Eco-Efficiency: The Business Link to Sustainable Development - Hardcover

Desimone, Livio D.; Popoff, Frank; World Business Council For Sustainable Development

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262041626 ISBN 13: 9780262041621

Publisher: Mit Pr, 1997

Synopsis

The term "eco-efficiency" describes business activities that create economic value while reducing ecological impact and resource use. This book outlines the principles of eco-efficiency and presents case studies of their application from a number of international companies, including 3M and the Dow Chemical Company. It also discusses the value of partnerships--with other companies, business associations, communities, regulators, and environmental and other nongovernmental groups. In the conclusion, the authors argue that business must become more eco-efficient and that governments need to change the conditions under which business operates, including tax and regulatory regimes, to make them more conducive to eco-efficiency.

About this title

About the Author

Livio D. DeSimone is Chair and CEO of 3M Company. Frank Popoff is Chairman of the Board of the Dow Chemical Company.

Review

[A] significant shift in business thinking.... While the debate on the role of business in environmental leadership will continue, there should be no doubt that the widespread implementation of the authors¹ approach by the business community would deliver benefits for the environment, society, and the economy.

(Paul Gilding, Worldlink"[A] comprehensive and thought-provoking view of the role of business as it moves toward sustainable development.)

An understanding of the businesss value to be gained from the efficent ude of natural resources is an important first step toward sustainability: toward buildinga world in which resources are managed to meet the needs of all people now and in the future. I hope all businesss leaders will read this book and take its message to heart.

(Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute)

Eco-Efficiency is more than a book. It contains both a vision and managment tools for a green 21st century. If all business people and policy makers would follow, the world would be better off.

(Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacher, President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environmental and Energy; co-author, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth- Halving Resource Use)

The Eco-Efficiency book, by Livio D. DeSimone and Frank Popoff, is not about theory: it is about action. Through concrete cases. it shows that without commitment and imagination, both economic benefits and environmental improvements can be achieved.

(Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, Director, UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program) Industry and Environement)

Edition details

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0262041626
• ISBN 13: 9780262041621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292