Indicator Systems for Sustainable Innovation

In the recent past, environmental innovations have led to a considerable reduction of many pollutants; however, further innovation is required to tackle remaining pollution sources. This work analyses the significance and the effects of framework conditions on innovation activitiesthat contributeto the realisation of a sustainable development. The book links the experiences of differentresearch projectswith the aim to develop a system of indicatorsto evaluate sustainable effects of (environmental) innovations. A comprehensive framework for an indicator systemis establishedthat allowsto include different environmental innovation fields such as process innovations in the steel production, substitution of dangerous chemicals, organisational innovations in the field of waste disposal or sustainable water management.