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[A] significant shift in business thinking... While the debate on the role of business in environmental leadership will continue, there should be no doubt that the widespread implementation of the authors' approach by the business community would deliver benefits for the environment, society, and the economy. -- Paul Gilding, Worldlink"[A] comprehensive and thought-provoking view of the role of business as it moves toward sustainable development. An understanding of the businesss value to be gained from the efficent ude of natural resources is an important first step toward sustainability: toward buildinga world in which resources are managed to meet the needs of all people now and in the future. I hope all businesss leaders will read this book and take its message to heart. -- Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute Eco-Efficiency is more than a book. It contains both a vision and managment tools for a green 21st century. If all business people and policy makers would follow, the world would be better off. -- Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacher, President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environmental and Energy; co-author, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth- Halving Resource Use The Eco-Efficiency book, by Livio D. DeSimone and Frank Popoff, is not about theory: it is about action. Through concrete cases. it shows that without commitment and imagination, both economic benefits and environmental improvements can be achieved. -- Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, Director, UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program) Industry and Environement

Reviews

"[A] significant shift in business thinking... While the debate on the role of business in environmental leadership will continue, there should be no doubt that the widespread implementation of the authorsA' approach by the business community would deliver benefits for the environment, society, and the economy." Paul Gilding, Worldlink"[A] comprehensive and thought-provoking view of the role of business as it moves toward sustainable development." William G. Brown, Environment