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EU commissioner advocates resource efficiency

29 April 2010
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EU commissioner advocates resource efficiencyOperations management professionals may be interested in a recent speech made by the European Commissioner for Environment regarding the importance of resource efficiency in tackling climate change.

Janez Potocnik has declared such practices can deliver a greener economy in addition to reducing costs as part of a programme of continuous improvement within businesses.

Speaking at a conference on the environment, he highlighted the benefits of resource efficiency in reducing the impact of the 500 million people in Europe on the environmet.

Addressing delegates in the Hague, Mr Potocnik stated: "A resource efficient outlook would mean looking at new practices and new business models, which could make the best use of and recover value from the waste we can''t avoid producing".

He also called for measures to go beyond reducing energy consumption and eco-innovation in order to deliver substantial cuts in the level of resources used within the European Union.

Recent comments made by Michael Webb, client services manager at the Green Consultancy, who advocated reducing carbon footprints through efficiency policies, something which production and inventory control could assist with.ADNFCR-3058-ID-19751092-ADNFCR
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