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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
11th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
June 6-8, 2005 Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
TABLE OF CONTENTS
'The Contribution of Sustainable Investments to Sustainable Development' Chair: Dr. Pontus Cerin and Dr. Peter Dobers 22
1. Antonio Massarutto, Water Pricing And Full-Cost Recovery Of Water Services: A Basic Tool For A Sustainable Water Policy? 22
2. Cristina Romano, Environmental & social reporting: foe or friend? 22
3. Esther Garcia, The impact of CSR risks on Investment Value Drivers. An SRI ratings agency perspective 22
4. Thierry Sebagh, Biodiversity and Evaluation of Cost-Effectiveness 22
5. Zaneta Stasiskiene, Environmental Management Accounting: An Essential Component of Sustainable Development Strategy for Lithuanian industry 22
6. Casper Boks, Christopher van Rossem, Extended Producer Responsibility of WEEE in Europe: A source of competitive advantage? 23
7. Bertrand Montel, Guy Debailleul, Promoting environmental management systems in industrial livestock farms for securing their access to financing 24
8. Emma Sjöström, Responsible Investments and Vice: A closer look at negative screening 25
9. Linda Steg, Siegwart Lindenberg, Ton Schoot Uiterkamp, Arjen van Witteloostujin, Towards a comprehensive model of Sustainable Corporate Performance 26
10. Slavka Kavcic, Darjana Vidic, Environmental Costs and Their Incorporation into Decision-Making Process in Slovenian Companies 26
11. Peter Österberg, Daniel Berlin, Can a Market based generative Learning Management style explain the conditions or characteristics that make an organization more likely to commit to, and perform on, environmental issues? 27
12. Martin Andreas Streicher-Porte, Ruth Scheidegger, Hans-Peter Bader, Susanne Kytzia, Material flow analysis as a suitable tool for system analysis under the constraints of poor data availability and quality in developing countries 28
13. Tybe Goldberg, The Role of Business in Sustainable Development 28
14. Niels Schenk et al., Physical indicators for industrial energy demand scenarios 29
15. Kiyotaka TAHARA et al., Evaluation of Eco-Efficiency Indicators in the Case of Personal Computers 29
16. Tomas Pivoras, DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY 29
‘Symposium on Transdiciplinary Case Study Research for Sustainable Development’ Chair: Mr. Arnim Wiek 30
1. Wiek, Lang, Walter, Introduction to the TCSR Symposium 30
2. Kemp, Bell, Rosenhead, Wen Zongg, Sheate, Kueffer, Round Table on expectations, whishes, visions and apprehensions regarding the symposium 30
3. J. Voss, R. Kemp, Reflexive governance for sustainable development 30
4. Rodrigo Jiliberto Herrera, Holarchy - A fruitful paradigm for qualitative sustainable development models 30
5. Cruz Ivonne and Cendra Jaume, Contributions to a Sustainable Human Development Theory - Analysing the Human Development paradigm through multidimensional perspectives 30
6. Mohammad Rais, Sustaining Mountain Communities in Fragile Environment: Some Experiences from South and Southeast Asia 32
7. Simon Bell, Stephen Morse: Problem Structuring Methods: Proof that the road to Hell is paved with good intensions? 32
8. Walter, A. Wiek, Integration and Synthesis - Systainability Planning for City-Regions 32
9. R. Bancrofft: Integrated Planning for a Sustainable Urban Development: the Case of La Habana, Cuba 32
10. J. Rosenhead, Problem Structuring and Development 32
11. Hironori KATO, Hideaki SHIROYAMA, Yoshinori NAKAGAWA, Interview-based Structurization of Regional Transport Problems - Case Study of Strategic Transport Plan in the Kanto Region, Japan 32
12. B. Freyer, A, Muhar, U. Vilsmaier, Transdisciplinary goal finding process in regional planning processes 32
13. Zongguo Wen, Kunminc Zhang, Bina Du, Guojunc Song, Case study on genuine progress indicator methodology to measure sustainability in China 33
14. William Sheate, Maria do Rosário Partidário, Helen Byron, Olivia Bina, Sustainability Assessment of Scenarios for Agriculture Development and Biodiversity Conservation in Mountain Areas 33
