May 28, 2008 by
Brian Butler
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness, Overview
Consensus was reached during this workshop that Eco-Efficiency is simply not enough, with regard to “proper” environmental performance. Essentially, the main agreement throughout the course of the workshops was that a move toward a new paradigm was needed; a paradigm in which Eco-effectiveness is more sought after than is Eco-efficiency.
The summary statement for this workshop could be explained as Eco-efficiency being the desire to minimize our footprint (with regard to environmental impacts) as opposed to Eco-effectiveness being the desire to stabilize our footprint.
There was much discussion on the topic of how to bridge the gap between Eco-efficiency and Eco-effectiveness; disruptive innovation was one method that was discussed as a driver for the move toward Eco-effectiveness. Also discussed was the idea of creating incentives for industry to adopt more Eco-effective activities, as opposed to only thinking Eco-efficiently. Improved purchasing decisions and volunteer programs were other suggestions in this regard.
You can view the powerpoint from the symposium HERE.
May 7, 2008 by
LYNN DALEY
and
Mason Baziw
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
I’ve attached the presentation prepared by Stefano Pogutz, Anna Miller and Lynn Daley based on the morning and afternoon session for ”From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness.” The presentation summarizes the discussion and findings of participants: Brian Butler, John Morrelli, Lisa Greenwood, Erin Sullivan, Richard Poduska and Joe Sarkis.
from-eco-efficiency-to-eco-effectiveness.ppt
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April 24, 2008 by
John Morelli
,
LYNN DALEY
and
AYOUB MOHAMED
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness, General
It seems that a lot of this discussion will revolve around these two compound questions:
How are eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness linked and have companies that integrated eco-efficiency in their decision making also improved their eco-effectiveness?
How can we measure eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness and how can we integrate these measures into the decision making process (for example in [...]
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April 28, 2008 by
LYNN DALEY
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
Eco-efficiency, however measured, results in a net loss to resources and net gain to toxic, unsalable waste. When the focus is on efficiency, the mind-set is “cradle to grave.” The focus of eco-effectiveness, on the other hand, is “cradle to cradle” with a mind set that, as William McDonough puts it, waste must equal food. [...]
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April 25, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
Realistic Eco-Efficiency Analysis
Why We Need Better Eco-Efficiency Analysis
From Technological Optimism to Realism
by Gjalt Huppes, CML http://www.itas.fzk.de/tatup/073/hupp07a.htm
Eco-efficiency analysis relates two pillars of sustainability, the economic and the environmental one. There are several options for specifying eco-efficiency, as a partial or more encompassing concept. When using technology specification as the basis for eco-efficiency analysis, there is an inbuilt [...]
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by
GREGORY HILTON
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
The Sustainability Balanced
Scorecard as a Framework
for Eco-efficiency Analysis
by: Andreas M¨oller and Stefan Schaltegger
http://www.wbcsd.org/DocRoot/DkiB0YxO9BdRq8NwMMBQ/JIE9-4_Schaltegger.pdf
Summary
To provide valuable support for successful decision-making,
managers need a balanced set of financial and nonfinancial
measures that represent different requirements, strategic
goals, strategies, resources, and capabilities and the causal relationships
between these domains. The balanced scorecard is
such a measurement system. As an open system the balanced
scorecard [...]
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April 21, 2008 by
LYNN DALEY
and
Brian Butler
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
Eco-efficiency and Eco-effectiveness are not the same. The return on eco-efficiency is diminishing. The focus must shift to eco-effectiveness. Business and industry will require a framework in which to do so. This workshop will attempt to develop a framework from which businesses may move to eco-efficiency from eco-effectiveness.
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March 28, 2008 by
LYNN DALEY
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
Stefano e-mailed Elaine and I the following questions. I just wanted to post them here.
Proposed questions are as follows:
• Is eco-efficiency enough?
• How are eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness linked?
• Companies that integrated eco-efficiency in their decision making improved
also their eco-effectiveness (or reduced their ecological footprint)?
• Do we have to elaborate a new framework to favor a [...]
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March 27, 2008 by
LYNN DALEY
| Filed under: 1, 2-From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness
Human Health and the Built Environment Section 4 of the attached article “Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century” focuses on human health as a required outcome of of eco-effectiveness. The workshop contributers suggest that starting within the framework environmental justice and that designers/builders must must engage [...]
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