Eco-innovation: When competitiveness and sustainability shake hands

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Eco-Innovation
When Sustainability and Competitiveness Shake Hands
Dr. Totti Könnölä
European Commission
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
Seville - Spain
European Foresight: http://forera.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
IPTS: http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
The views expressed are purely those of the author and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official
position of the European Commission.

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Eco-innovation: When
Sustainability and
Competitiveness Shake
Hands. Carrillo-Hermosilla, J.,
del Río, P. and Könnölä, T.
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan,
Aug. 2009. ISBN: 978-0-230-
20206-1. 272 pages.
http://www.palgrave.com/product
s/title.aspx?PID=287363
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3. Dashboard of Eco-Innovation
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4. Design framework for eco-innovation
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Modified from Carrillo
et al. (2009)

5. Car-free, zero-CO2-emissions,
zero-waste?
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6. Design dimensions
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7. Case: Vacuum Waste Collection
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“If we can vacuum the dust from every corner of the
hospital in one single system, why can’t we do the same
thing with the waste?”
(Envac, 2010)

8. Case: Vacuum Waste Collection
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(Optibag; Envac, 2010)

9. User dimensions
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10. Case: Vacuum Waste Collection
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(Envac, 2010)

11. Product-service dimensions
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12. Case: Vacuum Waste Collection
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(Nyhavn; Envac, 2010)

13. Governance dimension
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14. Case: Vacuum Waste Collection
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(Fornebu; Envac, 2010)

15. Dashboard of Eco-Innovation
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… for the assessment of the
occurred change in eight
dimensions of eco-
innovation.
The scores 1 to 5 refer to the
Likert scale from incremental
to radical change.
The greater the area
produced the more radical
and systemic the eco-
innovation can be
characterised

16. Vacuum Waste Collection
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Thank you
totti.konnola@ec.europa.eu