advantage for industry
Presentation delivered at the LIFE M&M Man and Metal Final Event in Mosciano Sant’Angelo. It transfers the LIFE FORTURE approach to another resource- and energy-intensive industrial context, presenting sustainability as a competitive lever and introducing the role of LCSA, circular economy and business model innovation.Tecnargilla 2018 — Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable business models
Presentation by Fernando Enrique García Muiña and Davide Settembre Blundo on how to integrate sustainability principles into business models. Delivered during Tecnargilla 2018, the presentation connects Corporate Social Responsibility, circular economy and business model innovation in the ceramic industry.CBIM 2018 — Method for designing sustainable business models for ceramic tile manufacturers based on life cycle approach
Presentation by Sonia Medina Salgado at the CBIM International Conference. It introduces a method to integrate sustainability into ceramic tile manufacturers’ business models through a life cycle approach, linking business model innovation, LCSA and dynamic assessment.ISDRS 2018 — Life Cycle Assessment of Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing
Presentation by Lucrezia Volpi at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society. It presents the environmental assessment of ceramic tile manufacturing and explores strategies for circular economy in the ceramic sector.CIMTEC 2018 — Ceramic materials, sustainability and innovation
Conference presentation delivered at the 14th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies. The contribution presents LIFE FORTURE’s approach to sustainable ceramic materials, linking technological innovation, environmental assessment and industrial application.University of Padua Seminar — Welcome to the LIFE Programme
Seminar introducing LIFE FORTURE, its background, critical issues and project objectives. The presentation explains the need to integrate environmental, economic and social sustainability into business models, with a particular focus on the Sassuolo ceramic district.LCSA Seminar — Dynamic eco-design for ceramic materials
Presentation by Lucrezia Volpi on the use of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment as a dynamic eco-design tool for ceramic materials. It presents the LIFE FORTURE approach, the integration of environmental, economic and social dimensions, and the shift from static assessment to dynamic impact monitoring.Italian Ceramic Society Conference 2018 — LCSA as an eco-design method for ceramic materials
Presentation by Anna Maria Ferrari, Cristina Siligardi, Fernando García Muiña, Lucrezia Volpi and Davide Settembre Blundo on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment as an eco-design tool for ceramic materials. The presentation introduces the LIFE FORTURE objectives and explains how environmental, economic and social impact assessment can support sustainable product development.University of Pavia Seminar — The Sassuolo Ceramic District: Markets, Processes and Innovation
Introductory seminar on the Sassuolo ceramic district, its industrial value chain, production process and innovation dynamics. The presentation provides the territorial and manufacturing background of LIFE FORTURE, highlighting the interaction between environment, economy and society in the ceramic sector.— SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
— SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Research born from the project.
FORTURE's methodology fed a body of peer-reviewed work on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and sustainable manufacturing.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Industry 4.0 real-world testing of dynamic organizational life cycle assessment of a ceramic tile manufacturer
This paper validates Organizational Life Cycle Assessment in a real manufacturing context. Based on the case of an Italian ceramic tile manufacturer, it uses Industry 4.0 technologies to collect inventory data and assess environmental impacts at organizational level, showing how digitalization can support more reliable environmental decision-making across multiple production plants.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment and Organization 4.0: An easy-to-implement method
This method article proposes an operational protocol for applying Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment in an Industry 4.0 environment. Based on the case of an Italian ceramic tile manufacturer, it uses real-time, site-specific data to link social metrics with production and business processes, making social performance assessment easier to replicate in other organizations.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Industry 4.0-based Dynamic Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment to target the social circular economy in manufacturing
This paper develops a dynamic Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment approach for manufacturing. By integrating SO-LCA with Industry 4.0 technologies, the study shows how digitalized production processes can support real-time monitoring of social performance and help identify the social dimension of circular economy in an industrial context.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Industry 4.0 and Smart Data as Enablers of the Circular Economy in Manufacturing: Product Re-Engineering with Circular Eco-Design
This paper presents a circular eco-design model applied to ceramic tile manufacturing. By combining Industry 4.0 technologies, smart data, Life Cycle Assessment and material analysis, the study evaluates alternative raw material supply scenarios and demonstrates how digital data can support the environmental re-engineering of ceramic products.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Technological Sustainability or Sustainable Technology? A Multidimensional Vision of Sustainability in Manufacturing
This paper proposes a broader interpretation of sustainability in manufacturing by introducing technological sustainability as a possible fourth dimension of sustainable development. It discusses how environmental, economic, social and technological dimensions interact in industrial contexts and why technology should be assessed not only as an enabler, but also as a sustainability dimension in itself.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Flexibility and Resilience in Corporate Decision Making: A New Sustainability-Based Risk Management System in Uncertain Times