15. Paul Goodwin and George Wright, A comparison of decision analysis and scenario thinking as alternative ways of dealing with uncertainty about the future 34
16. Paul Burger, Wolfgang Zierhofer: On the reliability of formative scenario analysis. Some epistemological reflections 35
17. M. Koucky, Actor group evaluation of future scenarios and identification of misconceptions between actor groups 36
18. C. Kueffer, Mutual learning between scientists and practioners in ecology 36
19. Gerald Steiner et al., Communication and Social Competences in Transdisciplinary Case Studies: Graz Mobility Case Study 36
20. H. A. Mieg, Expert roles in transdisciplinary processes 37
21. Bedall, P.et al., Integrating Transdisciplinary Case Study Research into the University Curriculum 37
‘Industrial Ecology and Regional Development’ Chair: Dr. Pauline Deutz, Dr. David Gibbs, Dr. Tony Jackson and Dr. Don Lyons 37
1. Annalisa Citterio, Promoting environmental strategies: a model for territorial assessment 37
2. David Gibbs, Pauline Deutz, INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, ECO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF CLUSTERING AND NETWORKS 37
3. Erik Mathijs, Anne Van Hauwermeiren, Hannelore Coene, Chris Claes, Food and energy life cycle inputs: a comparison of local versus conventional food systems 38
4. Juan C. Espinosa, Marian R. Chertow, ORGANIZING SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS: REGIONAL POLICIES AND INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS 39
5. Richard Kotter, Enhancing national / regional industrial competitiveness in the chemical industries and advancing sustainable development: successes and tensions in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) / Germany 39
6. Donald Lyons, Industrial Symbiosis, Recycling and Remanufacturing Firms, and Government Policy: A case study from Texas 39
7. Murat Mirata and Petri Ristola, Industrial Symbiosis as an enabler of more sustainable, localised industrial systems 39
8. Peter Wells, Innovative Discourse For Sustainable Local Development: A Critical Analysis Of Eco-Industrialism 40
9. Walter J.V. Vermeulen, Social Dimension Of Industrial Ecology: On The Implications Of The Inherent Nature Of Social Phenomena 40
10. Anthony Jackson, Barbara Illsley, Promoting environmental justice through industrial symbiosis: establishing a regional market for low-cost renewable energy amongst rural Scottish households by using Scottish forest industry waste to provide wood pellet fuel 40
11. Sally Randles, Multi-scalar Landscapes and Industrial Ecology 41
12. Gareth Kane, Sam Goss, The Eco-park: Green Nirvana or White Elephant? 41
13. Van V. Miller: Exchanges: Physical, Economic, but also Institutional 41
14. Andrew Flynn, Natalia Yakovleva, Regional Development, Sustainability and the Food System 42
15. Flaviano D´Amico, Marian Mihai Buleandra, Maria Velardi, Ion Tanase, Industrial Ecology application: Murano case 42
‘Sustainability Networks’ Chair: Dr. Alfred Posch 42
1. Carl Dalhammar, Regulating indirect aspects in the product chain: The emergence of a life cycle approach in environmental law 42
2. Cal Douglas, Implementing Local Agenda 21 across ten local authorities in Greater Manchester, UK – strategies, appraisals and outcomes 43
3. Esther Hoffmann, Innovating through Consumer-Integrated Product Development 43
4. Benoit Lefevre, Urban Energetical Signature: a new methodological approach for indicator 43
5. Dritan Prifti, INDUSTRIAL METABOLISM SITUATION AND THE CLEANER PRODUCTION IN ALBANIA 44
6. Tiina Salonen, Impact of Management Models on the Network Structures in (Eco)-Industrial Parks 44
7. Heinz Strebel, International Developments in Eco-Industrial Networking 45
8. Nur Indriantia, Masaaki Murakib, An alternative tax administrative system to support industrial ecology 46
9. Gyöngyi Kovács, Demand networks for sustainability: a cross-industrial comparison 46
10. Minerva Chaloping-March, Understanding collaborative mechanisms between business, communities and local government towards social sustainability 47
