Factor X: Challenges, Implementation Strategies and Examples for a Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science Book 32)

This book describes and analyses necessities for a more resource-efficient world. It discusses solutions for a more sustainable use of natural resources, addressing decision-makers and experts from the fields of policy development, industry, academia, civil society, and the media. The book presents strategies, concrete ways and examples of achieving more sustainable resource use in practice. Following on from two previous titles published on Factor X by the Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), entitled “Factor X: Policy, Strategies and Instruments for a Sustainable Resource Use” (2013) and “Factor X: Re-source – Designing the Recycling Society” (2014), this book further investigates how savings in natural resources and resource efficiency improvements could be achieved, focusing on good practice examples that cover different resource categories, pursue different efficiency strategies and come from different sectors, e.g. innovative products or services, technology, man agement approaches, systemic approaches, etc. The background against which this work is done has a highly comprehensive span, from the first Declaration of the Factor X Club in the nineties, to the European Commission’s Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe that was published in September 2011, through to the German Federal government’s German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess I and II) in 2012 and 2016, the G7 Alliance for Resource Efficiency, and most recently the development and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Factor X – 25 Years – “Factor X Concept” Is Essential for Achieving Sustainable Development (Harry Lehmann, Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek, Christopher Manstein)....Pages 3-12 Necessities for a Resource Efficient Europe (Leida Rijnhout, Magda Stoczkiewicz, Meadhbh Bolger)....Pages 13-30 Global Megatrends and Resource Use – A Systemic Reflection (Ullrich Lorenz, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir)....Pages 31-43 Data, Indicators and Targets for Comprehensive Resource Policies (Stephan Lutter, Stefan Giljum, Martin Bruckner)....Pages 45-69 The Critical Raw Materials Concept: Subjective, Multifactorial and Ever-Developing (Jan Kosmol, Felix Müller, Hermann Keßler)....Pages 71-92 Equitable, Just Access to Natural Resources: Environmental Narratives during Worsening Climate Crises (Patrick Bond)....Pages 93-111 Front Matter ....Pages 113-113 Circular Economy: Origins and Future Orientations (Riina Antikainen, David Lazarevic, Jyri Seppälä)....Pages 115-129 Financial System, and Energy and Resource Husbandry (R. Andreas Kraemer)....Pages 131-148 Developing Resource Competence – Anchoring Resource Conservation and Efficiency in the German Education System (Carolin Baedeker, Holger Rohn, Michael Scharp, Jaya Bowry)....Pages 149-162 The Way from Problem Scope Towards the Vision of a Low Resource Society – The First Working Period of the Resources Commission at the German Environment Agency (KRU) (Sascha Hermann, Christa Liedtke)....Pages 163-183 Implementing Resource Efficiency in Europe – Overview of Policies, Instruments and Targets in 32 European Countries (Paweł Kaźmierczyk)....Pages 185-198 The Resource Nexus and Resource Efficiency: What a Nexus Perspective Adds to the Story (Raimund Bleischwitz, Michal Miedzinski)....Pages 199-212 Germany’s Resource Efficiency Agenda: Driving Momentum on the National Level and Beyond (Reinhard Kaiser)....Pages 213-232 Results of Three Cost-Effective, Innovative and Transferable Resource-Efficiency Instruments for Industries in the Basque Country (Ander Elgorriaga Kunze, Ignacio Quintana San Miguel)....Pages 233-250 The Circular Economy Package of the European Union (Joachim Wuttke)....Pages 251-262 Saving Natural Resources Through Conversion and Constructional Densification in Urban Areas: Ecological Potentials and Limits (Daniel Reißmann, Matthias Buchert)....Pages 263-276 The Path to Degrowth for a Sustainable Society (Serge Latouche)....Pages 277-284 Front Matter ....Pages 285-285 Social Innovation Repair – The R.U.S.Z Case: A Systemic Approach Contributing to the Unplanned Obsolescence of Capitalism (Sepp Eisenriegler, Greta Sparer)....Pages 287-295 Resource Efficiency in the Building Sector (Klaus Dosch)....Pages 297-303 Eco Efficiency and Circular Production: Cases from the Netherlands’ Eastern Region (Frank A. G. den Butter, Harry A. A. M. Webers)....Pages 305-316 An Approach to Identify Resource Patterns on a Neighborhood Level (Magnus Österbring, Leonardo Rosado, Holger Wallbaum, Paul Gontia)....Pages 317-323 Strategic Business Examples from Finland: The Growth of the Smartup Industry (Tuuli Kaskinen, Satu Lähteenoja, Mikael Sokero, Iiris Suomela)....Pages 325-333 Circular Flanders: Adaptive Policy for a Circular Economy (Sam Deckmyn)....Pages 335-346 The 100 Companies Project Resource Efficient Practice Cases from Producing Industry (Mario Schmidt)....Pages 347-358 Lifestyle Material Footprint of Finnish Households – Insights, Targets, Transitions (Michael Lettenmeier)....Pages 359-372 Construction 4.0: The LifeCycle Tower and Digitalised Timber Construction (Hubert Rhomberg)....Pages 373-384 Protect Resources, Strengthen the Economy: Good Examples for Resource Efficiency in Industry and Handicraft Businesses (Peter Jahns)....Pages 385-393 Chemical Leasing: A Business Model to Drive Resource Efficiency in the Supply Chain (Reinhard Joas, Veronika Abraham, Anke Joas)....Pages 395-403 Resource Efficiency for the Manufacturing Industries – A Holistic Approach (Werner Maass, Christof Oberender, Martin Vogt)....Pages 405-415 Towards a Resource Efficient and Greenhouse Gas Neutral Germany 2050 (Jens Günther, Harry Lehmann, Ullrich Lorenz, David Pfeiffer, Katja Purr)....Pages 417-425 Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’ as a Catalyst for Societal Transformation? Critical Remarks and Presentation of an Inspired Exemplary Project as a Driver for Sustainability (Ulrich Bartosch, Christian Meier, Till Weyers)....Pages 427-444 Back Matter ....Pages 445-452 This book describes and analyses necessities for a more resource-efficient world. It discusses solutions for a more sustainable use of natural resources, addressing decision-makers and experts from the fields of policy development, industry, academia, civil society, and the media. The book presents strategies, concrete ways and examples of achieving more sustainable resource use in practice. Following on from two previous titles published on Factor X by the Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), entitled "Factor X: Policy, Strategies and Instruments for a Sustainable Resource Use" (2013) and "Factor X: Re-source - Designing the Recycling Society" (2014), this book further investigates how savings in natural resources and resource efficiency improvements could be achieved, focusing on good practice examples that cover different resource categories, pursue different efficiency strategies and come from different sectors, e.g. innovative products or serv ices, technology, management approaches, systemic approaches, etc. The background against which this work is done has a highly comprehensive span, from the first Declaration of the Factor X Club in the nineties, to the European Commission's Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe that was published in September 2011, through to the German Federal government's German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess I and II) in 2012 and 2016, the G7 Alliance for Resource Efficiency, and most recently the development and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)