With rising public concern over animal welfare, food safety and GM crops, Europe’s farmers, breeders and food processors are caught in the eye of a storm. While some are “returning to the soil” with traditional organic methods, others are breeding crops and animals using biotechnology, for...

Environmentally extended input–output analysis (EEIOA) can be applied to assess the economic and environmental implications of a transition towards a circular economy. In spite of the existence of several such applications, a systematic assessment of the opportunities and limitations of EEIOA...

Explores the business drivers for embarking on product-service development and its relation with sustainability and competitiveness. This book reviews toolkits and approaches, selects best practice, analyzes gaps, examines what opportunities there are in a variety of key areas and translates the...