scholarly journals The Green Side of Industry: The Drivers and the Impacts of Eco-Innovations in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 8065
Author(s):  
Fernanda Q. Sperotto ◽  
Iván G. P. Tartaruga
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Specific Data ◽  
Market Factors ◽  
Cluster Heatmap

This study aimed to provide an overview of eco-innovations in the Brazilian industry. To address this issue, we analyzed specific data of eco-innovative companies. In addition, we applied the cluster heatmap technique, which allowed us to analyze the different drivers and impacts of eco-innovations in different sectors. According to the results, companies that stated that innovation made it possible to reduce their environmental impact represent a third of all innovators. Moreover, they are companies that have shown greater effort to innovate and greater susceptibility to the benefits and obstacles of innovation. Furthermore, the eco-innovation strategy is mainly driven by market factors, such as reputation and codes of good practice. The impacts are mainly associated with the use of more widespread and less complex technologies, such as recycling. In addition to these results, the study considers some alternatives to guide the innovation policy, especially related to eco-innovations in semi-peripherical countries.

FIFTEEN YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN BANGLADESH: CURRENT PRACTICE, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. ZOBAIDUL KABIR ◽  
SALIM MOMTAZ
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Full Benefit

The aim of this article is to review the current practice of EIA system in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, EIA has been practiced for more than fifteen years. However, there is a lack of scientific information about the current practice of EIA in Bangladesh. This article focused and reviewed three key areas of EIA system in Bangladesh: institutional arrangement, quality of EISs and implementation of mitigation measures. By using a set of good practice criteria, this article finds that still there are shortcomings in current EIA practice despite that fact that EIA practice in Bangladesh has been improving over the last fifteen years. This means Bangladesh could not harness the full benefit of EIA yet. This article suggest that in order to harness the full benefits of EIA, adequate implementation of mitigation measures is imperative while improving the capacity of proponents, regulatory agency and the quality of EIS.

scholarly journals Ensuring of labor productivity growth in the context of investment and innovation activity intensification

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariia V. Dykha ◽  
Nataliia P. Tanasiienko ◽  
Galina M. Kolisnyk
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Labor Productivity Growth ◽  
Technological Level ◽  
State Investment

Labor productivity determines the level and quality of life of society. The technical and technological level of production determines the level of labor productivity in the country. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to substantiate the basic theoretical principles and practical recommendations for intensification of investment and innovation activity. The object of research is the processes of the intensification of the investment and innovation activity in the system of ensuring of productivity growth. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research is the scientific works of domestic and foreign authors on labor productivity and ways of its increasing. As a result of the research, the level and dynamics of labor productivity in the countries of the world have been analyzed. The level of labor productivity in Ukraine in comparison with other countries has been determined. The introduction of innovations has been determined among the key factors in the growth of labor productivity. Therefore, the strategy of the investment and innovation development has been proposed. The basic principles of effective implementation of the investment-innovation strategy and the state investment-innovation policy for ensuring labor productivity growth have been substantiated. In order to achieve the goals of state investment and innovation policy and obtain the results on the growth of labor productivity, the priorities of allocation of public finance, as well as measures to enhance the development of venture capital and to stimulate the production of high-tech production have been proposed. The combination of changes from the implementation of the investment and innovation strategy, the state investment and innovation policy will result in the growth of labor productivity, ensure the competitiveness of the economy and sustainable socio-economic development of Ukraine.

scholarly journals Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Madrid-Solórzano ◽  
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ◽  
Emilio Jiménez Macías ◽  
Eduardo Martínez Cámara ◽  
Julio Blanco Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Improvement Interventions ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Environmental Impact Categories

Sotol is a Mexican distilled spirit produced in Northern Mexico. The estimated annual production of sotol is at around 5,200 hl per year. This industry grows at an average rate of 5% per year. The Mexican Sotol Council and the Sotol Certificate Council are regulatory bodies dedicated to monitoring that sotol producers comply with the Official Mexican Standard NOM-159-SCFI-2004. Currently, those regulatory bodies try to improve the sotol production process and good practice guidelines to contribute to cleaner production. This paper reports a case study of artisanal sotol production in Chihuahua State in Mexico. Life cycle assessment (LCA) technique was used to compute the environmental impact of sotol and its performance to identify system hotspots and propose improvement interventions. SimaPro software, v.9.1®, is used for the LCA, applying CML-IA baseline V3.05/EU25 method to evaluate and select environmental impact categories. The system boundary included the stages of harvest, cooking, milling, fermentation, distillation, bottling, and packaging. The findings indicate that each of the stages required for sotol beverage processing significantly affects the marine ecosystem. The milling and bottling stages have the highest environmental impact. A 750-ml bottle of artisan sotol causes 5.92 kg CO2 eq, based on empirical data. Sotol makers should focus on reducing energy consumption caused by input transportation and equipment for milling.

scholarly journals Lessons from an International Initiative to Set and Share Good Practice on Human Health in Environmental Impact Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1392
Author(s):  
Ben Cave ◽  
Ryngan Pyper ◽  
Birgitte Fischer-Bonde ◽  
Sarah Humboldt-Dachroeden ◽  
Piedad Martin-Olmedo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
International Association ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
The European Union

