Measuring sustainable production.
Contributors: OECD Horizontal Programme on Sustainable Development.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Series: OECD sustainable development studies
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris, France
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9789264044128
Subjects: Sustainable development -- Congresses; Industrial efficiency -- Measurement -- Congresses; Industrial productivity -- Measurement -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Promoting sustainable production and consumption is at the core of sustainable development, which depends on achieving long-term economic growth that is consistent with environmental and social needs. This volume reviews the state-of-the-art in measuring sustainable production processes in industry. It includes metrics developed by business, trade unions, academics, NGOs, and the OECD and IEA. These measurement approaches cover the "triple bottom line" (economic, environmental and social dimensions) of industrial sustainability.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Proceedings of an OECD workshop on Sustainable Manufacturing Production and Competitiveness held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 20-21 June 2007. The workshop was organized under the auspices of the OECD Horizontal Programme on Sustainable Development in conjunction with the OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), the Environment Policy Committee (EPOC), and the International Energy Agency (IEA)"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Keynote addresses. Sustainable production as good business / Connie Hedegaard; title: Sustainable production as industrial policy / Finn Lauritzen; title: pt. 2. Workshop presentations. Developing indicators of energy efficiency / Cecilia Tam; title: Measuring social dimensions of sustainable production / Roland Schneider; title: Measuring ecological footprints / Mathis Wackernagel; title: Using environmental accounts / Lars Mortensen; title: Surveying firm environmental practices / Nick Johnstone; title: Measuring minimal manufacturing / Hideki Kita; title: Auditing industry performance / Johanne Gelinas; title: Developing a composite sustainability index / Rajesh Kumar Singh; title: Developing a product sustainability index / Wulf-Peter Schmidt.