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The greening of industry for a sustainable future: building an international research agenda

1997; Wiley; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/(sici)1099-0836(199707)6

1099-0836

Johan Schot, Ellis Brand, Kurt W. Fischer,

Environmental Sustainability in Business

In 1995 the coordinators of the Netherlands Advisory Council for Research on Nature and Environment (RMNO) and the Greening of Industry Network initiated a process of developing an international research agenda on sustainable development and the role of industry. The purpose of this initiative was two-fold: • To develop a research agenda on the process of greening of industry in the context of sustainable development which defines main research priorities for the coming decade;• To provide a clearer perspective on how research priorities are currently developed and how to improve this process. After a two year process of discussions via workshops and interviews including various stakeholders, four main research themes were selected: • Transformation towards sustainable development• Changing consumption patterns • Finance, capital and performance indicators • Technological breakthroughs. We hope to solicit a discussion on the future of the greening of industry research agenda. This article is based on a report The Greening of Industry for a Sustainable Future: Building an International Research Agenda (1997). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment.