The Ecological Allowance of Enterprise: An Absolute Measure of Corporate Environmental Performance, its Implications for Strategy, and a Small Case

Authors

André Reichel, Zeppelin University, GermanyFollow
Barbara Seeberg, Universität Stuttgart, GermanyFollow

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Abstract

In order to determine the sustainable ecological scale of business activities, the measure ecological allowance is introduced in this contribution. Its main idea is that every enterprise “owns” a certain allowable ecological impact that can be calculated through relating impact and economic performance. This measure then enables the evaluation of absolute environmental performance of a business enterprise, compared to only relative measures as in most other approaches. The measure is explained and detailed with a case from the German automotive industry and complimented by a scenario analysis of different configurations of self-owned and carsharing cars, including technological and economic parameters.

Recommended Citation

Reichel, André and Seeberg, Barbara (2011) "The Ecological Allowance of Enterprise: An Absolute Measure of Corporate Environmental Performance, its Implications for Strategy, and a Small Case," Journal of Environmental Sustainability: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.14448/jes.01.0006
Available at: https://repository.rit.edu/jes/vol1/iss1/6