This report evaluates strategies to improve the efficiency with which environmental resources are used to meet human needs. Many firms in OECD countries have developed strategies that involve:- developing goals to reduce resource use and pollutant release while improving customer service;- working...

This Article considers how the twin concepts of "ecosystem services" and "natural capital" can help inform and improve environmental policy, particularly land and water protection, in the United States and globally. It identifies three possible benefits to greater understanding of the concept of...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Transition to Circular Business Models -- Chapter 3. Circular Performance of Small Open Economies -- Chapter 4. Circular Patterns of Manufacturing Companies -- Chapter 5. Circular Transformation of the Textile Industry -- Chapter 6. Circular Transformation...