This paper develops a sustainability-based risk management framework to support corporate decision-making in uncertain contexts. It connects risk management with sustainability management and proposes a multidimensional assessment model covering business, competitive and systemic levels, with a focus on resilience, flexibility and sustainable development.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Adaptive Life Cycle Costing Modeling and Applying to Italy Ceramic Tile Manufacturing Sector: Its Implication of Open Innovation
This paper develops and validates an adaptive Life Cycle Costing model for the Italian ceramic tile sector. The study extends the economic dimension of sustainability by integrating circularity parameters into LCC and by using sectoral cost data to compare scenarios with and without circular economy practices.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Building Exploitation Routines in the Circular Supply Chain to Obtain Radical Innovations
This paper investigates how circular supply chains can support radical innovation through exploitation routines and absorptive capacity. It focuses on the role of production, logistics, customer knowledge and communication practices in adapting companies to circular economy principles.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment integrating Life Cycle Inventory and Enterprise Resource Planning in an Industry 4.0 environment
This paper presents the architecture and application of a Dynamic LCA system developed for an Italian ceramic tile manufacturer. The model integrates ERP data, Life Cycle Inventory information and a customized LCA tool through Business Intelligence software, enabling faster, more reliable and dynamic environmental impact assessment of the production process.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Participation in Group Companies as a Source of External Knowledge in Obtaining and Making Profitable Radical Innovations
This paper analyses how participation in company groups can support access to external knowledge and contribute to the development of radical innovations. The study focuses on absorptive capacity, knowledge exchange and the economic performance of innovation processes.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Social Life-Cycle Assessment: A Review by Bibliometric Analysis
This paper reviews the scientific literature on Social Life Cycle Assessment through bibliometric analysis. It maps the evolution of S-LCA research, identifies the main authors, themes and publication trends, and highlights the methodological gaps that still limit the consolidation of social impact assessment across product and process life cycles.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Main Dimensions in the Building of the Circular Supply Chain: A Literature Review
This literature review identifies the main dimensions required to build circular supply chains. It highlights the importance of stronger relationships across the supply chain, adapted logistics and organizational models, smart technologies and an enabling business environment to support circular economy implementation.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sustainability Transition in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing with the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas
This paper analyses how sustainability can be integrated into the corporate value proposition through the transition from a traditional business model to a sustainable one. Based on the case of a ceramic tile manufacturer in the Sassuolo district, the study applies the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas to represent environmental, economic and social value creation in an Industry 4.0 manufacturing context.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Identifying the Equilibrium Point between Sustainability Goals and Circular Economy Practices in an Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Context Using Eco-Design
This paper investigates eco-design as an operational tool to balance sustainability goals and circular economy practices in ceramic tile manufacturing. It shows how Industry 4.0 and IoT technologies can support new circular business models, helping companies integrate environmental and socio-economic criteria into product design and industrial decision-making.Find out more ↗ARTICLE
Sustainability as a source of competitive advantage for the ceramic industry
Article presenting sustainability as a strategic lever for the ceramic sector. The contribution explains how environmental, economic and social sustainability can move beyond compliance and become part of a company’s competitive positioning, especially in mature manufacturing sectors.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sustainability as source of competitive advantages in mature sectors: The case of Ceramic District of Sassuolo, Italy
This paper explores how sustainability can become a source of competitive advantage in mature manufacturing sectors. Using the Sassuolo ceramic district as a case study, it applies the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment model at district level, shifting the analysis from the individual company to the wider industrial system.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Building a Sustainability Benchmarking Framework of Ceramic Tiles Based on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
This paper proposes a sustainability benchmarking framework for porcelain stoneware tiles based on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment. It combines Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing and Social Life Cycle Assessment to define environmental, economic and social indicators useful for decision makers, designers and end users.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company
This paper explores how Industry 4.0 and circular economy can support the competitiveness of companies and territories. Based on the case of an Italian ceramic tile manufacturer, it proposes a procedure to integrate environmental, economic and social sustainability into manufacturing operations through circular business models, LCA, LCC, S-LCA and business intelligence systems.Find out more ↗JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lifecycle-oriented design of ceramic tiles in Sustainable Supply Chains
This paper analyses the production cycle of glazed porcelain stoneware tiles from raw material extraction to product packaging, using Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing. The study identifies strategic options to improve environmental performance and costs, supporting the use of sustainability as a competitive advantage in ceramic supply chains.Find out more ↗Interested in collaborating?
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