Search for dissertations about: "sustainability criteria"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 99 swedish dissertations containing the words sustainability criteria.
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21. Assessment of Eco-Labelling and Green Procurement from a Strategic Sustainability Perspective
Abstract : Efforts to reduce negative impacts from consumption and production include voluntary market-based initiatives. Examples are the concept of eco-labelling and the concept of green procurement. These have emerged as policy instruments with great potentials to steer product innovation and purchasing decisions in a sustainable direction. READ MORE
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22. Assessing Sustainability and Guiding Development towards More Sustainable Products
Abstract : Companies need to develop more sustainable products that fit into future more sustainable markets. For this reason, the integration of sustainability considerations is needed in the early stages of product development, where a major part of the sustainability performance of a final product is determined. READ MORE
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23. Towards sustainable product development through a lens of requirements
Abstract : Product development companies’ attention and desire to contribute to sustainable development is growing fast but requires new capabilities. The socioecological systems constitute a complex landscape of operating conditions from which product development identify needs for new products. READ MORE
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24. Exploring Themes and Challenges in Developing Sustainable Supply Chains - A Complexity Theory Perspective
Abstract : To develop sustainable supply chains in a way that their negative environmental and social effects are minimized, shortand long-term targets should be set. The transformation of supply chains towards these targets calls for the development of innovative strategies and the need to continuously identify, classify, and tackle the challenges that can hinder the execution of such strategies. READ MORE
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25. Unpacking Sanitation Planning Comparing Theory and Practice
Abstract : Lack of proper sanitation is linked to significant negative impacts on environmental and public health, economy, and human dignity. Despite the efforts made to reach the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the world will miss its target of halving the percentage of people without access to improved sanitation by 2015; and there is general agreement within the field of sanitation that the sector has failed to deliver substantial improvements to the most needy. READ MORE