Increasing material use efficiency is important to mitigate future supply risks and minimize environmental impacts associated with the production of the materials. The policy mix presented in this paper aims to reduce the use of virgin metals in the EU by 80% by 2050. We used a heuristic...

The paper explores the implications of achieving the EU27 Resource Efficiency target by 2030 for the future sustainability of the area. The target involves increasing by well over 30% within 2030 EU27 Resource Productivity, which would correspond to nearly double the annual growth rate of the...

Nowadays, most consumable goods are produced and transported in batches. Within the globalized environment, the flow of these batches is raising dramatically to satisfy the recurrent demands of the increasing population. Planning the flow of these batches from suppliers to customers, through...

Nachhaltigkeit und Ressourceneffizienz sind nicht nur im ökologischen, sondern auch im ökonomischen Sinne eine Herausforderung für Unternehmen, bei der die Beteiligung der Beschäftigten wesentlich ist. Den Betriebsräten kommt hierbei eine wichtige Rolle zu, allerdings besteht bislang weder...

Economic activities affect the environment through a multiplicity of channels. Besides generating GHG emissions that induce climatic changes, every modern economy is connected to the environment throughout a continuous flow of materials. To generate economic wealth, a modern economy demands...

Increasing material use efficiency is important to mitigate future supply risks and minimize environmental impacts associated with the production of the materials. The policy mix presented in this paper aims to reduce the use of virgin metals in the EU by 80% by 2050. We used a heuristic...

Economic activities affect the environment through a multiplicity of channels. Besides generating GHG emissions that induce climatic changes, every modern economy is connected to the environment throughout a continuous flow of materials. To generate economic wealth, a modern economy demands...

Though the sustainability research community as well as international decision makers seem to share the conviction that, akin to the challenges of climate policy, a great transition will also be needed in order to decouple human wellbeing from resource use over the next decades, there exist only...

Die Architektur der Governance-Strukturen für erneuerbare Energien in Deutschland ist durch eine Dualität von ökonomischen Anreizen auf der nationalen Ebene und überwiegend auf der lokalen und regionalen Ebene angesiedelten raumplanerischen Einflussmöglichkeiten geprägt. Diese Dualität -...

Addressing high and volatile natural resource prices, uncertain supply prospects, reindustrialization attempts and environmental damages related to resource use, resource efficiency has evolved into a highly debated proposal among academia, policy makers, firms and international financial...

As raw and processed materials constitute a major share of the cost of inputs to industrial production in all developed countries and since the raw material crisis in 2009 revealed the criticality of the raw material supply worldwide, the increasingly efficient use of material resources has...

This paper empirically studies the relationship between different compliance strategies concerning environmental legislation and intentions of entrepreneurs to increase their firms’ material and energy efficiency in the next two years. Moreover, I examine the relationship between such...

Im vorliegenden Abschlussbericht wird über die im Projektverbund "Klimawirkungen und Nachhaltigkeit ökologischer und konventioneller Betriebssysteme - Untersuchungen in einem Netzwerk von Pilotbetrieben" durchgeführten Arbeiten berichtet. Die Projekte werden im Rahmen des "Bundesprogramms...

The paper explores the implications of achieving the EU27 Resource Efficiency target by 2030 for the future sustainability of the area. The target involves increasing by well over 30% within 2030 EU27 Resource Productivity, which would correspond to nearly double the annual growth rate of the...

Im vorliegenden Abschlussbericht wird über die im Projektverbund "Klimawirkungen und Nachhaltigkeit ökologischer und konventioneller Betriebssysteme - Untersuchungen in einem Netzwerk von Pilotbetrieben" durchgeführten Arbeiten berichtet. Die Projekte werden im Rahmen des "Bundesprogramms...

Introduction: why this book? -- Foreword / Joachim von Braun, Chair of the German Government's Bioeconomy Council -- Background and overview of the book / E Jane Morris, University of Leeds, UK, Ivar Virgin, Stockholm Environment Institute -- Benefits and challenges of a new knowledge based...

There is a growing trend for companies to integrate sustainable strategies that require a comprehensive reconfiguration of their daily operations. This is referred to as “embedded sustainability”. Whilst also providing significant reductions in environmental impact, these sustainability...

The majority of SMEs needs repeated explanations and evidences to be convinced about the feasibility of adopting measures for improving sustainability. This is a particularly challenging task since meeting the requirements of business growth, reduction of environmental impact, social...

This study is intended to conduct an extended evaluation of sustainability based on the material flow analysis of resource productivity. We first present updated information on the material flow analysis (MFA) database in Taiwan. Essential indicators are selected to quantify resource...

In the light of depleting natural resources and growing awareness for responsible consumption, "Cradle-to-Cradle" (C2C) has emerged as one of the key concepts redefining product characteristics and assigning a new role to environmental responsibility of companies. It reframes the general goal of...

Организация Объединенных Наций определила ключевую роль индустриализации и новой индустриальной политики в обеспечении структурной перестройки и...