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Successful implementations of innovative ideas, eco-friendly thoughts or necessary activities require a frictionless procedure of management processes. In practice, however, during the course of implementation, numerous factors appear that influence this procedure. Using the impact analysis tool for self-evaluation, existing barriers of different issues can be analyzed. Barriers are understood to mean confounding factors that hamper, decelerate or even block innovative ideas, eco-friendly thoughts or necessary activities. Only if these barriers are identified and assessed can strategies be developed to overcome them.
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Procurement
In view of the fact that for more than 20 years there have already existed many initiatives to promote and support green procurement, research was carried out at the Dresden University of Technology concerning reasons why green procurement is not yet part of the daily routine in most organizations. It could be found that there always exist factors which interfere with green procurement. The impact analysis tool for procurement is to examine perceived barriers which ultimately influence the purchasing decision.
Climate Change Adaptation
In the economy, basic risks of climate change are already being gathered. It is also recognized that through early adaption to the changing conditions and emerging markets, opportunities for companies could be created. Although adaptation to the impacts of climate change may contribute to the success of the company, a majority of companies do not adapt to climate change. Therefore, in this section, inhibiting factors are analyzed that affect the process of adaptation to the impacts of climate change.
Green Chemistry
The concept of "Green Chemistry" strives for a fundamental redesign of chemical products and processes, thus placing it at the very base of our society and economy. The ultimate ambition of Green Chemistry is to satisfy the needs of the present generation without limiting the ability of future generations by reducing or ideally eliminating the production and diffusion of environmentally and health hazardous substances. Despite the enormous progress, particularly in the field of research, sustainable chemistry is still not a common component of industrial chemistry. Even if companies are convinced by the concept of Green Chemistry, inhibiting factors may arise in the implementation. Only their identification, localization, and assessment enable the development of strategies to cope and move towards sustainable chemistry.
Innovation
Using the example of White Biotechnology, which is regarded as one of the key technologies of the future, barriers to innovation shall be elicited. Innovations, especially White Biotechnology, guarantee great potential in terms of economic savings, but also in terms of the environment. However, the industrial applications of biotechnological procedures remain short of the expectations. In order to identify the barriers to industrial applications of biotechnological procedures and innovation, this part of the tool is applied.
