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28/07/2011
EUSEW 2009 addresses key eco-innovation issues
EUSEW 2009 addresses key eco-innovation issues
EUSEW 2009 hosted a number of events relating to eco-innovation. These events demonstrated leading projects in different areas, and highlighted the funding opportunities available. ‘Take a week to change Tomorrow’ was the theme of the third annual EU Sustainable Energy Week (SEW) from 9 to 13...
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28/07/2011
Greening the European aggregate industry
Greening the European aggregate industry
A core industry sets its sights on a sustainable future, tackling biodiversity, air and water pollution, and climate change as the European Aggregates Association (UEPG) explains. Aggregates are the sand, gravel and crushed rock that form the basis of building materials. Take them away and the...
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28/07/2011
Eco-innovation INNO-Net champions eco-innovation policy
Eco-innovation INNO-Net champions eco-innovation policy
The Commission's INNO-Net on Eco-innovation will enable an exchange of ideas, and lead to common work towards transferability of good practices, benchmarking, and target setting An initiative to build on the promising policies of Member States for the promotion of eco-innovation was announced...
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28/07/2011
Green accounting, our future
Green accounting, our future
Growth can no longer be measured in strictly economic terms such as the monetary value of output, income or expenditure per head. Additional criteria are needed for green growth. According to UK economist Tim Jackson: “Prosperity consists in our ability to flourish as human beings – within the...
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28/07/2011
EU boosts energy performance of domestic electrical goods
EU boosts energy performance of domestic electrical goods
The EU has set new rules to improve energy use in TVs and white goods. This includes revised labelling with additional top ratings. However, these changes have met a mixed response. Agreement was reached on new rules to improve the energy performance of several products at the EU Ecodesign and...
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02/05/2011
Cities setting standards in eco-innovation
Cities setting standards in eco-innovation
Curitiba is Brazil’s seventh largest city and ‘green capital’. One of the best examples of green urban planning, it shows a city can minimise its environmental impact and be attractive. Eco-innovation is usually applied to products, not cities. Yet the planning achievements of Curitiba and...
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18/04/2011
Europe-wide life-cycle thinking essential for sustainable nanotechnology applications
Europe-wide life-cycle thinking essential for sustainable nanotechnology applications
A combination of life-cycle analysis and risk assessment can improve the understanding of the potential environmental and health impacts of products that contain nanomaterials. Nano-structured products are acquiring a dominant role in global manufacturing. The total revenue from such products...
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07/02/2011
Nanotechnology and environmental performance: what lies beyond the shiny promises?
Nanotechnology and environmental performance: what lies beyond the shiny promises?
The nanotechnology industry has over-promised and under-delivered according to Friends of the Earth, which proposes taking a precautionary approach to nanotechnology products. Nanotechnology has the potential to deliver novel approaches and transform the economy, although at a significant...
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24/01/2011
Reducing the environmental impact of agriculture through biotechnology
Reducing the environmental impact of agriculture through biotechnology
Biotechnology can play a major role in helping farmers overcome challenges such as protecting crops against insects, weeds and disease, as well as battling vagaries of the weather. Much can be achieved without resorting to environmentally-harmful products and processes or over-reliance on...
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27/10/2010
Waste is food: going all the way on sustainability
Waste is food: going all the way on sustainability
Ten European regions have created a network to share best practice in waste prevention and management by applying the cradle-to-cradle concept for sustainable development. The idea that there is no such thing as waste, only raw materials yet to be put to good use, underpins the cradle-to-cradle...
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