Did you know that a crucial element of sustainability is to set a goal of examining Resource Productivity within your corporation or organization ? Enhancing Resource Productivity can increase wealth by a factor of five!
Read the book Factor Five by Ernst von Weizacker, Charlie Hargroves, Michael H Smith, Peter Stasinopoulos and Cheryl Desha
You can view a January 23, 2010 lecture at the UCSB Bren School given by Prof von Weizacker on the importance connection between building wealth and resource productivity enhancement strategies.
Daryl DeJean on of our associates flew to Germany to meet with Dean von Weizsäcker and collaborate on joint training and outreach initiatives.
Who is Ernst Weizsäcker ?
Ernst Weizsäcker is co-chair of the U.N.’s International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management. He has served as the policy director at the United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development, director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy, and president of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy. He is a member of the Club of Rome, a global think tank devoted to improving society, and he served on the World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization.
He has also served as a member of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany, where he was appointed chairman of the Environmental Committee. Additionally, he has taught as a professor of interdisciplinary biology and was the founding president of the University of Kassel in Germany. Weizsäcker has authored several influential books on the environment, most recently, "Factor Five: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity."
He has also served as a member of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany, where he was appointed chairman of the Environmental Committee. Additionally, he has taught as a professor of interdisciplinary biology and was the founding president of the University of Kassel in Germany. Weizsäcker has authored several influential books on the environment, most recently, "Factor Five: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity."
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Increase the productivity of all resources and not just labor is as easy as pie ! Increase your competitive edge with this tremendous tip from a former key member of the German Government. With Dean Weizsäcker 's work in Resource Productivity in the German Parliament, the German economy realized stellar growth. We need to note that Germany is not suffering as much as other European economies during the current global economic slowdown.
Kingport is working with Oncure Medical Group as of April 2011 on an enterprise-wide sustainability plan. We are truly excited about connecting cancer treatment with sustainability initiatives.
Reducing energy, water, medical staff and material resources will result in financial savings and improvement in "resource productivity" every minute of the day!
Collaborating with Emerging Technologies Associates Inc and ENERGY STAR team, we began the project on May 21, 2011 at a kick off meeting with one of the Regions in Salinas, CA.
