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Strategic sustainable development using the ISO 14001 Standard
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In this paper, the integration of a backcasting method that embodies a five-level approach to planning in complex systems, with the ISO 14001 planning process requirements is proposed, which is a strategic planning framework that focuses on the minimum requirements for a sustainable society and embeds them in a process to assist firms in their sustainability initiatives.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2005-05-01. It has received 169 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sustainable business & Backcasting.read more
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An integrated approach to achieving campus sustainability: Assessment of the current campus environmental management practices
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a framework of a more suitable approach to achieving campus sustainability that could remedy the limitations of the current environmental management practices in universities and ensure more sustainability through the integration of three strategies, namely: university Environmental Management System (EMS), public participation and social responsibility; and promoting sustainability in teaching and research.
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Integrating energy efficiency performance in production management – gap analysis between industrial needs and scientific literature
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the needs of industrial companies for integrating energy efficiency performance in production management and demonstrate that there exists a gap between the solutions available and the actual implementation in industrial companies.
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A framework for strategic sustainable development
Göran Broman,Karl-Henrik Robèrt +1 more
TL;DR: The most recent version of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) as discussed by the authors has been developed for the purpose of supporting scientific and technical research in the field of sustainable development.
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A synergetic model for implementing an integrated management system: an empirical study in China
S. X. Zeng,Jonathan Shi,G.X. Lou +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a structured questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the current status of integrated management system (IMS), and the authors concluded that the major problems for enterprises to operate multiple parallel management systems include: it causes complexity of internal management, it lowers management efficiency, it incurs cultural incompatibility, it causes employee hostility, and increases management costs.
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ISO 14001 certification in Brazil: motivations and benefits
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey with 63 Brazilian companies from the chemical, mechanical, and electronic industries and analyze the relations between motivations and benefits related to the certification of ISO 14001.
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Natural Capitalism : Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
TL;DR: Natural capital refers to the earth's natural resources and the ecological systems that provide vital life-support services to society and all living things as mentioned in this paper. But current business practices typically fail to take into account the value of these assets, which is rising with their scarcity.
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Strategic sustainable development — selection, design and synergies of applied tools
Kossler Robert,Kossler Robert,B. Schmidt-Bleek,J. Aloisi de Larderel,George Basile,George Basile,J.L. Jansen,Ruediger Kuehr,P. Price Thomas,M. Suzuki,P. Hawken,Mathis Wackernagel +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a collective effort of scientists who have pioneered some of these tools and approaches and document essential elements for developing sustainability and how these elements relate to the application of the respective tools.
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Tools and concepts for sustainable development, how do they relate to a general framework for sustainable development, and to each other?
TL;DR: A general framework to plan for sustainability and then relate it to some well-known tools for sustainable development is presented and metrics should measure alignment of activities with the principles contained in a framework for sustainability.
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Backcasting — a framework for strategic planning
John Holmberg,Karl-Henrik Robèrt +1 more
TL;DR: Backcasting is a planning methodology that is particularly helpful when problems at hand are complex and when present trends are part of the problems When applied in planning towards sustainability, backcasting can increase the likelihood of handling the ecologically complex issues in a systematic and coordinated way, and also to foresee certain changes, even from a self-beneficial point of view, of the market and increase the chances of a relatively strong economic performance as discussed by the authors.
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Futures under glass
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a backcasting methodology for scenario analysis of changes over 20-100 years into the future, which can be applied to areas of human activity; here it is assumed that the method will be used to analyse environment and development problems at the national level as part of studies undertaken within the Human Dimensions of Global Change Program.