11. Gemma Dawson, E.J. Probert, Promoting green waste as a viable and sustainable product 47
12. Damien Giurco, M. Stewart, J.G. Petrie, UNDERSTANDING INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY ACROSS SCALES: DEVELOPING A REFERENCE SCHEMA 48
13. Harn Wei Kua, John Fernandez, Randolph Kirchain, Understanding Associated Effects of Policy Tools in Promoting Industrial Ecology in the Construction Industry: Case Studies of European Virgin Material Tax and US Forest Management Regulations 48
14. E. Avþar, G.N.Demirer: Cleaner Production Opportunity Assessment Study in SEKA Balikesir Pulp and Paper Mill 49
15. Terrence Hines, Engaging disenfranchised communities in the United Kingdom (UK) through addressing previous environmental injustice 50
16. Ketty Kortelainen, Global supply chains and social requirements: Case studies of ethical auditing in China 50
17. Ketty Kortelainen, Abigail Oxley Green, How to ensure social compliance in a global supply chain 51
18. Lise-Lotte Lindfelt Sustainability as a strategy– A longitudinal case of Stora Enso’s sustainability development 52
19. Tong Xin, Learning to be Green: Diverse Responses at the Environmental Challenges by Electronics Enterprises in China 53
20. Cristiano Hugo Cagnin, Denis Loveridge, Jeff Butler, Managing Business Sustainability 53
21. Jan Lepoutre, Aimé Heene, Jef Tavernier, Dealing with uncertainty when governing networks working for CSR 53
22. Emma Rex, Henrikke Baumann, Implications of a constructivist-faced understanding of LCA practice 54
23. Thomas P. Seager, Coupling LCA with analytic-deliberative decision making 55
24. Thomas P. Seager, Hilary Grimes-Casey, Developing Policies that Foster Cooperative Approaches to Life Cycle Management: The Case of Refillable Bottles 55
25. Anne M. Wallis, Sustainability Indicators – Is There Consensus Among Stakeholders? 56
26. Alfred Sarno, Raimo Blom, Harri Melin, Irina Sarno, Corporate responsibility, trust, sustainable development - The case of St Petersburg's industrial firms in 2004 57
27. Simon Ford, The Dynamics of Technical Obsolescence: a Case Study of the PC 58
28. Gara Villalba, Xavier Gabarrell A Proposal for a Masters Degree in Industrial Ecology in Southern Europe 59
29. Libby Sommer, The development of a metric for waste management professionals 60
30. Thomas P. Seager, Industrial Ecology: One of the Many Sciences of Sustainability 60
31. Walter Vermeulen, P.J. Ras, S.L. Saalmink, GREENING GLOBAL PRODUCT CHAINS: BRIDGING BARRIERS IN THE NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION 60
32. Pierre Desrochers, Historical Perspectives on Eco-Efficiency and the Environmental Benefits of Industrial Waste Recycling 60
33. Marianne Lindström, Mikko Attila, Terhi Fitch, Jaana Pennanen, Waste related conditions in environmental permits 60
‘Sustainability and Accounting’ Chair: Dr. Pall Rikhardsson 61
1. Roger Burritt, Prabanga Thoradeniya, Chika Saka, Drivers of Sustainability Accounting in the Public Sector 61
2. Hwa-Rung Shen, Research on the Factors of Establishing Environmental Accounting System in Taiwanese Industry, Take companies with ISO 14001 for example 62
3. Christine Jasch, Pilot Project on Sustainability Management Accounting with the Styrian Automobile Cluster 62
4. Tobias Viere, Stefan Schaltegger, Christian Herzig, Sustainability Management Accounting – revolution or evolution of management accounting? 63
5. Gwendolen Barnett White, Sustainability Reporting in North American Universities: What is the state of the art? 63
6. Suzuya Tang, Richard Welford, Environmental Disclosures of private and public organisations in Hong Kong 64
7. Anna Kumpulainen, Tuula Pohjola, Metrics and Indicators Determined Using Environmental Business Accounting 64
8. Robert Langford, Sustainability: the role of accountants 64
9. Iain A Wright, Environmental reporting 65
10. José M. Moneva, Pablo Archel, Carmen Correa, GRI and the camouflaging of corporate unsustainability 66
11. Graciela Scavone, Environmental management accounting: a new perspective for environmental and social communication 67
