TY - JOUR
T1 - Eco-innovative practices for sustainable consumption and production
T2 - What are the possible benefits for companies?
AU - De Giacomo, Maria Rosa
AU - Loprieno, Arianna Dominici
AU - Tarantini, Mario
AU - Preka, Rovena
AU - Litido, Maria
AU - Furphy, Anne Dominique
AU - Calvo, Víctor Vázquez
AU - Llorach-Massana, Pere
AU - Gasol, Carles M.
AU - Rieradevall, Joan
AU - Farreny, Ramon
AU - Gabarrell, Xavier
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - The paper aims to present some eco-innovative practices regarding Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). The study also focuses on potential benefits for the actors who implement these practices, mainly with reference to companies. After a literature review on the actual importance of SCP and on the effects of eco-innovation tools and policies on companies, authors present the developed eco-innovation practices in three focus areas related to sustainable consumption and production. The aim of the study is to contribute to literature studies on SCP with the development of eco-innovative practices resulting by the integration of existing tools, by pointing out and valorizing their potentials and synergies. These practices have been pointing out in the framework of the international European project. Three focus areas are involved by the practices: sustainability of products and services, sustainability of production processes and sustainable management of industrial areas. Authors developed four eco innovative practices resulting from the integration of 15 existing tools. These practices offer many opportunities to many actors, mainly companies and public authorities, in order to achieve environmental and competitive benefits and implement eco-innovation principles with a cooperative and shared approach.
AB - The paper aims to present some eco-innovative practices regarding Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). The study also focuses on potential benefits for the actors who implement these practices, mainly with reference to companies. After a literature review on the actual importance of SCP and on the effects of eco-innovation tools and policies on companies, authors present the developed eco-innovation practices in three focus areas related to sustainable consumption and production. The aim of the study is to contribute to literature studies on SCP with the development of eco-innovative practices resulting by the integration of existing tools, by pointing out and valorizing their potentials and synergies. These practices have been pointing out in the framework of the international European project. Three focus areas are involved by the practices: sustainability of products and services, sustainability of production processes and sustainable management of industrial areas. Authors developed four eco innovative practices resulting from the integration of 15 existing tools. These practices offer many opportunities to many actors, mainly companies and public authorities, in order to achieve environmental and competitive benefits and implement eco-innovation principles with a cooperative and shared approach.
KW - Eco-innovation practices
KW - Sustainability of production processes
KW - Sustainability of products and services
KW - Sustainable consumption and production
KW - Sustainable management of industrial areas
KW - Eco-innovation practices
KW - Sustainability of production processes
KW - Sustainability of products and services
KW - Sustainable consumption and production
KW - Sustainable management of industrial areas
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85023612426&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/admsci4030242
DO - 10.3390/admsci4030242
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85023612426
SN - 2076-3387
VL - 4
SP - 242
EP - 275
JO - Administrative Sciences
JF - Administrative Sciences
IS - 3
ER -
