Which Future for Industry: The Environmental Challenge

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Which Future for Industry The Environmental
Challenge
P2005 Conference February 10, 2006
John R. Ehrenfeld Industrial Society for
Industrial Ecology
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Sustainable Developmentis the Current Solution
Sustainable development is a form of development
that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability for future generations
to meet their own needs.
Brundtland Report 1987
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Reducing Unsustainability Does Not Create
Sustainability
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Sustainability is radically different from
sustainable development.
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Sustainability is the possibility that human and
other forms of life will flourish on the Earth
forever.
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The Tao of Sustainability
Recovering the lost domains by design
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Sustainability Frameworks

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Sustainability Strategies Depend on the Business
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Sustainability Strategies Require New Practices

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Sustainability Strategies Can Be Profitable

• Waste represents an unutilized asset.
• Symbioses enhance reputation.
• PSS are win-win offers.
• Sustainability products offer access to new
  markets.

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Sustainability wont wait forever.