The following contribution is essentially based on the author's presentation to the Club of Rome's recently held world conference on "Alternatives to Growth". Dealing with the concept of waste management and its economic and social implications it is meant to stimulate the debate on the limits...

Peru’s small industry has so far been a stagnant marginalized sector of industry. It does not yet form part of the modern structure of medium-sized and large enterprises as a complementary or even as a competitive element. But now the Peruvian Government announced officially that legislation...

As sustainability embeds concepts of economic prosperity and growth, the idea of pursuing it through law - and through lawyers, with their tendency to focus on rights, as opposed to what seems fiscally prudent, or, frankly, simply affordable - might seem risky. The risk may be that lawyers will...

The increasing use of digital networking in complex industrial processes opens up new potential for more sustainability. This paper delivers the fi rst empirical fi ndings on the relevance of digitalisation for improving material effi ciency in German industry based on a unique dataset including...