...taking specific care in all actions for today's and future generations' needs. That is, the delivery of goods and services that satisfy human needs and bring...quality of life, while progressively reducing ecological and social impacts throughout the life cycle, to a level safely below the earth's and society's estimated...

...and to minimize risks to the human population and the environment. UNEP Cleaner Production Programme The delivery of competitively priced goods and services...level at least in line with the earth's estimated currying capacity, WBCSD Eco- Efficiency Programme must not be transferted in isolation, but tequite...

...Earth Summit, the concept of 'eco-efficiency' provides a new vision for corporate practice, tailored to the "delivery of competitively priced goods and services...and resource intensity throughout the life cycle". ln practical terms, this means addressing the entire life cycle of goods and services from design through...

...instruments. It represents the direction of an effort. The WBCSD has proposed the following definition: "Eco-efficiency is reached by the delivery of competitively...reducing ecological impacts and resource intensity, through the life cycle to a level at least in line with the Earth's estimated carrying capacity". At...

...rather than cutting total material use. Achieving Eco-efficiency The BCSD define eco-efficiency as the delivery of competitively priced goods and services...ecological impacts and resource intensity throughout the lifecycle, to a level at least in line with the Earth's estimated carrying capacity (emphasis added)?''''...

...defined as the delivery of competitively-priced goods and services that satisfy human needs and improve quality of life while progressively reducing ecological...and resource intensity, throughout the life cycle of the product, to a level at least in line with the Earth's estimated carrying capacity (WBCSD 1995)....

...necessary?. .. To obtain "eco-efficiency". "Ecoefficiency is reached by the delivery of competitively-priced goods and services that satisfy human needs and bring...cycle, to a level at least in line with the earth's carrying capacity" (Nuij, 1999, p. 14). How are companies going to achieve this?. .. By increasingly...

...enhance customer value and reduce environmental impacts? Summary The full definition of eco-efficiency: Eco-efficiency is reached by the delivery of competitively...bring quality of life, while progressively reducing environmental impacts and resource intensity throughout the life cycle, to a level at least in line...

...exactly is ecoefficiency? According to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, it is "the delivery of competitively priced goods and services...reducing ecological impacts and resource intensity, through the life-cycle, to a level at least in line with the Earth's estimated carrying capacity."106...

...sustainability means the strive for eco-efficiency, as defined by the World Council for Sustainable Development: 'the delivery of competitively priced goods and services...reducing ecological impacts and resource intensity through the life cycle, to a level at least in line with earth's estimated carrying capacity' (WTCSD,...