International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Greenhouse gases emissions resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels are worsening air qualit... more Greenhouse gases emissions resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels are worsening air quality and affecting the climate system. While climate change impacts on meteorological variables affects air quality by altering the concentration and distribution of pollutants, air pollution significantly influences the climate, leading to negative impacts on human health. Due to the combination of high temperatures, air pollution, and high population density, cities are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The planning and design of public spaces aimed at climate change mitigation and adaptation can result in multiple co-benefits for human health, while reducing social inequalities. To address the major research gaps in the communication between health and planning experts, and the lack of capacity among public sectors and policy makers, it is necessary to promote capacity building and knowledge sharing between the planning and health sectors. The purpose of this article is ...
The “Forum on Developing Agriculture and Agribusiness Innovation in Africa” takes place at a very... more The “Forum on Developing Agriculture and Agribusiness Innovation in Africa” takes place at a very opportune moment. The current world food situation has accentuated the need for increasing agricultural productivity and for further developing the food industry in Africa. Technology and innovation plays an important role in this process and the need for further enhancing linkages between the private sector, the research community and other stakeholders in the development process is therefore urgent. From the Danish side we appreciate to be partners in ...
The three-year doctoral research project on environmental management and networking is shortly in... more The three-year doctoral research project on environmental management and networking is shortly introduced. The project will explore the hypothesis that the introduction of formal environmental networks or partnerships will positively influence the dissemination of pro-active environmental measures, and thus be operational in bringing about higher environmental standards towards sustainability. The context of the project is presented including the three types of empirical approaches that will be applied. Subsequently, a critical case of public-private partnerships to be studied further is presented. Green Network is a Danish, regional network focusing on environmentally related activities in businesses and public authorities. The network has existed since 1994 and presently has more than 250 members. The main activity carrying the network is the environmental assessment carried out at firm level in a co-operation between the public authority and the industry. Additional activities mo...
The possibility of gaining corporate competitive advantage through social and environmental initi... more The possibility of gaining corporate competitive advantage through social and environmental initiatives within a market valuing responsible corporations is attracting more and more attention. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in themselves, however, seem not to provide a company with much competitive advantage they must be communicated to gain value. In result, a steadily growing amount of corporate communication of companies’ initiatives is evident through channels and methods such as sustainability reporting, advertising, company web pages and public relations documents.
Skallerup Klit is a Danish holiday center certified as CO 2 neutral. They use this label for bran... more Skallerup Klit is a Danish holiday center certified as CO 2 neutral. They use this label for branding as them selves as the first CO 2 neutral holi-day center in Denmark. There are reasons to question how ambitious "CO 2 neutrality" as a strategy is, because this goal can be reached rather easily by offsetting and without making actual emission reductions. Therefore the pur-pose of this study is to present recommendations on how Skallerup Klit can build up their business strategy using Carbon Footprint (CFP) as a tool. The CPF is calculated and assessed by using financial data in an Input-output LCA. For the LCA the system boundaries of the assessment of Skallerup Klit´s CFP are defined to include both direct and indirect emissions from the supply chain and from transportation and food eaten at the holiday center. Scenarios are conducted to illustrate where the greatest emission reductions are possible and the results are then used to make recommendations on how Skallerup ...
There is a strong connection between economic growth and development of cities. Economic growth t... more There is a strong connection between economic growth and development of cities. Economic growth tends to stimulate city growth, and city economies have often shaped innovative environments that in turn support economic growth. Simultaneously, social and environmental problems related to city growth can be serious threats to the realization of the socio-economic contributions that cities can make. However, as a result of considerable diversity of competences combined with interactive learning and innovation, cities may also solve these problems. The ‘urban order’ may form a platform for innovative problem solving and potential spill-over effects, which may stimulate further economic growth and development. This paper discusses how waste problems of cities can be transformed to become part of new, more sustainable solutions. Two cases are explored: Aalborg in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden. It is shown that the cities have the potential to significantly contribute to a more sustainable d...
From late last century there has been a great development of international standards and tools on... more From late last century there has been a great development of international standards and tools on environment, sustainability and corporate responsibility issues. This has been along with the globalization of economy and politics, as well as a shift in the social responsibilities of the private vis-a-vis the public sectors. Internationally, organisations have implemented a collection of these standards to be in line with such development and to obtain or keep their licence to operate globally. After two decades of development and maturation, the scenario is now different: (i) the economic context has changed dramatically with many of the world’s economies facing downturn and a looming possible recession; and the global economic and political balance changing; (ii) most larger companies and quite a few SMEs now have a mature knowledge of these standards; and (iii) some standards are advocating for integration procedures, such as cases of for example ISO integrated management systems,...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Greenhouse gases emissions resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels are worsening air qualit... more Greenhouse gases emissions resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels are worsening air quality and affecting the climate system. While climate change impacts on meteorological variables affects air quality by altering the concentration and distribution of pollutants, air pollution significantly influences the climate, leading to negative impacts on human health. Due to the combination of high temperatures, air pollution, and high population density, cities are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The planning and design of public spaces aimed at climate change mitigation and adaptation can result in multiple co-benefits for human health, while reducing social inequalities. To address the major research gaps in the communication between health and planning experts, and the lack of capacity among public sectors and policy makers, it is necessary to promote capacity building and knowledge sharing between the planning and health sectors. The purpose of this article is ...
