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Author :National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada). Task Force on the Financial Services Program Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :61 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (562 download)
Book Synopsis Measuring Eco-efficiency in Business by : National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada). Task Force on the Financial Services Program
Download or read book Measuring Eco-efficiency in Business written by National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada). Task Force on the Financial Services Program and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental aspects, development, sustainable development.
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Download or read book Measuring Eco-efficiency in Business written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental aspects, development, sustainable development.
Book Synopsis Measuring Eco-efficiency by : Hendrik A. Verfaillie
Download or read book Measuring Eco-efficiency written by Hendrik A. Verfaillie and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Eco-efficiency by : Livio D. DeSimone
Download or read book Eco-efficiency written by Livio D. DeSimone and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the principles of eco-efficiency and presents case studies of their application from a number of international companies, including 3M and the Dow Chemical Company. The term "eco-efficiency" describes business activities that create economic value while reducing ecological impact and resource use. This book outlines the principles of eco-efficiency and presents case studies of their application from a number of international companies, including 3M and the Dow Chemical Company. It also discusses the value of partnerships--with other companies, business associations, communities, regulators, and environmental and other nongovernmental groups. In the conclusion, the authors argue that business must become more eco-efficient and that governments need to change the conditions under which business operates, including tax and regulatory regimes, to make them more conducive to eco-efficiency.
Download or read book Eco-efficiency written by Markus Lehni and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Eco-efficiency and Beyond by : Jan-Dirk Seiler-Hausmann
Download or read book Eco-efficiency and Beyond written by Jan-Dirk Seiler-Hausmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business-as-usual, it is widely accepted, will exceed the Earth's carrying capacity in an alarmingly short space of time. In simple terms, we need to learn to use the world's rapidly depleting resources in a significantly more efficient manner. Practical and readily adopted solutions are needed now. Eco-efficiency-or "produce more with less" – is achieved when goods and services satisfy human needs, increase the quality of life at competitive prices and when environmental impacts and resource intensity are decreased to a degree that keeps them within the limits of Earth's expected carrying capacity. Eco-efficiency – a term first proposed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in 1992 – is a management approach that allows businesses to carry out environmental protection measures from a market-oriented point of view, with the aim of illustrating that ecology and the economy do not need to be a contradiction. Indeed, eco-efficiency has been portrayed as a win-win-for both business and the environment. This book, which developed out of two conferences on eco-efficiency held in Düsseldorf in 1998 and 2001, is edited by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker and his team from the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, one of the world's leading research programmes on resource productivity. The aim is not simply to explain the past and present of eco-efficiency but to look forward to and encourage a future where the comprehensive take-up of the concept by business, government and consumers could lead to innovation on a grand scale and the possibility of a giant leap beyond towards overall sustainability. There have been considerable achievements to date. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index, which aims to list the most sustainable corporations for investors, includes companies such as BASF, Climatex, Henkel and Matushita/Panasonic (all represented in this book), who are implementing eco-efficiency measures. A number of political initiatives have also been formed. In December 2001, the German government suggested a National Sustainability Strategy to measure Germany's sustainable development. While this not yet an accepted political target or even law, it shows that politics is moving toward binding targets for increasing efficiency. Eco-Efficiency and Beyond collects together the leading thinkers on the topic and aims to illustrate not only that the concept should be part of every business strategy but that it is a key trigger for innovation. Innovation cuts through paradoxes. It is the creation of solutions to conflicting demands. Flying in a vacuum gave us rockets and satellites; switching electrons through insulators gave us Silicon Valley and the digital age. Sustainable development presents a similar field of paradoxical innovation forces: i.e. provide affordable products and services for the growing unmet needs of the world population while reducing environmental impacts. This book is the definitive collection on eco-efficiency and will be required reading for business, government, NGOs and academicians.
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Author :National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada) Publisher :National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy ISBN 13 :9781895643985 Total Pages :55 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (439 download)
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Download or read book Measuring Eco-efficiency in Business written by National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada) and published by National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. This book was released on 1999 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Eco-efficiency, Regulation, and Sustainable Business by : Raimund Bleischwitz
Download or read book Eco-efficiency, Regulation, and Sustainable Business written by Raimund Bleischwitz and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents important new research on applied eco-efficiency concepts throughout Europe. The aim of eco-efficiency is to achieve market-based measures of environmental protection, in order to enhance the prospects for sustainable development and achieve positive economic and ecological benefits. The distinguished authors discuss a number of themes surrounding eco-efficiency including the necessary conditions for technological dissemination and ecological modernization, and the role of government in enabling businesses and society to participate actively in this process. In particular, they highlight the application of existing European-based policies concerning material flows and energy. The authors also investigate some new concepts of sustainable development and provide a useful introduction to material flows analysis. In further chapters they study the emerging regulatory policies for eco-efficiency, and examine the issues of sustainable business and consumption strategies. Environmental and ecological economists, policymakers and political scientists will welcome this original and insightful book which aims to translate the theory of sustainable development into practical policy and business-related solutions.
