Mette Alberg Mosgaard

Aalborg University · Department of Development and Planning

Environmental management has played an important role when organizations’ environmental practice has developed from strategies of cleaner production to environmental management systems and cleaner products. Lately a focus on sustainable development, e.g., through the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) has become an important perspective for org...

Green procurement is a high priority both in businesses and in government. To develop this strategy towards a holistic Circular Public Procurement, greater institutionalization is necessary.

Extending the useful life of consumer products is a critical element in the circular economy. Although commercial repair is an established part of the global economy, the repair is often conducted informally. This means that non-commercial repair ecosystems exist, including the international network of repair cafés, spreading worldwide to over 2000...

This article aims to shed light on how organizations implement environmental objectives in ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management Systems (EMSs), an issue that has been overlooked in the literature. More specifically, the flexible nature of ISO 14001 to set environmental objectives, considering the role of their stakeholders, and the specific...

Environmental management systems (EMS) have been adopted by organizations to ensure the continuous improvement of environmental aspects. The latest revision of ISO14001 in 2015 provides opportunities to align and manage strategic initiatives in organizations, such as employing a lifecycle perspective, circular economy strategies, and stakeholder in...

Public procurement is the acquisition of products and services needed for public organizations to fulfill their functional objectives. Public procurement can also be a tool to meet horizontal objectives such as environmental or social ones. In this paper, public procurement is highlighted as a tool for the transition to circular economy. However, c...

This paper analyses 19 Danish companies that have chosen to discontinue their ISO14001 certification. We analyze the reasons for discontinuation, and how this decision influence the environmental practices in the companies. This provides insights into the barriers for ISO14001, but also the institutionalized practices that continue in the companies...

The circular economy is receiving increasing attention as having the potential to break with the current linear economy of unsustainable production and consumption. A circular economy promotes system innovations that aim to design out waste, increase resource-efficiency, and achieve a better balance between economy, environment and society. Ensurin...

In Denmark, the targets of the WEEE Directive are primarily met through recycling, even though waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) could be prepared for reuse with increased environmental, economic and social benefits. In this study, we investigate the WEEE management system as a socio-technical system. Through interviews with 23 stake...

The current call for a transition towards circular economy is often accompanied by the assumption that there are value creation potentials to be captured along with increased resource efficiency. In this study, we aim to provide more detailed knowledge about the size and characteristics of the potential value to be captured from the resources embed...

The article examines the integration of resource efficiency into the European Ecodesign Directive. The purpose is to analyse the processes and stakeholder interactions, which formed the basis for integrating resource efficiency requirements into the implementing measure for vacuum cleaners and the voluntary agreement for imaging equipment. Based on...

Intermediaries are actors who perform several functions during innovation processes such as brokering and networking. In this paper, the aim is to analyse how intermediaries support collaborative innovation processes taking place in green maritime technology projects. In particular, retrofit projects related to cleaner technologies and small vessel...

Local waste management has so far been characterised by end-of-pipe solutions, landfilling, incineration, and recycling. End-of-pipe solutions build on a different mind-set than life cycle-based approaches, and for this reason, local waste managers are reluctant to consider strategies for waste prevention. To accelerate the transition of waste and...

Energy renovations of existing buildings is potentially one of the most influential energy saving measures. Through an analysis based on stakeholder theory, this article defines the constellations of stakeholders that make energy renovations happen. The research case, a small hotel in Denmark, is quite unique as most energy renovation research is r...

Abstract Circular economy has gained increasing attention the last decade, and more often the main focus is on the large global circles addressing recycling of materials rather than the “inner circles” that address maintenance/repair and reuse. In this article we investigate one such inner circle ofthe circular economy namely repair of smartphones...

The reduction of energy use in existing buildings through energy renovations is required to reach the energy efficiency goals in Denmark. To facilitate the adoption of technologies for extensive energy renovations, there is a need to understand how these take place and what influences the process. In this paper, we open the 'black box' of what actu...

This article presents a multiple case study of demonstration projects addressing technologies for energy efficient retrofit solutions for the maritime sector. Inertia in the sector in general prolongs the implementation of energy efficient technologies. Demonstration projects have the purpose to test a given technology and its ability to enter the...

Green procurement in companies is supported by a number of formal elements such as environmental policies and systematized environmental efforts. Studies show that the way in which employees actually work, their practices, influences the implementation of formal elements. Based on a case study, the practices of the purchasers in seven subsidiaries...

Public policies and governmental structures are expected to provide incentives for a sustainable development, but some structures are developed for different purposes and instead create barriers to new innovations. In the case of small displacement island ferries in European waters, the institutional settings favour less sustainable solutions, name...

This chapter shows how a radically new technology can be developed. Through a case study based on interviews and action research, this chapter deals with displacement island ferries in European waters where a radical innovation is made in the shift from steel designs to a lighter carbon-fiber composite alternative. A key characteristic for eco-inno...

Green procurement in Denmark is developing with a new strategy with special emphasis on non-product-related procurement; i.e., all products that are not directly transformed into the product produced by the company, for example cleaning detergents and office supplies. Three earlier strategies are well described in literature: Green supply chain man...

The PBL-course for engineering students at Aalborg University provides support for student-groups' project-work and collaborative learning when planning and conducting scientific problem-based project with societal relevance. The results of a survey among some of the groups indicate that the limited experience with the Aalborg PBL Model clearly aff...

In this paper, the promotion of sustainable products through the sharing of best practices in product chains is examined. The general understanding is that the interactions in the supply chain are changing from a traditional focus on the supply of goods "just in time" towards a focus on value creation for the different stakeholders and closer colla...