Eco-Innovation in Industry
Subtitle: Enabling Green Growth
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9789264077225
Subjects: Ecology; Euthenics; Nature and nurture; Adaptation (Biology); Industry and Services; Science and Technology
Description: Eco-innovation will be a key driver of industry efforts to tackle climate change and realise "green growth" in the post-Kyoto era. Eco-innovation calls for faster introduction of breakthrough technologies and for more systemic application of available solutions, including non-technological ones. It also offers opportunities to involve new players, develop new industries and increase competitiveness. Structural change in economies will be imperative in coming decades. This book presents the research and analysis carried out during the first phase of the OECD Project on Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation. Its aim is to provide benchmarking tools on sustainable manufacturing and to spur eco-innovation through better understanding of innovation mechanisms. It reviews the concepts and forms an analytical framework; analyses the nature and processes of eco-innovation; discusses existing sustainable manufacturing indicators; examines methodologies for measuring eco-innovation; and takes stock of national strategies and policy initiatives for eco-innovation.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acronyms and abbreviations; title: Preface; title: Executive Summary; title: Framing Eco-innovation; title: Applying Eco-innovation; title: Tracking Performance; title: Measuring Eco-innovation: Existing Methods for Macro-level Analysis; title: Promoting Eco-innovation; title: Looking Ahead; title: Glossary.