GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 13 open scholarly metadata sources and uses AI-assisted classification to identify signals related to measurement, policy narratives, outcomes, implementation, industrial adoption, and verification.
The goal is not only to discover papers, but to observe how GX research is distributed across research substance, implementation narratives, external expectations, implementation substance, and judgment formation.
Summaries are AI-assisted. Always refer to the original paper for authoritative conclusions.
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Modelling in Management2023#AI × ESGDOI
Artificial intelligence in supply chain decision-making: an environmental, social, and governance triggering and technological inhibiting protocol
Xinyue Hao, Emrah Demir
This study identifies triggers and inhibitors of AI adoption in supply chains using a PRISMA systematic review and thematic analysis under the ESG framework. Environmental triggers include waste and GHG reduction; social triggers include pr…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2021#Carbon AccountingDOI
Territorial-Based vs. Consumption-Based Carbon Footprint of an Urban District—A Case Study of Berlin-Wedding
Clara Lenk, Rosalie Arendt, Vanessa Bach +1
This study applies and compares territorial-based and consumption-based carbon footprint methods for the Berlin-Wedding district. Results were nearly identical (about 400,000 t CO2-eq), not supporting the hypothesis that consumption-based f…
Peer-reviewedJournalCleaner Logistics and Supply Chain2025#Supply ChainDOI
Green construction supply chain: Reviewingadvancements, obstacles, and possibilities
Himasai Kiran Reddy Durgam, Prasanna Venkatesan Ramani
This review analyzes the integration of circular economy principles in construction supply chains using a combined bibliometric and grounded theory approach. It identifies key challenges such as fragmentation, waste, and carbon emissions, a…
Journal2025#AI × ESGDOI
Project and Supply Chain Optimization to Enhance Sustainability in AI-driven Industry 4.0: A Review of Recent Trends
Afia Saiara Akhi, Mustakim Jahan, Shamima Shammay +1
This systematic review synthesizes recent research on AI-driven optimization for sustainable project and supply chain management, covering predictive analytics, machine learning, digital twins, and multi-objective optimization. It identifie…
Peer-reviewedJournalnpj Climate Action2023#Scope 3DOI
Supply-chain data sharing for scope 3 emissions
Aurel Stenzel, Israel Waichman
This paper discusses the importance of primary data sharing along supply chains for accurate Scope 3 emissions calculation. Current estimates rely on industry averages, which are imprecise. It identifies three main obstacles: legal/regulato…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalJournal of Industrial Ecology2021#Energy TransitionDOI
The link between product service lifetime and GHG emissions: A comparative study for different consumer products
Simon Glöser‐Chahoud, Matthias Pfaff, Frank Schultmann
This paper quantitatively assesses the relationship between product lifetime and GHG emissions for refrigerators and mobile phones. Using dynamic material flow analysis (MFA) linked with life cycle inventory (LCI) data, it simulates scenari…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalResearch Portal (King's College London)2025#Energy Transition
New insights into technical challenges and barriers for implementing circular strategies within the built environment
Kaewunruen, Sakdirat, Qin, Xia, Cvetkovska, Meri +4
This study analyzes technical barriers to circular economy adoption in the building sector via a multi-region survey (n=270) and literature review. It identifies interoperability of tools/data, documentation/traceability, and capability gap…
Peer-reviewedJournalRAIRO - Operations Research2024#Supply ChainDOI
Big data service investment strategy for low-carbon supply chains with reference effect
Qinpeng Wang, Guotao Wu, longfei he
This study uses differential games to analyze big data service (BDS) investment strategies in a dual-channel low-carbon supply chain, considering consumer reference effects on emission reduction levels. It finds that joint BDS investment be…
🌍 GlobalJournalKTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)2018#Energy Transition
The electricity consumption and operational carbon emissions of ICT network operators 2010-2015
Jens Malmodin, Dag Lundén
Based on a large primary dataset from telecom operators, this report estimates electricity consumption and operational carbon emissions of ICT networks (fixed and mobile) for 2010, 2013, and 2015. In 2015, electricity use was 242 TWh (1.15%…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalPatterns2022#Energy TransitionDOI
The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of estimates, trends, and regulations
Charlotte Freitag, Mike Berners-Lee, Kelly Widdicks +3
