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Measures of Environmental Performance

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  • Florina BRAN

    (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)

  • Carmen Valentina RADULESCU

    (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)

  • Ildiko IOAN

    (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)

Abstract

Sustainable development was recognized and accepted easily as a vision for afuture in which the limits of growth are respected while the wealth and welfare of humans continues to increase. Governments, companies, communities, and even individuals are now aware that environment needs more consideration and some effort should be invested in protecting or restoring it. Most of these efforts mean higher costs and lower incomes or profit, contradicting the basic tenets of economics. Nevertheless, there is an area where the interests could and should meet. This area is efficiency, and since it could be interpreted from the perspective of environmental outcomes, is ecoefficiency. Reducing water consumption, energy use, amount of waste that is generated, volume of discharged waste water means for a company less costs. In case that these reductions are occurring and production is steady or even increasing, efficiency is improved, along with the environmental performance of the company. The paper explains the rational of eco-efficiency concept and makes comments on a number of quantitative approaches.

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  • Florina BRAN & Carmen Valentina RADULESCU & Ildiko IOAN, 2011. "Measures of Environmental Performance," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 12(5), pages 893-900, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:rmcimn:v:12:y:2011:i:5:p:893-900
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    1. Cristian Silviu Banacu & Vasile Zecheru & Bianca Georgiana Olaru, 2016. "Eco-Efficiency Recycling of Organic Waste in Romania," International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 5, pages 276-281.
    2. Nursyazwani Mohd Fuzi & Nurul Fadly Habidin & Sharul Effendy Janudin & Sharon Yong Yee Ong, 2017. "The Relationship between Environmental Information System and Performance for Malaysian Manufacturing Industry," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(12), pages 346-350, December.
    3. Mihaela-Nicoleta Bacanu, 2017. "Is Accounting-Taxation Relation A Contributor To The Sustainability?," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 4, pages 224-228, August.

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    Keywords

    environmental performance; sustainable development; eco-efficiency; environmental impact; environmental pressure.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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