Governance for Sustainable Stewardship Dr. Theo de Bruijn European Coordinator Greening of Industry Network Senior Researcher CSTM University of Twente Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Saxion Universities for Professional Education
INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION “Important changes in production and consumption systems will be required in order to meet the needs and aspirations of a growing world population while using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.”
RECENT REGULATORY EXPERIMENTS USA: Europe: - Energy Star - Policy Program on EMS (NL) - Project XL - Dutch Target Group Policy (NL) - Common Sense Initiative - End-of-Live Vehicles Program (G) - R&D Collaboration - Cleaner Technology Programs (DK) - Toxic Release Inventory - Accounting Act (N) - StarTrack - Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (UK)
GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE STEWARDSHIP Governments must play a leading role Focus on products and chains Horizontal and vertical integration Corporate role: the business case