9. Glossary
Eco-design
Integration of environmental aspects into product design and development, with the aim of reducing negative environmental impacts throughout a product's life cycle (ISO 14006: 2020).
Eco-innovation
Innovation directly or indirectly involving a reduction in the environmental impact of a product, process or service compared with the existing situation or other alternatives.
Key Environmental Performance Indicators
Eco-innovation is defined as an innovation that focuses primarily on the environmental dimension, but integrates economic and social aspects, and that significantly improves the overall sustainable performance of a product throughout its life cycle and at a high systemic level. The significance of the improvement is highly dependent on the context...
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Issa I. et al, Leading product-related environmental performance indicators, a selection guide and database , Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015.
Kravchenko M., Pigosso D.C. and McAloone, T.C., A procedure to support systematic selection of leading indicators for sustainability performance measurement of circular economy initiatives. Sustainability, 2020.
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ToolReference standards
ISO 14001:2015, Environmental management systems – Requirements and guidelines for use – Published (Edition 3, 2015)
ISO 14006:2020, Environmental management systems – Guidelines for integrating eco-design – Published (Edition 2, 2020)
Websites
Commission européenne – éco-innovation
Official European Commission source, including the "Eco-innovation Scoreboard", available online, mentioned in step 4.
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