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green innovation

Definition:

improvements to products, processes, marketing methods in organisations or institutions to yield higher environmental benefits

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Although the overall level of innovation was likely to be higher in the ‘bonus world’ scenario than in the ‘deep green’ scenario, it was argued that the level of green innovation was likely to be slightly higher in deep green (as a result of the strong green values) than in bonus world (assumed to be more driven by a profi t motive).

Term reference

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Green jobs and occupational safety and health: Foresight on new and emerging risks associated with new technologies by 2020 Summary, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2013, p. 11, https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/reports/summary-green-jobs-and-occupational-safety-and-health-foresight-on-new-and-emerging-risks-associated-with-new-technologies-by-2020 [9.10.2018]

Notes

Innovation can include technological and non-technological change. 

Translations

  • Български: екологосъобразна иновация
  • Čeština: ekologická inovace
  • Dansk: grøn innovation
  • Deutsch: grüne Innovation
  • Ελληνικά: πράσινη καινοτομία
  • English: green innovation
  • Español: innovación ecológica
  • Eesti: ökoinnovatsioon
  • Suomi: vihreä innovaatio
  • Français: innovation verte
  • Hrvatski: zelena inovacija
  • Magyar: zöld innováció
  • Íslenska: græn nýsköpun
  • Italiano: innovazione ecologica
  • Lietuvių: žaliosios inovacijos
  • Latviešu: videi draudzīga inovācija
  • Malti: innovazzjoni ekoloġika
  • Nederlands: milieu-innovatie
  • Norsk: grønn innovasjon
  • Polski: ekologiczne innowacje
  • Português: inovação ecológica
  • Română: ecoinovație
  • Slovenčina: ekologická inovácia
  • Slovenščina: zelene inovacije
  • Svenska: grön innovation