Search for dissertations about: "Environmental product policy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the words Environmental product policy.

2. 11. Circular Business Models that Extend Product Value : Going Beyond Recycling to Create New Circular Business Opportunities

   Author : Katherine Whalen; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; circular business model; product life extension; obsolescence; circular economy; business model; reuse; repair; refurbishment; sustainability strategies; sustainability education;

   Abstract : Over the past ten years, significant industry, policy, and scientific attention has been given to the ‘circular economy’, which aims to create a more sustainable society by decoupling economic growth from resource consumption. Firms are expected to play a significant role in the shift to a circular economy model by implementing circular business models that encourage prolonged use of products, components, and materials. READ MORE

4. 12. Product-service systems: Panacea or myth?

   Author : Oksana Mont; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Production technology; Produktionsteknik; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; communal washing centres.; car sharing; systems for sharing power tools and garden-care equipment; product policy; drivers and barriers for companies; servicising; life cycle thinking; Product-service systems; functional thinking;

   Abstract : Life cycle environmental problems have been addressed by a number of strategies. However, the results are mostly lamentable because solutions are searched for within the same paradigms that give rise to the problems. READ MORE

5. 13. Towards Understanding Sustainable Textile Waste Management: Environmental impacts and social indicators

   Author : Bahareh Zamani; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : Global population growth and rising living standards have increased apparel consumption, and the generation of textile and clothing waste. This has raised concerns about lost resources and the environmental damage associated with these flows. READ MORE

6. 14. The potential of systematic reviews in environmental social science : an analysis of its use to evaluate and inform policy

   Author : Matilda Miljand; Katarina Eckerberg; Therese Bjärstig; Susan E Owens; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public policy evaluation; Environmental public policy; Systematic review methodology; Systematic review methods; Realist review; Evidence-based policy; Knowledge use; Inform policy making; Methodological pluralism; Voluntary agreements;

   Abstract : There is common agreement that public policy should be formulated based onknowledge of how it works and makes impact. Both scientific knowledge andevaluations can contribute to environmental decision-making and play animportant role to inform policy development. READ MORE

7. 15. Public Policy and the Governance of Biofuel Systems

   Author : Lorenzo Di Lucia; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; transport; Biofuels; governance; policy; governability;

   Abstract : The dependency of transport on oil fuels is responsible for risks of energy supply security, and local, regional and global environmental problems, including the emission of greenhouse gases affecting the Earth’s climate system. Biofuels attracted considerable attention in recent years as a solution to these problems. READ MORE