Industrial Ecology and Spaces of Innovation

Industrial Ecology Codified in Law as part of the Local Agenda 21: Case study of Geneva

Suren Erkman & Ramesh Ramaswamy, Institute for Communication and Analysis of Science and Technology (ICAST), Geneva and Bangalore.

Abstract

In 2001, the Parliament of the Canton and Republic of Geneva introduced industrial ecology as one of the articles of a new law, establishing the Local Agenda 21 process. In essence, this article states that the State authorities should encourage synergies between economic activities (along the Kalundborg model), in order to minimise environmental impacts. As a first step, it was decided to perform a total metabolism study of the Canton (total material and energy flows and stocks for the year 2000 as a reference). The first results were presented in June 2003, and will serve as the basis for future action.

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