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Implications of the 2030 EU Resource Efficiency Target on Sustainable Development

Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio - 2015

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...

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Management learning and the greening of SMEs: Moving beyond problem-solving

Millard, Debbie - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 25 (2011) 2, pp. 178-195

Win-win and eco-efficiency approaches to environmental management that focus on cost benefits from environmental … paper aims to identify the conditions under which management learning is occurring, that triggers a process of on …-going environmental improvement. The main indicators of management learning identified that lead to a process of learning and change were …

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Increasing energy and resource efficiency through innovation: an explorative analysis using innovation survey data

Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2009

Energy and resource efficiency innovations (EREIs) are often seen as win-win opportunities for both the economic and the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do...

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Governance-Prozesse für erneuerbare Energien: Akteure, Koordinations- und Steuerungsstrukturen

Klagge, Britta - In: Governance-Prozesse für erneuerbare Energien, (pp. 7-16). 2013

The architecture of governance structures for renewable energies in Germany is characterized by a duality of economic incentives at the national level and spatial planning influence mainly at the local and regional level. This duality is problematic with respect to resource efficiency and...

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Assessing circularity interventions: A review of EEIOA-based studies

Aguilar-Hernandez, Glenn A.; Sigüenza-Sanchez, Carlos Pablo - In: Journal of Economic Structures 7 (2018) 14, pp. 1-24

organised around four categories: residual waste management, closing supply chains, product lifetime extension, and resource … efficiency. Our findings show that residual waste management can be modelled by increasing the amount of waste flows absorbed by … management, due to the disconnect between the monetary and physical value of waste flows. For future research, we therefore …

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An integrated factor analysis model for product eco-design based on full life cycle assessment

Zhou, Zhifang; Xiao, Tian; Li, Dayuan - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 9 (2016) 1, pp. 90-109

enterprise managers regarding product eco-design, as well as production and management activities. To conclude, it verifies the …

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The Power of Proximity: Strategic Decisions in African Party Politics

Stroh, Alexander - 2009

Recent publications suggest that exclusively ethnoregional parties are as rare in sub-Saharan Africa as elsewhere. At the same time, the idea that ethnicity is a very special feature of African party politics persists. The paper acknowledges the general relevance of ethnicity in party...

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A Systemic Approach to the Development of a Policy Mix for Material Resource Efficiency

Ekvall, Tomas; Hirschnitz-Garbers, Martin; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2016

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...

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Policies for a more Dematerialized EU Economy. Theoretical Underpinnings, Political Context and Expected Feasibility

Bigano, Andrea; Sniegocki, Aleksander; Zotti, Jacopo - 2016

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...

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Trade policies for a circular economy: What can we learn from WTO experience?

Steinfatt, Karsten - 2020

From its initial focus on minimizing waste generation, the circular economy has evolved into a broad-based approach to make resource use more sustainable. A big part of the appeal of a circular economy is the opportunities it creates not only for resource savings and better human health and...

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