Negotiated environmental agreements in promoting material efficiency in industry – first steps in Finland |
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| Authors: | Raimo Lilja |
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| Institution: | 1. Ecolabel Partnership, Mikkeli, Finland;2. Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Forest Products Technology, Finland;1. University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, Finland;2. Finnish Geodetic Institute, Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finland;3. Aalto University, Research Institute of Measuring and Modelling for the Built Environment, Finland;4. Helsinki Metropolia, University of Applied Sciences, Civil Engineering and Building Services, Finland;5. University of Turku, Department of Geography and Geology, Finland;6. HAMK, University of Applied Sciences, Finland;1. Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique, Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, Université Laval, 2405 rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada;2. Present address: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 rue du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada;3. Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, 200 E. Pine Knoll Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86005, USA;4. FPInnovations, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada;5. Direction de la recherche forestière, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, 2700 rue Einstein, Québec, QC G1P 3W8, Canada;1. Centre for Forest Research, Université du Québec à Montréal, P.O. Box 8888, Centre-ville stn, Montreal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada;2. Renewable Materials Research Centre, Université Laval, 2425 rue de la Terrasse, Gene-H.-Kruger Building, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada;3. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Sainte-Foy Stn, Quebec City, QC, Canada;4. NSERC-UQAT-UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest Research Institute, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 de l’Université blvd, Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9X 5E4, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this article is to analyse the challenges and opportunities in applying a sector specific negotiated agreement for promoting waste prevention and material efficiency in Finnish industry. The study was conducted mainly through structured interviews targeted at the main stakeholders. By using an existing agreement on energy efficiency as the initial model, a concept for a material efficiency agreement was developed in an iterative process by balancing the expectations and doubts expressed in the stakeholders' views.As a result, the proposed concept represents a platform of dialog between the relevant Ministries and industrial organisations for setting sector specific targets for material efficiency, waste recycling and waste prevention. The targets could also include some qualitative issues concerning material efficiency in the value chain and cover several actors in the life cycle of targeted industrial products. A vision of the interaction between the negotiated agreement and other policy instruments is presented. |
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