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The Integrated Product Policy and the Innovation Process: An Overview

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  • Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné
  • Dina Feigenbaum
  • Émilie Pawlak

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The first part of this report presents the main debates concerning a proposal for establishing an Integrated Product Policy (IPP) in Europe. It shows the importance of applying a systemic approach in order to minimize the negative environmental impacts of products throughout their life cycle and how this policy differs from the traditional ways of dealing with this question. It presents a framework in which governments, local authorities, businesses and non-governmental organisations interact to adopt green product policies and to promote a greener demand. The main instruments necessary to put forward such a strategy are introduced and discussed. The second part of the report concentrates on a central issue of the IPP, namely the process of innovation as a key determinant in the greening of markets. This second section intends to (1) identify the specificities of innovation in an environmental context in order to acknowledge the need for a holistic and coordinated policy and (2) to present some limits of the IPP in its conceptual approach. Dans un premier temps, cette étude présente les grandes discussions entourant la mise en place d'une Politique Intégrée de Produits (PIP) en Europe. Elle insiste sur l'importance d'adopter une approche systémique afin de minimiser les impacts environnementaux dommageables des produits, et ce tout au long de leur cycle de vie. L'étude précise par ailleurs le caractère singulier de la PIP dans le traitement qu'elle apporte à la réduction des préjudices environnementaux. Le cadre dans lequel les gouvernements, les autorités locales et les organisations interagissent, afin de mettre en place cette politique encourageant une offre et une demande plus 'vertes', sera alors présenté. La dernière partie de la section s'attache enfin à introduire et à discuter les instruments nécessaires à la construction et à l'implantation de cette stratégie Dans un second temps, cette étude s'intéresse à l'examen d'un aspect fondamental de la PIP, à savoir le processus d'innovation en tant que déterminant majeur dans la transformation des marchés. Il s'agira alors d'identifier les spécificités de l'innovation environnementale afin de révéler l'utilité d'une approche systématique et coordonnée. Enfin, les limites relatives à l'approche conceptuelle de l'innovation dans la PIP sont évoquées et discutées.

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  • Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné & Dina Feigenbaum & Émilie Pawlak, 2003. "The Integrated Product Policy and the Innovation Process: An Overview," CIRANO Working Papers 2003s-65, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirwor:2003s-65
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    1. Elżbieta Sobczak & Dariusz Głuszczuk, 2022. "Diversification of Eco-Innovation and Innovation Activity of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the European Union Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-19, February.

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