About Me
María-Laura Franco-García holds a Ph.D. on “Environmental Chemistry” (Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, France). She worked for the Mexican Environmental Ministry contributing to the hazardous waste regulations. Franco’s research interests expanded to public and private management of natural resources and to product development fields since her affiliation to “Tecnológico de Monterrey”. Franco is currently one of the European coordinators of the global network of “Greening of Industry Network GIN)”
www.greeningofindustry.org. Her current research is related to GIN’s mission, e.g. Circular Economy, CSR, sustainable industrial parks, social and environmental Life Cycle Assessment, social entrepreneurship, among others.
Expertise
Social Sciences
# Mexico
# Sustainability
Earth & Environmental Sciences
# Circular Economy
# Small And Medium-Sized Enterprise
# Sustainability
# Transition
Business & Economics
# Co-Creation
# Environmental Policy
Organisations
Publications
Recent
Lujan Ornelas, C.
, Franco-Garcia, M.-L.
, Heldeweg, M.
, & Bressers, H. (2024).
Developing SATIN, a Sustainability Assessment Tool for Textile Industry. Paper presented at 3rd Sustainable Textile and Fashion Congress, STFC 2024, Online.
Muzamwese, T. C.
, Franco-Garcia, L.
, & Heldeweg, M. A. (2023).
The role of sustainable business networks in promoting a Circular Economy in Africa—A systematic literature review.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.506
Batlles-delaFuente, A.
, Franco-García, M. L., Belmonte-Ureña, L. J., & Plaza-Úbeda, J. A. (2023).
Technological Innovations Promoting Circular Economy: A Profitable Tool to Close Resource Loops. In S. S. Muthu (Ed.),
Life Cycle Assessment & Circular Economy (pp. 1-34). (Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes; Vol. Part F1247). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33982-0_1
Latanna, M. D., Gunawan, B.
, Franco-García, M. L.
, & Bressers, H. (2023).
Governance Assessment of Community-Based Waste Reduction Program in Makassar.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
15(19), Article 14371.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914371
Kreiner, I. (2023).
Industrial Parks for People and Planet: Assessing their contribution to sustainable regional development. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556958
Crespo-Rosas, N.
, & Franco-García, L. (2023).
Improving Gender Equality with Social Entrepreneurship and Circular Economy: A Mexican Case. In
The Social Dimensions of the Circular Economy (pp. 241-263). (Greening of Industry Networks Studies; Vol. 10). Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25436-9_11
Kreiner, I.
, Bressers, H. T. A.
, & Franco-García, M. L. (2023).
Challenges to implementing a sustainable strategic evaluation framework of industrial parks: Mexican case.
Cleaner Engineering and Technology,
13, Article 100612.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2023.100612
Guerra-Tamez, C. R.
, & Franco-García, M. L. (2022).
Influence of Flow Experience, Perceived Value and CSR in Craft Beer Consumer Loyalty: A Comparison between Mexico and The Netherlands.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
14(13), Article 8202.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su14138202
Nurdiana, J.
, Franco-Garcia, L.
, & Heldeweg, M. A. (2021).
How shall we start? The importance of general indices for circular cities in Indonesia.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
13(20), Article 11168.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011168
Luján-Ornelas, C., Güereca, L. P.
, Franco-García, L.
, & Heldeweg, M. (2020).
A life cycle thinking approach to analyse sustainability in the textile industry: A literature review.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
12(23), Article 10193.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310193
Shahrabi, N. S.
, Bressers, J. T. A.
, Franco Garcia, M. L., & Pourezzat, A. A. (2020).
Policy learning for generating green electricity.
International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy,
10(4), 487-496.
https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10306
Zhang, Q. (2020).
Enhancing the sustainability of Chinese production: Going beyond individual firms by green supply chain and eco-industrial parks. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036550611
Carpio-Aguilar, J. C., Rincón-Moreno, J.
, & Franco-García, M. L. (2019).
Potential of Carbon Footprint Reduction within Retailers: Food Waste at Walmart in Mexico. In
Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Post-global Economy (pp. 225-240). (Greening of Industry Networks Studies; Vol. 7). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15066-2_12
Mungo, C.
, & Franco-García, M. L. (2019).
A Sustainable Supply Chain Perspective in the Transition to Circular Cities. In N. Yakovleva, R. Frei, & S. R. Murthy (Eds.),
Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Post-global Economy (pp. 183-204). (Greening of Industry Networks Studies; Vol. 7). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15066-2_10
UT Research Information System
Education
Aside teaching in the MEEM and minor Crossing Borders programs I am open for delivering guess lectures to engaging students and colleagues on collaborative activities associated to sustainability.
Affiliated Study Programmes
Master
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn
(building no. 10), room 1153
Hallenweg 17
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn
1153
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands