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What is Sustainable Innovation ?

What is Sustainable Innovation ?. Planetary Boundaries. ( Rockström et al. 2009). The Biological Analogy. Eco-efficiency vs. Sustainable development. New structural solutions New functional solutions Improvement of the Current products. Sustainable development . Eco-efficiency.

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What is Sustainable Innovation ?

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  1. What is SustainableInnovation? Professor Lassi Linnanen October 20, 2011

  2. PlanetaryBoundaries (Rockström et al. 2009)

  3. The BiologicalAnalogy

  4. Eco-efficiency vs.Sustainable development New structural solutions New functional solutions Improvement of the Current products Sustainable development Eco-efficiency

  5. Ambition Levels Purpose/Mission - Align with core values Space for Innovation Integrated Strategy - Business opportunities BeyondCompliance - Eco-Efficiency Compliance - Regulatory Demands and Enforcement (Non-Compliance)

  6. Transition of Socio-TechnicalRegimes (Geels 2003)

  7. TransitionFrameworkforSustainableNutrientEconomy

  8. Dependency of Systems Economic System (markets) Social System (citizens and institutions) Natural System (resources)

  9. Global Trends: Tomorrow’s Markets • Expanding population in developing regions will create large markets dominated by the young • Global wealth is rising but the income gap grows wider • Millions are malnourished amidst an abundance of food • Life expectancy rises, yet preventable disease contributes to limit development • Primary education is widespread, but opportunities for learning elude many

  10. Global Trends: Efficiency and Energy • Rising consumption creates environmental risks and business opportunities for innovation • Escalating demand for energy propels economic development but threatens Earth’s climate • Pollution remains a global challenge • Throughput still grows even as energy and materials efficiency improves

  11. Global Trends: Natural Capital • The productive capacity of the planet is in decline • Food production is the basis of many economies but threatens the ecosystems upon which it depends • Freshwater is growing scarce amidst competing human needs

  12. Global Trends: Connections • Urban growth concentrates business opportunities and societal challenges • Humans are more mobile, accelerating the flow of goods and knowledge and raising demand for energy and infrastructure • Access to information and communication technologies enables economic opportunity • As economies become service-based, women are a growing part of the formal labor force

  13. GlobalTrends: Roles andResponsibilities • Democracy spreads, creating improved conditions for market-based economies • Civil society is demanding greater accountability and transparency from government and business • Private sector investment is increasingly financing economic development

  14. Landscape • Tomorrow’s Markets • Efficiency • NaturalCapital and Energy • Connections • Roles and Responsibilities Mode 1 knowledgeproduction -> STI-mode of innovation Context of knowledgeapplication (companies and publicsectororganizations) Mode 2 knowledgeproduction -> DUI-mode of innovation Economic System (markets) Regime Actors Public Sector Businesses CivilSociety Enablers / Disablers Capabilities Resources Motivation Social System (citizens and institutions) Natural System (resources) Niches STI Innovation DUI Innovation

  15. SomeConcludingRemarks • System innovation for sustainabledevelopmentdifferssharplyfromtraditional ”national competitiveness” innovationpolicies • Basic economic, technical and social systemsexistbutcurrentprogramsclearlyinadequate • Balancing the tension betweendesire to secureeconomicbenefits and need to maximisetechnologydiffusion • Priority to criticalnaturalcycles: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus

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