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Progress in Industrial Ecology An International Journal Volume 1 Issue 1

Subject Areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); ; ; ; ; ;
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers - Inderscience Publishers
ISSN: 1476-8917
SJR: 22

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VerdEE: a tool for adoption of life cycle assessment in small and medium sized enterprises in Italy

Masoni, Paolo; Sara, Balazs; Scimia, Emanuela; Raggi, Andrea

2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal

The Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment (ENEA) carried out a project focused on identifying the main difficulties and problems of the introduction of the life cycle concept in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and also on overcoming these difficulties....
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Integrating life cycle approaches to African national development policies: considering the institutional dimension of industrial ecology

Kituyi, Evans

2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal

This paper considers developments in the area of industrial ecology applications and public policy, and the need to facilitate the proliferation of life cycle approaches in Africa through national development policies. It demonstrates the existing demand for systems approaches to sustainable...
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Eco-industrial parks: toward industrial symbiosis and utility sharing in practice

Eilering, Janet A.M.; Vermeulen, Walter J.V.

2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal

The creation of eco-industrial parks has been adopted as an official national policy in the Netherlands. Many local projects have been supported by the national government, both financially and with expert advice. The policy is targeted at both infrastructure projects and at achieving symbiosis...
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Reducing the environmental impacts of metal castings through life-cycle management

Backhouse, Christopher J.; Clegg, Allen J.; Staikos, Theodoros

2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal

A reduction in casting weight, through material property enhancement and improved design, positively impacts the whole life cycle. Reducing a casting's weight not only reduces the foundry's environmental impacts but also, the demands for raw materials and energy inputs and, if that lighter...
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Commentary: regional environmental management systems: lessons and challenges for industrial ecology research

Welford, Richard

2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal

Industrial ecology has made a major contribution to the tools of corporate environmental management over the last ten years. However, it is argued that most of that contribution has been at the level of products and individual firms. It is argued that if the concept of industrial ecology is to be...
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Environmental assessment of organising: towards a framework for the study of organisational influence on environmental performance

Baumann, Henrikke

2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal

The paper discusses a new perspective on industry's environmental performance and presents the concept and field of environmental assessment of organising. EAO builds on the notion that different ways of managing industrial production lead to different environmental performance. To understand how...
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Where is corporate social responsibility actually heading?

Cerin, Pontus

2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal

A discrepancy is indicated between the emergence of environmentalism and the sustainability agenda, and accomplished environmental improvements. Despite the increasing number of success stories, environmental and social progress is not keeping up to the same advancement pace. The enormous...

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