Book Synopsis Measuring Eco-efficiency in Business by : Demeter Group (Firm)
Download or read book Measuring Eco-efficiency in Business written by Demeter Group (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Quantified Eco-Efficiency by : Gjalt Huppes
Download or read book Quantified Eco-Efficiency written by Gjalt Huppes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-03 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A central asset of eco-efficiency analysis is that it does not depend on a specific evaluation of environmental impacts against economic effects. Several evaluation methods may be used, including those based on willingness-to-pay, panel procedures, and public statements on policy goals. This volume covers all aspects of eco-efficiency analysis and offers a global perspective on the subject.
Book Synopsis Building the Eco-efficient Enterprise by : World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Workshop
Download or read book Building the Eco-efficient Enterprise written by World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Workshop and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Sustainable Measures by : Martin Bennett
Download or read book Sustainable Measures written by Martin Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental and social performance measurement and reporting by business has become a high-profile issue during the 1990s. It is increasingly being requested by stakeholders and required by governments. Companies too are finding that they need better environmental and social performance data for effective internal management. And there are a growing number of standardisation initiatives – such as the ISO 14031 guidelines on environmental performance evaluation or the CERES Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) template for sustainability reporting – that are aimed at making it easier for more companies to take action, and for stakeholders to compare their progress.Sustainable Measures collects together most of the key work and individuals concerned with the topic from around the world. Contributions include: environmental and social reporting by John Elkington and colleagues at SustainAbility; the GRI discussion draft; Roger Adams and Martin Houldin on the FEE study of environmental reporting; Janet Ranganathan of the World Resources Institute on sustainability measures; and Martin Bennett and Peter James on ISO 14031 and the future of environmental performance evaluation. There are also chapters examining current practice in Austria, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands and South Africa, developments in electronic reporting, as well as case studies of Baxter, Kunert, Niagara Mohawk, Unox, The Body Shop and the UK water industry, and an analysis of leading social reports.The book is essential reading for all academics, campaigners, policy-makers and practitioners with an interest in issues such as:The standardization and comparability of environmental and social performance measuresMeasuring and reporting on sustainable businessEco-points and other means of evaluating product impactsThe implementation of measurement and reportingBest practice in corporate environmental and social reportingNew means of communicating environmental dataEnvironmental performance evaluation in developing countries
Book Synopsis The Business of Less by : Roland Geyer
Download or read book The Business of Less written by Roland Geyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Business of Less rewrites the book on business and the environment. For the last thirty years, corporate sustainability was synonymous with the pursuit of ‘eco-efficiency’ and ‘win-win’ opportunities. The notion of ‘eco-efficiency’ gives us the illusion that we can achieve environmental sustainability without having to question the pursuit of never-ending economic growth. The ‘win-win’ paradigm is meant to assure us that companies can be protectors of the environment whilst also being profit maximizers. It is abundantly clear that the state of the natural environment has further degraded instead of improved. This book introduces a new paradigm designed to finally reconcile business and the environment. It is called ‘net green’, which means that in these times of ecological overshoot businesses need to reduce total environmental impact and not just improve the eco-efficiency of their products. The book also introduces and explains the four pollution prevention principles ‘again’, ‘different’, ‘less’, and ‘labor, not materials’. Together, ‘net green’ and the four pollution prevention principles provide a road map, for businesses and for every household, to a world in which human prosperity and a healthy environment are no longer at odds. The Business of Less is full of anecdotes and examples. This brings its material to life and makes the book not only very accessible, but also hugely applicable for everyone who is worried about the fate of our planet and is looking for answers.
Book Synopsis A Manual for the Preparers and Users of Eco-efficiency Indicators by : Andreas Sturm
Download or read book A Manual for the Preparers and Users of Eco-efficiency Indicators written by Andreas Sturm and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environmental world summits in Rio (1992) and Johannesburg (2002) have shownthat the business community has become committed to the concept of sustainabledevelopment and to improving its environmental performance. On the other hand,various stakeholders are demanding that enterprises report on theseimprovements. In particular, the financial community is concerned about howenvironmental performance affects the financial results of an enterprise.This concern about sustainable development is now complemented in the post-Enron era by corporate concern about "sustainable value" or "sustainable business".To achieve sustainable development, sustainable value or sustainable business,enterprise management must take into account the impact of their performance ontheir employees, their customers, their suppliers and the community, including itsenvironment. This manual presents the results of ISAR's work to extend the conventionalaccounting model and to link environmental performance with financialperformance. The precise correlation between improved environmentalperformance of an enterprise and its bottom line is extremely difficult to provebecause of the many factors that can affect profits. However, the concept of ecoefficiency,where increased profits are achieved under conditions of decliningenvironmental impact, demonstrates such a link. Despite the practical usefulnessof eco-efficiency indicators, their construction and use are highly problematic. Thismanual presents a method by which environmental and financial performanceindicators can be used together to measure an enterprise's progress in attainingeco-efficiency or sustainability. The manual provides detailed explanations andexamples for the preparers and users of eco-efficiency indicators so that they canproduce internally consistent environmental and financial information, thusimproving the quality of environmental reporting and stakeholder satisfaction.
