Sökning: "sustainability criteria"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 102 avhandlingar innehållade orden sustainability criteria.

1. 21. Assessment of Eco-Labelling and Green Procurement from a Strategic Sustainability Perspective

   Författare :Cecilia Bratt; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic Sustainability Perspective; Sustainable Consumption and Production; Eco-labelling; Green Procurement; Criteria Development Process; Product-Service Innovation.;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

3. 22. Assessing Sustainability and Guiding Development towards More Sustainable Products

   Författare :Gunilla Clancy; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; action competence; early-stage product development; team learning; wood-based material; role of designer; semi-structured interview; ecolabels; management systems; participatory action research; sustainability assessment;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

4. 23. Towards sustainable product development through a lens of requirements

   Författare :Matilda Watz; Sophie Hallstedt; Alessandro Bertoni; Johanna Wallin Nylander; Niki Bey; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Strategic sustainable development; sustainable product development; sustainable design; product design; sustainability criteria; requirements development; requirements; system analysis; group model building; Strategic Sustainable Development; Strategisk hållbar utveckling;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

5. 24. Exploring Themes and Challenges in Developing Sustainable Supply Chains - A Complexity Theory Perspective

   Författare :Maisam Abbasi; Förpackningslogistik; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Supply Chain; Logistic; Sustainable Development; Sustainability; Complexity;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

7. 25. Unpacking Sanitation Planning Comparing Theory and Practice

   Författare :Jennifer R Mc Conville; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Participation; Sustainability; Urban; Procedural planning theory; Decision-making; Sanitation; Process; Planning practice;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER