IC-SD research and report library

Productivity and Sustainable Development : Micro Fundamentals
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between productivity and SD and Neo-Classical Economics (NCE). A key purpose is to help clarify where both NCE and SD could support societal efforts to improve productivity (i.e. where do the two perspectives concur).

The Status of Eco-efficiency and Indicator Development in Canadian Industry   (pdf version)
The purpose of the study was to: determine the extent to which the concept of eco-efficiency and related indicators are being used and supported; describe the evolution in the implicit and explicit use of eco-efficiency indicators; and identify opportunities to use practical eco-efficiency indicators for improving the environmental performance.

Measuring Sustainable Development : A Review of Current Practice
This paper describes a selection of measurement approaches currently in use, and highlights aspects of particular interest to those designing their own measurement systems.

Sustainable Development : Concepts, Measures, Market and Policy Failures at the Open Economy, Industry and Firm Levels
This paper identifies the main characteristics of SD in the existing economic literature. The hope is that these  characteristics offer consistency within a yet to be built model of SD that can be applied at the international, open economy, industrial and firm level and whose components are measurable.

Toward a Canadian Agenda for Ecological Fiscal Reform: First Steps (a study by NRTEE)

Sustainable Development at Industry Canada: Case Studies for the World Summit on Sustainable Development