Sustainable Efficiency of Firms when new Sustainability Targets are introduced

Koen Mondelaers; Timo Kuosmanen; Steven Van passel; Jeroen Buysse; Ludwig Lauwers; Guido Van Huylenbroeck

Sustainable Efficiency of Firms when new Sustainability Targets are introduced

Koen Mondelaers
, Timo Kuosmanen
, Steven Van passel
, Jeroen Buysse
, Ludwig Lauwers
, Guido Van Huylenbroeck

Social Sciences

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Abstract

There is a high potential for simultaneously increasing sustainability of the earth system and economic development by removing inefficiencies currently present both at the production input and output side. In this paper a static view on sustainability is employed, by introducing capacity constraints as the boundaries above (or below) which the system cannot maintain its stable state. Currently these capacity constraints are often not respected. In this paper it is shown how the efficiency improvement pathway of an industry and the firms within it can be calculated to come to a sustainable, profit maximizing state, given the existence of these capacity constraints.

Translated title of the contribution	Duurzame efficiëntie van bedrijven wanneer nieuwe duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen worden opgelegd
Original language	English
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	EAAE 2011 Congress; Change and Uncertainty: Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources - Zürich, Switzerland Duration: 30-Aug-2011 → 2-Sept-2011

Conference

Conference	EAAE 2011 Congress; Change and Uncertainty: Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zürich
Period	30/08/11 → 2/09/11

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