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Eco-efficiency : the business link to sustainable development

Title
Eco-efficiency : the business link to sustainable development / Livio D. DeSimone and Frank Popoff with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Author
DeSimone, Livio D.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : MIT Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Popoff, Frank.
  • World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Description
xxv, 280 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • 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.
Alternative Title
  • Ecoefficiency
  • Business link to sustainable development
Subjects
Note
  • Based on various activities of the Council, including expert meetings in Europe (Antwerp 1 in November 1993 and Antwerp 2 in March 1995) and in the United States (Washington, D.C. in November 1995).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Maurice Strong -- Views of Business Leaders -- 1. Eco-efficiency and Sustainable Development -- 2. Eco-efficiency and the Bottom Line -- 3. Defining and Measuring Eco-efficiency -- 4. Becoming Eco-efficient -- 5. Partnership for Eco-efficiency -- 6. Case Studies -- 7. A Leadership Role for Business -- The WBCSD Working Group on Eco-efficiency -- The WBCSD Working Group on Sustainable Production and Consumption.
ISBN
0262041626 (alk. paper)
LCCN
96049857
OCLC
  • 36001320
  • ocm36001320
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries