Sustainable consumption and production – Research, experience, and development – The Europe we want

Abstract

Since the publication of the Brundtland Report, production processes and consumption patterns towards sustainability have improved. This Special Volume Section of the Journal of Cleaner Production focuses on sustainable consumption and production (SCP), and identifies further challenges and provides solutions related to resource efficiency (ReE), sustainable water systems, sustainable management, cleaner production (CP), and sustainable urban development. In order to better understand the state of the SCP issues globally, existing policy directions have been explored within this paper, as well as six newly emerged sustainability terms, which have been integrated into the existing terminology classification to better describe and understand sustainable development concepts. In this Special Volume Section, the authors have demonstrated many valuable theoretical and practical contributions to the aspects of SCP, including a number of practical examples of achieving sustainability in companies, such as using bottom-up and a top-down approaches or by implementing theoretical models. There are also examples of achieving eco-efficiency in water systems (including urban), further requiring economic incentives and governmental support, and practical experiences, providing in-situ data and evidence of impacts of measures on processes and systems regarding resource efficiency, cleaner production, and also considering life cycle assessment (LCA). A model on how to achieve a sustainable urban development, based on small communities and neighbourhoods is also provided. The examples of SCP research and development in the fields of ReE presented in this section of the SV indicate that existing production and service processes in companies and social (urban) environment could be more sustainable, using a holistic approach to the SCP and achieving global policy recommendations.

A pathway to circular economy: Developing a conceptual framework for complex value assessment of resources recovered from waste

“…Building on several decades of sustainable resource management initiatives that focus on primary and waste-derived resources, there is now an abundance of guiding principles, approaches and strategies that seek to remedy both the inefficient and unsustainable consumption of primary resources, and the improper management of waste, a comprehensive list of which can be found elsewhere (Glavi c and Lukman, 2007;Lukman et al, 2016). Indicatively these include dematerialisation; factor 4 and factor 10; ecoefficiency; zero waste; eco-effectiveness; cradle-to-cradle dynamic; and industrial ecology and symbiosis, all of which have been developed on the basis of reducing resource production and consumption, and promoting sustainability.…”

Analysis of Demographic Pressure on Nature

“…The type of economy that satisfy this need began to be termed "sustainable", and the concept of "sustainable economic development" began to be actively used not only in research, but also in politics, culture, in everyday life of citizens [24][25][26][27][28].…”

Projetos ambientais corporativos: do gerenciamento ao sucesso

“…Superando a noção de que tecnologia ambiental é "qualquer tecnologia que seja projetada para controlar a poluição, tratar ou armazenar resíduos, ou remediar áreas contaminadas" (Park & Allaby, 2017), tecnologias ambientais devem ser utilizadas para melhorar o desempenho em eficiência energética, CPS e P+L em todos os estágios do ciclo de vida de produtos e serviços e do relacionamento das organizações com o meio ambiente (Lukman, Glavic, Carpenter, & Virtic, 2016 interno. Para isso, é necessária a adoção de preocupação ambiental holística nas fases de concepção, projeto e incorporação de edifícios (Cortese et al, 2017).…”

“…Recomenda-se explicação superior a 60% da variância total para pesquisas em ciências sociais (Hair Jr. et al, 2009 (Shenhar & Dvir, 2007). Estas capacidades e habilidades quando transferidas contribuem para melhorar o desempenho organizacional e entregar melhorias desenvolvidas pelo projeto à organização, promovendo o desenvolvimento organizacional (Cummings & Worley, 2009 (Ormazabal & Puga-Leal, 2016) e desenvolverem tecnologias ambientais (Lukman et al, 2016) que contemplem inclusive os conceitos da economia circular (Stahel, 2016).…”

“…Por isso, foi denominado Desempenho técnico e satisfação do solicitante (DTSS_SP). Trata do potencial dos projetos ambientais entregarem soluções eficazes para lidar com aspectos técnicos das questões ambientais enfrentadas pelas organizações (Hoekstra, 2014;Hoekstra & Mekonnen, 2012;IPCC, 2014;Lukman et al, 2016;Mathiyazhagan et al, 2013;PNUMA, 2012;Soriano et al, 2016;Stahel, 2016), mas também da satisfação da área solicitante presente em diversos modelos para avaliar sucesso de projetos presentes na literatura (Atkinson, 1999;Pinto & Slevin, 1988;Shenhar & Dvir, 2007;Shenhar et al, 2001).…”