12. Hwa-Rong Shen, Yu-Sho Kao, An Empirical Study on Factors Affecting Environmental Accounting System Adoption in ISO 14001 Certificated Manufacturing firms in Taiwan 67
‘Eco-Efficiency’ Chair: Dr. Jukka Hoffrén 68
1. Paula Kivimaa, The links between environmental policies, technological innovations and eco-efficiency 68
2. TEEMU HAUKIOJA, JARI KAIVO-OJA, Exploring Empirical Tests of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 Emissions in the EU-15 Economy and the U.S. Economy 69
3. Vlasis Oikonomou, Martin Patel, Ernst Worrell, Does climate policy lead to relocation with adverse effects for GHG emissions or not? A First Assessment of the Spillovers of Climate Policy for Energy-Intensive Industry 69
4. Minna Halme, Martin Lodenius, Erja Heino, Markku Anttonen, Mika Kuisma ja Nea Kontoniemi: Material Savings as Business 69
5. Mads Borup, Approaches of eco-innovation: Uncertainty assessment and the integration of green technology foresight and life cycle assessment as a policy tool 69
6. Maryse Chappin, The relation between environmental regulation and environmental innovation in the Paper and Board Industry: The case of energy-improvement and wastewater treatment 70
7. Sibel ULUDAG DEMIRER, Nalan Tepe, (presented by Goksel N. Demirer): The Practice of Ecoefficiency in a Small Enterprise: Demircanlar Oil Industry (Eskişehir, Turkey) 71
8. Ton van Dril, Dutch energy efficiency covenant policies and the conversion of these policies into the EU emissions trading scheme 72
9. Vicky Lofthouse, Tracy Bhamra, End of Life Decisions – A Design Guide 72
10. Marijke Meul, Frank Nevens, Ignace Verbruggen, Eco-efficiency of specialized dairy farms in Flanders: evolution and future goals 72
11. Mirela Miresan, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION IN ROMANIAN ORGANIZATIONS – A DRIVING FACTOR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 73
12. Tiina Randla, Olga Gavrilova, Raivo Vilu, On long-term energy development scenarios for Estonia taking into account the possible evolution of Kyoto Process 74
13. Bruce Paton, Identifying Opportunities for Cross-Sectoral Collaboration: Applying the Virtue Matrix to Sustainability 75
14. Xiaozi Liu, Investigating the interactions of environmental quality and economic growth in Shenzhen, China’s first Special Economic Zone 76
15. Yue-Hwa Yu, Teng-Yuan Hsiao, Material Flows Analysis on Construction Aggregates in Taiwan 76
16. Alexander R.C. de Haan, Scott Cunningham, Long term forecasting for Sustainable development: The empirical and scenario approach applied on the issue of air travel demand for 2050 76
17. Bradley Parrish, Understanding 'Value' is the Key to Understanding the Sustainable Enterprise 77
18. Chiara Lombardini-Riipinen, Socially Responsible Consumers and Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods 78
19. Adeline Maijala, Michael Lettenmeier, Elina Virtanen, Salla Hänninen, Eco-efficiency Management of Municipal Services: Water Supply, Delivery and Wastewater Treatment 78
20. Sabine Gelter, ECOPROFIT: Sustainable Development in a Public Private Partnership 79
21. Peter Johansson, Environmental Performance - Impact of Environmental Management Systems 79
22. Pil-Ju PARK, Kiyotaka Tahara, In-Tae Jeong, Kun-Mo Lee, Process of Environmental and Economic Decision Making for End-of-Life Stage of Washing Machine 81
23. Srinivas Sistla, Suresh Kumar Chintalapati, Jasvinder Dhillon, Ecological & Economical Industrial waste Management: A Case Study 81
24. Stefano Apolloni, Matteo M. Savino, Ecological Plant Optimisation of a Small Sized Enterprise 81
25. Dalia Sakr, A. Sherif, S.M. El-Haggar, Adoption of ISO 14001 by Construction Companies in Egypt: An Investigation of Top Fifty Contractors 81
26. Pierre Desrochers: The EU waste legistlation’s 5P’s: Some Historical Perspective and Policy Implications 82
27. Jussi Nikula, Arto Saari, Michael Lettenmeier, CALCULATING THE MATERIAL INTESITY (MIPS) OF HYDROELECTRIC PRODUCTION IN FINLAND 82
28. Tiina Pajula, Environmental Impacts of Technology Changes – Case: Pulp and Paper Production 82