Design for sustainable development

Eurofound — European Foundation For The Improvement Of Living And Working Conditions

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Environmental management and safety and health
Environment policy and protection of the environment
Working conditions
Industrial policy

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• Publié par: EUROFOUND-EUROPEAN-FOUNDATION-FOR-THE-IMPROVEMENT-OF-LIVING-AND-WORKING-CONDITIO
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Langue: English
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Design for
Sustainable Development
Environmental Management and Safety and Health
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* EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
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Environmental Management and Safety and Health The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions is an autonomous body of the
European Union, created to assist the formulation of future policy on social and work-related matters. Further
information can be found at the Foundation web site: http://www.eurofound.ie
Gerard Zwetsloot is working as a senior researcher and consultant, NIA TNO in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and is a
part-time professor of working conditions and environment at Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
He holds a degree (1975, M Sc) in chemistry (University of Utrecht) and in 1994 was awarded his PhD (Social
Sciences ) by the University of Leiden for his thesis Joint Management of Working Conditions, Environment and
Quality; in Search of Synergy and Organizational Learning. This thesis was nominated by the European Foundation for
Quality Management (EFQM) for their yearly award in recognition of an outstanding thesis on total quality
management. He is frequently involved in research projects for national and international bodies and in strategic
consultancy or HSE-benchmarking for leading companies. He has generated a broad variety of publications, and is
regularly invited to give lectures at various national and international conferences.
Jaap Bos works as a senior consultant at NIA TNO.
As senior consultant at NIA TNO. Jaap Bos assists companies in implementing management systems for HSE. He is
especially interested in performance and integration of management systems. Jaap also carries out studies, e.g. a study
on the financial implications of voluntary certification in the Netherlands, and develops instruments for OHS risk
inventories. Previously, he was employed at a large environmental consultancy finn as soil sanitation and quality
manager.
The researchers who provided the case descriptions for the Annex are:
Lena Weiler, Consultant, IQ Consult, Düsseldorf, Germany
Dieter Kropp,, DGB Bildungswerk e.V. Düsseldorf, Germany
Ilias Banoutsos, Director, Ergonomia, Athens, Greece
Jaap Bos, Senior Consultant, NIA TNO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Raj Lakha. Director, Safety Solutions, London, UK
Ann-Beth Antonsson. Manager Chemicals and Work Environment, 1VL Swedish
Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm. Sweden
Malin Nilsson, Researcher, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.
Stockholm, Sweden.. Design for
Sustainable Development
Environmental Management and Safety and Health
A report on the EU's Environmental
Management and Audit Scheme
and its interaction with the
management of safety and health
Gerald Zwetsloot
Jaap Bos
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EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
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Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] 4209 E-mail: [e-mail] Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1998
ISBN 92-828-3341-0
© European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1998
For rights of translation or reproduction, applications should be made to the Director. European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin. Ireland.
Printed in Ireland
The paper used in this publication is chlorine free and comes from managed forests in Northern Europe.
For every tree felled, at least one new tree is planted. Foreword
:KW
The move towards sustainable development is one of the main challenges for the European Union.
It is a key principle of the Fifth Environmental Policy and Action Programme that environmental
concerns are taken fully into account from the outset in the development of other policies and
programmes. Because of its structure, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living
and Working Conditions can play a unique role in this area by working with industry and being
able to operate on the interface of the environment and working conditions.
Against this background, Sustainable Development is one of the six key issues in the Foundation's
programme for 1997-2000. The focus of the Foundation's activities on sustainable development
is sustainable production and consumption. In order to deal with these issues, the Foundation has
launched a project on Design for Sustainable Development with the aim of developing tools,
information networks and training for the main actors concerned, such as industry, social partners
and designers.
The first publication on Design for Sustainable Development was Design for Sustainable
Development - Concepts and Ideas. The second publication was for - Guides and Manuals. The thirdn of a series of publications envisaged
provided a Design for Sustainable Networks Directory. (The database on which the publication
has been prepared is accessible on the Foundation's Homepage on the Internet
(www.eurofound.ie.). This new report is entitled Design for Sustainable Development -
Environmental Management and Safety and Health. Further publications on the topic of practical
examples of sustainable product design and renewable resources for sustainable development are
in preparation.
Clive Purkiss Eric Verborgh
Director Deputy Director Participants
in the
Project
Members of the Coordination Group on Sustainable Design and the Evaluation Committee are:
Yorick Benjamin EDEN, Amsterdam
Torsten Dahlin Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, Stockholm
Hans van Weenen Idea, Castricum
Gerard Zwetsloot NIA TNO, Amsterdam
Jan Kahr Frederiksen FTF, Copenhagen, representing the Trade Unions' Group of the
Foundation's Administrative Board
Margareta Mårtensson SAF, Stockholm, representing the Employers' Group of the
Foundation's Administrative Board
Andreas Tschulik Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family Affairs, Vienna,
representing the Governments' Group of the Foundation's
Administrative Board
Robert Nuij European Commission DG XI, Environment, Nuclear Safety and
Civil Protection
Christina Theochari representing the Committee of Experts of the Foundation
Wout Buitelaar representing the Committee of Experts of the Foundation
The research managers responsible for the project are:
Henrik Litske European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working
Conditions
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Jørn Pedersen
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