Stefano’s Questions
March 28, 2008 by LYNN DALEY | Filed under: From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness [1,2]
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 more effective balance
between business and the natural environment?
2) The second topic is more practical and relates to environmental measurement
and accounting tools. In other words, a broad argument for discussion is
related to the implementation of eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness at the
company level to provide support for decision making. Questions are:
• How can we measure eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness?
• How can we integrate these measures into the decision making process (for
example in innovation and design processes)?