This paper critiques peer-reviewed estimates of ICT's GHG emissions, suggesting the actual share could be 2.1%-3.9% after adjusting for supply chain truncation. It identifies three reasons emissions will likely rise without intervention and…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalInternational Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education2025#Scope 3DOI
Opportunities to improve data quality of scope 3 emissions in the context of carbon neutrality: the case study of LUT University
Aleksandra Woszczek, Michael Child, Mika Luoranen +1
This study assesses GHG Protocol scope 3 categories and data sufficiency at LUT University, Finland. Findings show that most scope 3 emissions suffer from poor data accuracy, leading to over- or underestimation. The authors suggest universi…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalBritish journal of surgery2023#Carbon AccountingDOI
Carbon footprint of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
Aaron Taylor, Stephanie Au, Barbora Krivankova +2
This study quantifies the carbon footprint of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy (LRH) in a single hospital, analyzing four cases. Mean emissions were 22.81 kgCO2e per case, with single-use consumables manufacturing contributing 54%. It highl…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalThe International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment2020#Supply ChainDOI
Carbon and water footprint of coffee consumed in Finland—life cycle assessment
Kirsi Usva, Taija Sinkko, Frans Silvenius +2
This LCA assesses the carbon and water scarcity footprints of coffee consumed in Finland, covering the entire life cycle from cultivation to consumption. Primary data from eight farms in Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Honduras, and Finnis…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournal2025#Carbon AccountingDOI
Improving Circularity in Brewing through Data Spaces: A Case Study in Carbon Footprint Allocation
Jan Niklas Buescher, Victoria Pohl, Daniel Ditterich +6
This paper explores how data space-based condition monitoring can enhance circular economy strategies and sustainability in industrial production, using the RIF Cyber Physical Brewhouse as a case study. Drawing on a literature review and qu…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEarth system science data2023#Carbon AccountingDOI
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from wood fuel use by households
Alessandro Flammini, Hanif Adzmir, Kevin Karl +1
This paper estimates GHG emissions from non-renewable wood fuel harvesting for household cooking, by country and globally. In 2019, annual emissions were about 745 Mt CO2 eq, with uncertainty from -63% to +64%. Increases in sub-Saharan Afri…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira2025#ESGDOI
Data reporting in agri-food platforms: sharing, privacy, consumer demands, and public policies
Ivan Bergier, Édson Luís Bolfe, Débora Pignatari Drucker +8
This paper analyzes challenges and opportunities for building a sustainable, secure, and transparent data-sharing environment for ESG reporting in agriculture and livestock. Using a systematic literature review and semantic network, it iden…
Peer-reviewed🇯🇵→🌍 Japan-to-Global🇯🇵 JapanJournalJournal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice2023#data_governanceDOI
Building a ‘Green Data’ Future: how a human-centric approach to data and nudges can help fight climate change
Mark Fenwick, Paulius Jurčys
This paper argues that the 'green value' of sensor-generated data is underutilized in climate action, proposing a user-held data model where data belongs to users. It explores applications in green lifestyles, smart cities, and green innova…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalGlobal Environmental Change2020#Scope 3DOI
Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil's soy exports
Neus Escobar, E. Jorge Tizado, Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen +3
This paper integrates LCA with physical trade flow analysis to spatially explicitly estimate GHG emissions from Brazilian soy exports. Analyzing ~90,000 trade flows from 2010-2015, it reveals large variability in carbon footprints across so…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalProcedia CIRP2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Designing a System Architecture for Automated Product Carbon Footprint Calculation in Production Lines
Steffen Wurm, Adrian Kasner, Oliver Petrović +1
This paper proposes a modular system architecture for automated Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation in manufacturing, using the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) as a digital twin. It defines four functional layers (Sources, Network, …
🇪🇺 EuropeJournal2024#Energy Transition
Energy storage and climate impacts on the future renewable European energy system
Ebbe Kyhl Gøtske
This PhD thesis uses techno-economic optimization to analyze a future sector-coupled European energy system, focusing on storage technology competitiveness, climate change impacts, and robustness to weather variability and gas supply disrup…