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New governance for the circular economy
19/11/2015
New governance for the circular economy
Guido Braam leads the ‘Netherlands as a circular hotspot’ initiative, a programme to promote the Netherlands internationally as a circular economy pioneer[1]. The programme is organised by the Circle Economy cooperative, with support from the Dutch government. Braam is also a member of the...
"Why are there so many environmental labeling schemes?" EcoAP interviews: Andrew Prag - Policy Analyst, OECD
19/11/2015
"Why are there so many environmental labeling schemes?" EcoAP interviews: Andrew Prag - Policy Analyst, OECD
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been analysing environmental labels for more than 15 years. In this video, OECD Policy Analyst Andrew Prag discusses some of the issues relevant to eco-labels around the world. In 2013, the OECD published a study documenting the...
Interview: Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek - "The heavy weight of resource inefficiency"
04/11/2015
Interview: Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek - "The heavy weight of resource inefficiency"
Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek is a pioneering voice in debates about environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. His background is in chemistry, and he was formerly a founding vice president of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, where he developed theories on “material...
EcoAP interviews: Alberto Pozzi - Director of Technical and Sales Dept., Pozzi Leopoldo SRL
21/10/2015
EcoAP interviews: Alberto Pozzi - Director of Technical and Sales Dept., Pozzi Leopoldo SRL
"How does Environmental Technology Verification help?" EcoAP interviews: Alberto Pozzi - Director of Technical and Sales Dept., Pozzi Leopoldo SRL Pozzi Leopoldo SRL provides an engineering service to the textile machinery industry, focusing on energy optimisation and efficient factories. In this...
Interview: Arab Hoballah - Sustainable consumption and production: the view from the United Nations
21/10/2015
Interview: Arab Hoballah - Sustainable consumption and production: the view from the United Nations
Dr. Arab Hoballah heads the Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch in the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics of the United Nations Environment Programme. He will speak at the Eco-innovation Action Plan Business opportunities in eco-innovation conference in Seoul, Korea, 27-28...
Interview: Paul Ekins — member of the UN Environment Programme's International Resource Panel
06/10/2015
Interview: Paul Ekins — member of the UN Environment Programme's International Resource Panel
Paul Ekins is Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at the Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London. He is a leading voice in the United Kingdom on sustainability, having been an advisor to governments, parliaments, the European Commission, the United Nations,...
"What does eco-innovation mean?" EcoAP interviews: Alison Cavey, INNEON
22/09/2015
"What does eco-innovation mean?" EcoAP interviews: Alison Cavey, INNEON
The  INNEON  Network for Eco-innovation Investment aims to increase the private and public funding available for eco-innovation and social innovation in Europe, providing a forum that brings innovators and investors together in support of sustainable development. In this video, Alison Cavey,...
Resource efficiency projects get underway as part of process industry initiative
07/09/2015
Resource efficiency projects get underway as part of process industry initiative
The SPIRE partnership (Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency) is a cross-sectoral initiative involving the main players in the European Union's process industries – eight sectors that transform commodity resources into essential products: chemicals, steel, engineering...
Sustainability: the contribution corporations can make
13/07/2015
Sustainability: the contribution corporations can make
Gail Whiteman is a Professor and Rubin Chair at the The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, Lancaster University, United Kingdom. She works on how companies can respond to the challenges facing the world arising from changes to ecosystems. In this interview, she argues that corporate...
Measuring progress towards the green economy
03/06/2015
Measuring progress towards the green economy
NETGREEN (Network for Green Economy Indicators, http://netgreen-project.eu/) is an EU-funded project that aims to advance progress towards a green economy. The key output of the project is an open-access, interactive website (www.measuring-progress.eu) providing information on indicators that...

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