Riina Antikainen

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on definitions of green economy and related concepts and an evaluation of these concepts against the criterion of strong and weak sustainability, and develop a framework that shows the capacity of the green economy concepts, approaches and tools to support the transition towards sustainability.

TL;DR: In this article, a framework for evaluating the environmental value propositions of business models is presented, which consists of an environmental value proposition table (EVPT) and a step-by-step approach towards an evaluation process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the stocks and flows of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Finnish food production and consumption system were identified and quantified, and an average of each stock and flow was calculated for the period from 1995 to 1999.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the possibilities and development needs in the complementary approach, which is the evaluation of social impacts in LCA, and take a closer look at the empirical case of biodiesel production, and conclude that in many cases it is not yet possible to carry out a comprehensive SLCA.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the variability of GHG emissions and consequent climate impacts resulting from producing bioenergy from stumps, branches and residual biomass of forest thinning operations in Finland, and the contribution of the variability in key factors, i.e. forest residue diameter, tree species, geographical location of the forest biomass removal site and harvesting method, to the emissions and their climate impact.