What does eco-efficiency aim to achieve?

Eco-efficiency refers to the concept of creating more goods and services while using fewer resources and generating less waste, specifically pollution. The aim is to enhance sustainability by optimizing resource use and minimizing the environmental impact throughout the production process. By focusing on resource productivity, companies can produce a higher quantity of useful goods while simultaneously reducing environmental harm, such as emissions and waste.

This approach aligns itself with the principles of sustainable development, where businesses seek to reconcile economic activities with ecological preservation. The core idea is to do more with less: increasing efficiency in resource usage leads to a greater output of products or services without correlating increases in pollution or resource depletion.

In contrast, higher employee satisfaction, reduction of external competition, and increased marketing expenditure do not directly relate to eco-efficiency. Employee satisfaction pertains more to workforce management and organizational behavior, external competition involves market dynamics and strategy, and marketing expenditure relates to promotional activities rather than the efficient use of resources in production.