Charting corporate greening: environmental management trends in Sweden

The Use Of Incentives In Fostering Green Buildings

“…Although greening of the built environment has been on the agenda of many governments, the progress has been reported to be slow mainly due to fear of higher costs, resistance to new technologies, lack of client demand and cooperation (Gluch et al, 2013;Hakkinen and Belloni, 2011;Sayce et al, 2007; United Nations Environment Programme and Sustainable Building and Construction Initiative UNEP and SBCI, 2009). One common theme of the increasing number of research in this area is that it is social and psychological barriers rather than technological that hinders the development of a sustainable built environment (Gluch et al,2013;Hoffman and Henn, 2008).…”

“…One common theme of the increasing number of research in this area is that it is social and psychological barriers rather than technological that hinders the development of a sustainable built environment (Gluch et al,2013;Hoffman and Henn, 2008). Thus, a better understanding of stakeholder behaviour and concerns is pointed out to be one of the key factors for the effectiveness of policies and efforts to make green buildings a 'mainstream' standart practice (Bartlett and Howard, 2000;Cole, 2011;du Plessis and Cole, 2011;Feige et al, 2011;Kaatz et al, 2006;Wallbaum et al,2010).…”

“…However, as these benefits are mostly accrued at the post-production period, there is no direct reason to focus on sustainability issues on the side of developers, who mainly concentrate on the short term profitability of investments (Bordass, 2000;Yıldırım, 2014). motivation for developers in building green such as increased value (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), 2005), enhanced brand recognition and reputation (Carter, 2006;Gluch et al, 2013;Pett et al, 2004) and corporate social responsibility considerations (Ang and Wilkinson, 2008;Lützkendorf et al, 2011;Osmani and O'Reilly, 2009). Although a promising factor among all appears to be the value enhancement in terms of yields and rents, lack of satisfactory empirical evidence for increased values ) creates yet another obstacle for businesses.…”

Türk Yüklenici Firmaların Çevresel Performanslarının Analizi

“…Kurum bünyesinde geliştirilmiş çevresel performans ile ilgili misyon veya değer beyanları, davranış kuralları ve bunlara dair uygulamaların durumu [45,55] Sürdürülebilirliğe duyarlı yönetim anlayışı ve stratejilerin uygulanması [56,63,64] Firmanın çevre yönetim planının bulunması ve uygulanma durumu [65,66] ISO 14001 Çevre Yönetim Sistemi Belgesine sahip olma ve sertifikanın işlerliği [66,67,68] ISO 14001 veya denk çevresel yönetim sistemi sertifikasına sahip firmalardan alınan servislerin tüm hizmet alımları içindeki yüzdesi [69] Çevresel performans ölçümü ve değerlendirme sistemlerinin uygulanması [63,66,70,71] Çevresel koruma programları aktiviteler ve yatırımlar için yapılan harcamalar [36,72,73] Çevre ile ilgili sigorta harcamaları [45,74] Çevresel hedeflerin başarılma oranı [69] Sürdürülebilirlik uygulama planı geliştiren şantiye sayısı [66,69] Mevzuat ve yasal düzenlemelere uyumluluk oranı [36,73] Mevzuat ve yasal düzenlemelere uymamak yüzünden kesilen cezalar [45,66,73,75] Altyapıya verilen zarar sebebiyle kesilen cezalar [76] Zararlı madde kullanımı sebebiyle kesilen cezalar [76] Firmaya çevresel suçlardan dolayı açılmış davalar [63,73,77] Rapor edilmiş çevresel olaylar Meydana gelen çevresel kazalara ve olaylara müdahale süresi [10,45,78] [73]…”

Units of Production and Consumption: Reframing Social Housing as Sustainable Infrastructure

“…Although it may be counter-intuitive, at least within the dominant economic framework of our time, it is necessary to assess not only how social housing receives value from society in the form of economic subsidies, but also how it provides, or might provide, value in the form of ecosystem services (conceived broadly). The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of 2005 [10] characterized the services that humans receive from "nature" as four-fold: provisioning, as in the providing of food; regulating, as in the controlling of climate; support, as in plant or crop pollination; and cultural services, as in recreation or spiritual inspiration. If the analogy of ecosystem services is extended to the built environment, when it is considered part of nature, then social housing can provide shelter and energy; regulate the microclimate; and support the cleansing of water and wastes, as well as contribute to the cultural sense of place and its beauty.…”