The “Forum on Developing Agriculture and Agribusiness Innovation in Africa” takes place at a very... more The “Forum on Developing Agriculture and Agribusiness Innovation in Africa” takes place at a very opportune moment. The current world food situation has accentuated the need for increasing agricultural productivity and for further developing the food industry in Africa. Technology and innovation plays an important role in this process and the need for further enhancing linkages between the private sector, the research community and other stakeholders in the development process is therefore urgent. From the Danish side we appreciate to be partners in ...
The three-year doctoral research project on environmental management and networking is shortly in... more The three-year doctoral research project on environmental management and networking is shortly introduced. The project will explore the hypothesis that the introduction of formal environmental networks or partnerships will positively influence the dissemination of pro-active environmental measures, and thus be operational in bringing about higher environmental standards towards sustainability. The context of the project is presented including the three types of empirical approaches that will be applied. Subsequently, a critical case of public-private partnerships to be studied further is presented. Green Network is a Danish, regional network focusing on environmentally related activities in businesses and public authorities. The network has existed since 1994 and presently has more than 250 members. The main activity carrying the network is the environmental assessment carried out at firm level in a co-operation between the public authority and the industry. Additional activities mo...
The possibility of gaining corporate competitive advantage through social and environmental initi... more The possibility of gaining corporate competitive advantage through social and environmental initiatives within a market valuing responsible corporations is attracting more and more attention. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in themselves, however, seem not to provide a company with much competitive advantage they must be communicated to gain value. In result, a steadily growing amount of corporate communication of companies’ initiatives is evident through channels and methods such as sustainability reporting, advertising, company web pages and public relations documents.
Skallerup Klit is a Danish holiday center certified as CO 2 neutral. They use this label for bran... more Skallerup Klit is a Danish holiday center certified as CO 2 neutral. They use this label for branding as them selves as the first CO 2 neutral holi-day center in Denmark. There are reasons to question how ambitious "CO 2 neutrality" as a strategy is, because this goal can be reached rather easily by offsetting and without making actual emission reductions. Therefore the pur-pose of this study is to present recommendations on how Skallerup Klit can build up their business strategy using Carbon Footprint (CFP) as a tool. The CPF is calculated and assessed by using financial data in an Input-output LCA. For the LCA the system boundaries of the assessment of Skallerup Klit´s CFP are defined to include both direct and indirect emissions from the supply chain and from transportation and food eaten at the holiday center. Scenarios are conducted to illustrate where the greatest emission reductions are possible and the results are then used to make recommendations on how Skallerup ...
There is a strong connection between economic growth and development of cities. Economic growth t... more There is a strong connection between economic growth and development of cities. Economic growth tends to stimulate city growth, and city economies have often shaped innovative environments that in turn support economic growth. Simultaneously, social and environmental problems related to city growth can be serious threats to the realization of the socio-economic contributions that cities can make. However, as a result of considerable diversity of competences combined with interactive learning and innovation, cities may also solve these problems. The ‘urban order’ may form a platform for innovative problem solving and potential spill-over effects, which may stimulate further economic growth and development. This paper discusses how waste problems of cities can be transformed to become part of new, more sustainable solutions. Two cases are explored: Aalborg in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden. It is shown that the cities have the potential to significantly contribute to a more sustainable d...
From late last century there has been a great development of international standards and tools on... more From late last century there has been a great development of international standards and tools on environment, sustainability and corporate responsibility issues. This has been along with the globalization of economy and politics, as well as a shift in the social responsibilities of the private vis-a-vis the public sectors. Internationally, organisations have implemented a collection of these standards to be in line with such development and to obtain or keep their licence to operate globally. After two decades of development and maturation, the scenario is now different: (i) the economic context has changed dramatically with many of the world’s economies facing downturn and a looming possible recession; and the global economic and political balance changing; (ii) most larger companies and quite a few SMEs now have a mature knowledge of these standards; and (iii) some standards are advocating for integration procedures, such as cases of for example ISO integrated management systems,...
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