Eco-Design and Ecological Transition

Questioning the Economic Model
Herausgeber: Vernier, Marie-France

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Successive IPCC reports consistently stress the devastating impact of human activity on the climate. An ecological transition seems essential to modify our economic and social system, while meeting the needs of current and future generations. As the main culprits of environmental destruction, companies must modify their production methods to reduce their negative impact on the environment. Eco Design and Ecological Transition presents an innovative approach to eco design, a method that aims to offer products or services with a reduced environmental impact compared to conventional production methods, from the extraction of resources to the end of the product's life. The book also analyzes the potential of the circular economy and frugal innovation. It shows that innovation, to be sustainable, must be both environmentally and socially sustainable. From a systemic point of view, it examines the ability of players, particularly companies, to change their strategies in order to combine human well-being and respect for the environment in the context of ecological transition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781786308047
• ISBN-10: 1786308045
• Artikelnr.: 69922259

Autorenporträt

Marie-France Vernier is a teacher-researcher at ESDES Lyon Business School, France. Her research focuses on environmental innovation, in particular eco-design methods, the circular economy and corporate social responsibility.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 The Environmental Impact of the Contemporary Economic Model 1
1.1 The negative effects of the economic model on the environment 2
1.1.1 Disasters of economic activity accelerated by the First Industrial
Revolution 2
1.1.2 Questions about the capitalist system 5
1.2 A society that pollutes 7
1.2.1 Waste: elements of definition 8
1.2.2 Pollution in the world: an inevitable growth? 10
1.2.3 Public policies to reduce pollution 17
1.3 A sustainable economic model? 22
1.3.1 The sustainability approach 23
1.3.2 Ecological footprint 25
1.4 Conclusion 27
Chapter 2 Eco-design: Definitions and Theoretical Outlines 29
2.1 Eco-design: a plural concept 30
2.1.1 The pioneers of eco-design 30
2.1.2 Technocentric eco-design 31
2.1.3 Sustainable design 40
2.2 Technocentric eco-design: a dominant approach 44
2.2.1 The diversity of available methods 46
2.2.2 The most commonly used method: life cycle analysis 46
2.2.3 Some examples of technocentric eco-design 55
2.3 The contribution of eco-design to environmental innovations 58
2.3.1 Innovation, environmental innovation and sustainable innovation 58
2.3.2 The circular economy and the functional economy: practices that are
sources of environmental innovations 62
2.3.3 Frugal innovation: a form of sustainable design 69
2.4 Conclusion 70
Chapter 3 Eco-design in Companies: Practices and Decisive Actions 73
3.1 A systemic approach to innovation 74
3.1.1 Socio-technical systems 75
3.1.2 Institutions 77
3.2 Eco-design in socio-technical systems 78
3.2.1 The elements of the system 79
3.2.2 The relationships between the elements of the socio-technical systems
88
3.2.3 Coordination by institutions 93
3.3 Visible aspects of eco-design practices in socio-technical systems 97
3.3.1 The economic results of companies: is it essential to "get"
eco-design approaches accepted? 97
3.3.2 Communication: a tool to support the diffusion of eco-design
practices 100
3.4 Conclusion 104
Chapter 4 Questions and Perspectives on Eco-design 107
4.1 Technocentric eco-design: an insufficient solution to the ecological
transition 108
4.1.1 The difficulty of leaving the dominant socio-technical regime 108
4.1.2 Limitations due to eco-efficiency and the rebound effect 113
4.2 The contribution of eco-design to the circular economy 117
4.2.1 Circular economy business models and the diffusion of eco-design 117
4.2.2 Technocentric eco-design and the circular economy: complementary
approaches 122
4.2.3 Circular economy business models and relationships between actors in
socio-technical systems 124
4.2.4 The limits of the circular economy 125
4.3 The solutions enabled by sustainable design in the ecological
transition perspective 128
4.3.1 New possible uses for a new relationship between the human species
and its environment 128
4.3.2 The advantages of frugal innovation 130
4.4 Perspectives 131
4.4.1 Going further by involving stakeholders in innovation 131
4.4.2 Considering the environment as a common good 133
4.4.3 Profound changes are needed in the socio-technical systems 134
4.5 Conclusion 136
Conclusion 139
References 143
Index 163