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is applied to infrastructure and other large projects. The European Union EIA Directive (2011/92/EU as amended by 2014/52/EU) requires EIAs to consider the effects that a project might have on human health. The International Association for Impact Assessment and the European Public Health Association prepared a reference paper on public health in EIA to enable the health sector to contribute to this international requirement. We present lessons from this joint action. We review literature on policy analysis, impact assessment and Health Impact Assessment (HIA). We use findings from this review and from the consultation on the reference paper to consider how population and human health should be defined; how the health sector can participate in the EIA process; the relationship between EIA and HIA; what counts as evidence; when an effect should be considered ‘likely’ and ‘significant’; how changes in health should be reported; the risks from a business-as-usual coverage of human health in EIA; and finally competencies for conducting an assessment of human health. This article is relevant for health authorities seeking to ensure that infrastructure, and other aspects of development, are not deleterious to, but indeed improve, human health.

scholarly journals Sustaining Industry Leadership Through Innovation Strategy Archetypes

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 697
Author(s):  
Theuns G. Pelser
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Probability Judgment ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Johannesburg Stock Exchange

The ability to innovate and exploit innovations globally in a rapid and efficient manner is a significant source of competitive advantage. However, the management of innovation is made difficult by the complexity, unpredictability, and pace of turbulence in the environment, which compresses the time horizons for strategic planning. The main purpose of this study was to investigate innovation management practices in technology-intensive industries and to explore their relationship to company performance. A non-probability judgment sample of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) was taken. The study makes a contribution to the field of strategic management research by integrating the archetypes of several previous studies to derive a more comprehensive taxonomy of innovation strategy archetypes. Two distinct innovation strategy factors obtained with the analysis were proven to positively influence the company performance archetypes and were classified as New Product Innovation and Process Innovation factors. The results show that innovation strategy choices can significantly affect company performance. It thereby indicates which of the underlying archetypes have the strongest relationship with company performance. From an industry perspective, the greatest significance of these findings may be that they accentuate the importance of innovation policy in strategic management. The substantial differences in performance associated with the archetypes do not necessarily indicate that a given company should choose a particular innovation strategy, but rather indicates that innovation policy decisions may have a substantial leverage on a companys performance and should be analysed and exercised with care.

Measuring Up in Steel: Performance Measurement and Innovation Policy in the Canadian Steel Industry

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Warrian
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Steel Industry ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Private Firms ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Industrial Firms ◽  
And Performance

Private industrial firms have impressively improved their internal performance in the last 20 years through the use of performance metrics. This article argues that private firms can not only learn from public organizations and performance measurement, they can also profit from it. The article proceeds from the Innovations System literature and applies it to the Canadian steel industry and examines public policies directed at improving the innovation performance of private firms. The most commercially successful firms are those that effectively interact with public infrastructure and social capital. Public policies should be critically examined in the same light. The analysis finds that the Innovation Strategy policy being implemented by Industry Canada, including its Innovation Targets, are misdirected and are likely to miss the most promising sources of innovation in the steel industry.

Emerging regional innovation strategies in Central Europe: institutions and regional leadership in generating strategic outcomes

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Blažek ◽  
Pavla Žížalová ◽  
Petr Rumpel ◽  
Karel Skokan ◽  
Petr Chládek
Keyword(s):  
Policy Design ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Regional Leadership ◽  
Key Dimensions ◽  
Analytical Section

The paper seeks to develop a comparative analysis of approaches to innovation support in three self-governing regions of the Czech Republic. Its analytical section presents an in-depth analysis of the development of innovation policies in three regions: the capital city of Prague, South Moravia and the old industrial region of Moravia-Silesia. Key dimensions of regional innovation strategy in each of the three regions are closely scrutinized and critically examined, within the context of state-of-the-art European approaches to innovation policy. Profound differences, both in approaches to innovation policy design and in the results so far achieved, have been found between the studied regions, reflecting differences in both structural and soft factors in the regions in question. Rapid progress, in terms of innovation strategy implementation, is evident in a region where strong knowledge creation capacity (in both the academic and the business spheres) exists in harmony with professional and enthusiastic key personnel in intermediary institutions as well as steady political support from regional decision-makers. The authors believe that some of their observations will have relevance for innovation policy design and implementation in other Czech regions and in other regions of the European Union’s new member states.

scholarly journals Efficiency of regional innovation policy tools: Support to research-industry cooperation through the JIC Voucher programme

Ergo ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Miroslav Kostić
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Research Cooperation ◽  
Regional Innovation Policy ◽  
South Moravia

AbstractSupport to research-industry cooperation belongs to main priorities of the Regional Innovation Strategy of South Moravia, also considering the shortcomings identified in cooperation and knowledge transfer between these sectors. Establishing links between companies and research institutions was aimed by the JIC Voucher (2009–2015) programme, the first programme of innovation vouchers in Czechia. Even though the support of new partnerships between companies and research institutions was the main goal of the programme, the number of supported partnerships of formerly cooperating entities was higher. A follow-up cooperation, usually on financially larger research projects, took place in more than one third of supported partnerships. Thus the programme positively affected a part of participating companies to spend higher amounts on R&D needed for co-financing of projects funded from national R&D programmes. The follow-up projects were more often realised by partners cooperating even before receiving the voucher. Also the non-approved projects of formerly cooperating partners were more often realised using other sources of funds than projects of those newly cooperating on an application for innovation voucher. Despite significant benefits of JIC Voucher to strengthening cooperation between companies and research institutions, the support to large companies – also enabled by the programme – can be viewed as inessential. This is obvious especially with respect to resources and experience with research cooperation usually held by these companies.

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