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1 online resource |
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Chapter Introduction / Jan-Dirk Seiler-Hausmann, Christa Liedtke and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- chapter 1 Thinking about sustainable production and services in a globalised world -- chapter Companies in a globalised world -- chapter 2 Promoting the life-cycle economy--time to act! -- chapter 3 The next sources of innovation -- chapter Tomorrow's markets -- chapter Eco-efficiency triggers innovation -- chapter Case study -- DuPont: 'zero' targets driving innovation -- chapter All-out innovation -- chapter 4 Sustainable politics / Jan-Dirk Seiler-Hausmann, Wuppertal Institute, Germany -- chapter 5 Germany's Sustainable Development Strategy -- chapter 6 The German Council for Sustainable Development -- chapter The dialogue paper -- chapter Energy and climate change -- chapter 7 Think--communicate--act. Econsense Forum for Sustainable Development: a German business initiative -- chapter Sustainable development is a continual searching and learning process -- chapter 8 Launching the ISS Sustainable Development -- chapter Sustainable Trade and Innovation Centre -- chapter A new entrepreneurial and business model -- chapter The need for a visionary industrial policy -- chapter 9 Sustainable business development -- chapter 10 Deloitte Sustainability Reporting Scorecard -- chapter The value of transparency and reporting -- chapter A scorecard to assess the quality of reports -- chapter The approach of evaluation and scoring -- The scorecard's structure and rationale -- chapter The building blocks of the evaluation questionnaire -- chapter Guidelines for using the scorecard -- chapter The process of evaluation -- chapter Using the scorecard to survey reporting quality in various industry sectors -- chapter 11 Sustainability management? Don't bother! Practical steps for bringing sustainability into core management practice -- chapter The business case -- chapter Integration of sustainability into core business thinking and processes -- chapter The future -- chapter What is material flow cost accounting? -- chapter Sizing materials in the weaving of cotton fabrics -- chapter Why eco-efficiency? Why resource productivity? -- chapter Products of service--technical nutrients -- chapter 16 Eco-effective design of products and production systems: eight theses on methodological and institutional prerequisites -- chapter Eco-effective product or services design is a positive definition for closing material flow systems -- chapter Environmental optimisation generates economic opportunities -- chapter 17 Efforts in the electronics industry toward creating a recycling-based society / Nobuhisa Itoh, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd, Japan -- chapter 17 4 Conclusion -- chapter 10 Ten years of sustainability at Henkel: innovative products as a basis for long-term business success -- chapter 19 Toward sustainable banks and insurance companies / Thomas Orbach and Timo Busch, Wuppertal Institute, Germany -- chapter 20 The challenge of sustainability for financial institutions -- chapter The emerging challenges and opportunities of sustainability for the finance sector -- chapter Lending -- chapter 21 Sustainability: the new paradigm in value-based corporate management -- chapter Financing concepts and the sustainability model -- Environmental considerations are key factors in granting loans -- chapter Econsense: forum for sustainable development -- chapter 22 Can pension funds drive sustainable development? -- chapter Examples of pension funds involved in SRI -- chapter Performance potential: links to corporate governance -- chapter Pressure by employees -- chapter Impact of disclosure rules: UK example -- chapter Conclusions and next steps -- chapter Bibliography -- chapter Author biographies -- chapter List of abbreviations -- chapter Useful websites |
| Summary |
"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 Dsseldorf 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."--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Sustainable development.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Social responsibility of business.
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sustainable development.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects
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Social responsibility of business
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Liedtke, Christa
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Weizsacker, Ernst Ulrich von, editor
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| ISBN |
9781351281553 |
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1351281550 |
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9781351281539 |
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1351281534 |
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9781351281560 |
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1351281569 |
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1351281542 |
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9781351281546 |
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1909493406 |
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9781909493407 |
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