14th AISDRC Conference in Delhi - Track 17

14th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
New Delhi, India, September 21-23, 2008
http://www.14aisdrc2008.com/


Track 17: Government Policy, Corporate Strategy and Industrial Ecology/Symbiosis in Action

Chaired by: Dr. Peter Strachan (p.a.strachan@rgu.ac.uk) and Mr. Abhishek Agarwal (research@abhibiz.co.uk), The Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom


Overview

The last 15 years have seen an ever increasing interest in Industrial Ecology (IE)/Industrial Symbiosis (IS) by policy makers, industry leaders and academics alike. This has led to the implementation of IE/IS programmes in many countries.

In attempting to encourage the adoption of IE/IS principles such planned initiatives by Government have been supported by the use of a range of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments, with many reported corporate and environmental success stories to date. This provides a rich area of research, especially in examining the performance or success of such policy instruments, and further the corporate strategies and programmes utilised by the international business community in contributing to broader Sustainable Development aspirations.

This Track seeks to attract high quality papers which aim to be both critical and reflective of recent IE/IS policy initiatives, and corporate strategies and action. This is important for those of us who are keen to see IE/IS as a meaningful concept, rather than merely a public relations exercise for Government and Corporate Actors. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome, either in full or developmental form, in the following areas:

The Business and IE/IS Interface;
Critique of Government Policy and Programmes e.g. The UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) and other Initiatives;
The Performance of New Environmental Policy Instruments e.g. Regulation, Market-based Instruments, and Voluntary Codes of Conduct;
Tools and Techniques of IE/IS e.g. MFA, LCA, SFA, EMS;
The Impact of IE/IS Programmes on Corporate and Environmental Performance e.g Regional, Industry Sector and Corporate Cases;

For further information please contact:
Dr. Peter Strachan p.a.strachan@rgu.ac.uk
Mr. Abhishek Agarwal research@abhibiz.co.uk

Publication
Papers (accommodating the discussion at the conference) will be considered for publication in Business Strategy and the Environment. Dr. Peter Strachan and Mr Abhishek Agarwal will Guest Edit the special issue.