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Dieses Buch enthält die Langfassungen der Beiträge zur Zehn-Jahres-Feier des Instituts für ökologische Betriebswirtschaft (IÖB) vom 28.09. - 01.10.1999 an der Universität Siegen. Bekannte Autoren aus dem Bereich des betrieblichen Umweltmanagements diskutieren mit Blick auf das kommende Jahrhundert u.a. folgende Themen: Sustainability als Herausforderung für das betriebliche Umweltmanagement; Wirkungen und Weiterentwicklungen von Umweltmanagementsystemen; Umweltmanagement über das Audit hinaus; Umweltmanagement in grenzüberschreitenden regionalen und globalen Bezügen; Management von Verwertungsnetzen; Zukunftsperspektiven im Entsorgungsmanagement; Umweltkennzahlen im Einsatz für das Benchmarking; Finanzmärkte und Umweltmanagement

1. Introduction / Sven Hessle -- 2. The government of Canada : on trial for the racial discrimination of First nation's children / Cindy Blackstock -- 3. Environmental social work : a future of curiosity, contemplation and connection / Fred Besthorn -- 4. Disaster management : perspectives for social work and social development disaster management -- 5. Indigenous understanding of environmental change and its social consequences -- 6. Integrating economic, environmental and social perspectives -- 7. Social action for clean water -- 8. Social economy and sustainable social development : local lessons: global challenges -- 9. Sustainable social development : research, education and practice -- 10. Environmental justice at the heart of social work practice : greening the profession / Lena Dominelli.

Eco-efficiency has long been a concept: the intention of reducing environmental impact while increasing environmental value. Its origins are with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. However, in a globalized world with sustained economic growth environmental degradation is threatening. Macro level requirements on sustainability should be reflected in the eco-efficiency of choices at a micro level, like on technologies, supply chains and product systems. Eco-efficiency analysis has come to fruition as a fully quantified method for analysis, linking to specific domains of economic modelling, specific environmental models, and several methods for integrating these two domains into eco-efficiency scores. This eco-efficiency analysis can guide choices in policy, business, and consumptions activities, all from a single common background. A central asset of eco-efficiency analysis is that it does not depend on a specific evaluation of environmental impacts against economic effects, avoiding the often disputed results of neo-classical evaluation methods. For integrating the different environmental scores several evaluation methods may be used including those based on willingness-to-pay, panel procedures, and public statements on policy goals. Each may have advantages, but in line with the normative neutrality strived for in eco-efficiency, these preference and value choices may be avoided to some extent. This can be done either by taking a common denominator or by having less demanding objectives, for instance focusing on efficiency of measures only. A substantial Japanese paper on Maximum Abatement Cost method and a paper on revealed public preferences in The Netherlands comprise the first section on methods. Next, there are four sections on domains of application of eco-efficiency analysis. In the Agriculture section, a case on conservation agriculture in China is worked out, using input-output analysis. In the Industry section, cases range from supply chain management to waste water management and methods to speed up innovation. In the Products Consumption section, cases refer to overall household performance, specific energy products and methods for upgradeable product design. Finally, in the Recycling section, cases relate to increasing the supply of secondary materials and to increasing secondary materials use.

Abstract  Within the political economy of agriculture and agrofood literatures there are examples of approaches that reject simple dichotomies between alternatives and the mainstream. In line with such approaches, we challenge the assumption that alternative agriculture, and its attendant improved environmental practices, alternative management styles, less intensive approaches, and better approaches to animal and ecosystem welfare, is the only source of agricultural sustainability. This article uses national farm‐survey results for New Zealand's sheep and beef, dairy, and horticulture sectors to examine conventional farmers, measure their assessments of farming practices, and assess their environmental orientation. Analysis identifies a proenvironmental cluster of farmers in each sector characterized by a higher environmental‐orientation score and distinct ratings of other farm practices queried in the survey. We interpret the results in terms of the exposure of different agricultural sectors to the effects of market‐based, audited, best‐practice schemes. The presence of shades of "greenness" among conventional farmers has important implications for environmental management and for our understanding of the various and complex pathways toward the greening of agrofood systems.

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