consumption

Hot topic: Does energy efficiency lead to increased energy consumption?

Hot topic: Does energy efficiency lead to increased energy consumption?

By Making It on 16 June, 2011

Experts from the Breakthrough Institute outline the importance and implications of the rebound effect

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, backfire, Breakthrough Institute, climate risk, consumption, cooling, cost, direct, emerging economies, emissions reduction, energy efficiency, energy saving, global climate, global emissions, globalization, goods, government, greenhouse gases, Harry Saunders, heating, hot topic, IEA, Industrial Development Organization, industrial processes, industry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, international development agencies, international energy agency, IPCC, issue 6, Jesse Jenkins, Jevons' Paradox, linear, literature, macroeconomic, magazine, Making It, McKinsey, Michael Shellenberger, money, ngos, policies, private sector, productivity, products, rebound effects, research, review, services, stabilization, sustainable growth, Ted Nordhaus, transportation, UNIDO, United Nations, usage, world's emerging economies

Making private standards work for you

Making private standards work for you

By Making It on 27 March, 2011

For business values, norms, ethics, private standards are one way of promoting social development and environmental sustainability

Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged business, civil society, competitive advantage, consumption, developing countries, ecologic, efficiency, environment, export, Global, globalization, governance, guideline, human rights, Industrial Development Organization, International, issue 5, liberalization, market, Müge Dolun Bora, national, policy, practices, private standards, production, regional, report, responsibility, safety, social, study, sustainability, technical regulation, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, workers' rights