Published by Juan Antonio de Castro de Arespacochaga
27/11/2010
Main report On Green Competitiveness in the Mediterranean, by Juan A. de Castro. The Greco Report based on the Med Clean files analysis demonstrates that preventive changes made, during the initial stage of the production processes; reduce companies´ needs to process waste and recycle. It has been calculated that 60% of actions are for the reduction of water consumption, raw material or energy resources, 30% for waste treatment and only 10% for CP technologies type recycling. This report’s main conclusion is that investing in the environment is a way of increasing companies’ profitability. The report shows that, regardless of the support of public institutions, private companies can help protect the environment without having to abandon their profitability objectives and...
Categories
- Rentabilidad verde/ Green profitability/ Profitabilité verte
- Oportunidades de negocio/ Business opportunities/ Opportunités d’affaires
- Iniciativa GRECO/ GRECO Initiative/ Initiative GRECO
- Residuos inorgánicos/ Inorganic waste/ Résidus inorganiques
- Bienes públicos/ Public goods/ Biens publics
- Desarrollo sostenible/ Sustainable development/ Développement durable
- Internalización de costos y beneficios ambientales/ Internalization of environmental costs and benefits/ Internalisation des coûts et bénéfices environnementaux
- Consumo de agua/ Water consumption/ Consommation d’eau
- Residuos orgánicos/ Organic waste/ Résidus organiques
- Tecnologías de producción limpia/ Clean production technologies/ Technologies pour la production propre
- Políticas de economías externas/ External economies’ policies/ Politiques d’économies externes
- Eficiencia industrial/ Industrial efficiency/ Efficience industrielle
- Medio ambiente/ Environment/ Environnement
- Cooperación internacional/ International cooperation/ Coopération internationale
- Enfoques “Agenda Río (+)”/ “Agenda Rio (+)” approaches/ Approches “Agenda Rio (+)”
- Sociedad sostenible del conocimiento/ Sustainable knowledge society/ Société Durable de la Connaissance
- Competitividad/ Competitiveness/ Compétitivité
- Capitalismo natural/ Natural capitalism/ Capitalisme naturel
- Consumo de energía/ Energy consumption/ Consommation d’énergie
- Residuos tóxicos/ Toxic waste/ Résidus toxiques
- Sostenibilidad/ Sustainability/ Durabilité
- Ecoeficiencia y producción limpia
- Verde/ Green/ Verte
- Consumo de insumos químicos/ Chemical inputs consumption/ Consommation d’entrants chimiques