Sustainable consumption and production for Asia: sustainability through green design and practice

Tseng, Ming‐Lang; Chiu, Anthony S.F.; Tan, Raymond R.; Siriban-Manalang, Anna Bella

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.015

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“…Further, empirical results point out that there is a growing willingness among business leaders to make bold investments on climate change mitigations [34], due to mounting consumer and investor pressures, regulatory requirements and increasing perceptions of opportunities associated with climate change. Indeed, empirical evidence has shown a spectrum of climate strategies employed by firms, including the voluntary disclosure of carbon footprints, the introduction of eco-design, the use of low-carbon energy, and the improvement of energy efficiency [35][36][37][38].…”

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A Comparative Study of Firm-Level Climate Change Mitigation Targets in the European Union and the United States

Wang

2017

Sustainability

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While the debate on global and national carbon emission targets has dominated every major climate change conference, setting firm-level climate change mitigation targets has become an increasingly important issue. In this paper we present illustrative evidence on cross-country and cross-industry differences of the firm-level mitigation targets among some of the largest corporations in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) with regard to five aspects, i.e., target adoption, target metric, target scope, target stringency, and target completion. We find that overall 25% of the firms have not set up emission targets. The EU firms are significantly more likely to use intensity targets than the US firms. The EU firms are twice as likely as the US firms to incorporate indirect emissions from the supply chain into the scope of their targets. The Energy and Materials sectors in the EU set significantly more stringent targets than their US counterparts. The energy sectors of the EU and the US in general have not made satisfactory progress toward accomplishment of the targets. Based on these findings, we discuss the most pressing issues that should be addressed by policymakers and firm managers in different regions and sectors with regard to target-setting.

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A Comparative Study of Firm-Level Climate Change Mitigation Targets in the European Union and the United States

Wang

2017

Sustainability

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“…The accountability and sustainability are realized at environment layer through the Corporate Social Responsibility at social layer. The supplier selection using analytic network process (ANP) to reduce environmental impact based on certain evaluation criteria is a breakthrough in GSCM, discussed by Tseng et al (2013). Based on the insights on procurement of green goods, supplier experiences green limitations, as discussed by Morgan & Linda, (1997), which leads the business towards a controlled adherence and to be green.…”

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Development of a parametric matrix based on GSCM literature

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Pillai²

2017

10.5267/j.ac

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“…There is an urgent need to exploit and develop appropriate green technologies that promote design, production and supply chain because the major cause of water shortage and continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable and unregulated pattern of consumption and production (Tseng et al 2013). The limitations on the amount of freshwater consumption that can be taken from natural sources such as groundwater and surface water have forced the industry to expand the supplementary sources of water such as rainwater, stormwater, desalinated water and/or recycled water, which in most cases need extensive treatment before usage for health and environmental safety reasons.…”

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“…The problems are even worse in developing countries as they discharge approximately 90−95% of their untreated urban sewage directly into surface waters without rigorous water regulations (Pimentel et al 2012). Therefore, to alleviate these existing situations, the awareness of environmental responsibilities should be strengthened (Tseng et al 2013). …”

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Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management: Introduction and Overview

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Guo

Chen

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Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management

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As such, issues could be identified holistically and solved effectively from multiple sectors without creating other troubles and complications.  Avoiding poor investments and expensive mistakes. Decision-making based on short-term, segmented view would be rarely effective in the long-haul and can trigger unsustainable gains, unforeseen consequences and lost opportunities. Worse still, it is often the environment that has been sacrificed, together with negative consequences for both social and economic development. Comparatively, sustainable water management promotes the consideration of economic implications of infrastructure maintenance, water services and potential for costrecovery, and both short-and long-term environmental impacts. This can avoid the losses and high costs associated with unsustainable development and irreparable harms.  Getting the most value from investments in infrastructure. Sustainable water management can ensure maximum returns on investments from infrastructure planning, design and management both socially and economically. It facilitates the different investments working synergistically and producing greater returns than possible through a single-sector approach.  Allocating water strategically. Sustainable water management can provide strong links among allocation decisions, national development and economic planning processes, using tools such as water pricing and tariffs, appropriate incentives and subsidies, and the removal of ill-considered incentives and subsidies both inside and outside the water sector. This could significantly contribute to the improvement of water use efficiency (GWP 2004).To achieve sustainability, it involves the continuous reconciliation of water demand by the human environment with water supply by the natural system. Thus, depending on specific problems, it may also requires the consideration of land and water management, evapotranspiration, water quality and quantity, upstream and downstream water uses, and all stakeholders in the planning and management

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Sustainable consumption and production for Asia: sustainability through green design and practice

Cited by 403 publications

References 29 publications

A Comparative Study of Firm-Level Climate Change Mitigation Targets in the European Union and the United States

A Comparative Study of Firm-Level Climate Change Mitigation Targets in the European Union and the United States

Development of a parametric matrix based on GSCM literature

Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management: Introduction and Overview

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