Rebound-Effekte in Unternehmen

Abstract

Effizienzmaßnahmen sind in Unternehmen ein wichtiges Instrument, um ökologische und ökonomische Ziele erreichen zu können. In vielen Fällen entfalten die Maßnahmen aber nicht ihre volle ökologische Einsparwirkung. Gründe dafür können Rebound-Effekte sein.

Sufficiency in Business

“…Rebound risks cannot be identified and countered if information is lacking on consumption data, life cycle costs or the extent of material and financial gains from an efficiency measure. Environmental management and financial controlling tools to provide this information are rarely implemented and used with the required level of detail (Lautermann/Schöpflin 2021).…”

“…A rebound avoidance approach also requires that companies give high priority to knowledge building, monitoring and reporting in a way that systematically supports the identification of rebound effects. Key to this would be absolute and long-term consumption targets and data at the company, division and activity levels that go well beyond the usual relative and short-term perspective (Lautermann/Schöpflin 2021). This would provide evidence for monitoring efficiency measures and their effects and for identifying factors affecting data trends.…”