Dr. Dick van Beers - Independent & International Sustainability Professional

 

Business models and eco-innovation

Services

  • Undertake opportunity identification, scoping and feasibility assessments for eco-innovations and innovative business models for sustainability

  • Assist with implementation of eco-innovations and sustainability driven business models

  • Provide project support with strategic and technical advice

  • Support policy and government strategy development

  • Develop and deliver customised capacity building and trainings

  • Moderate and facilitate multi-stakeholder and expert sessions

  • Undertake applied research, and author publications and scientific articles

  • Promote international good practices and share their learnings
  • Scope and develop new project proposals
    • Undertake expert reviews of eco-innovation studies

     

    Project examples

    • 2017: A Closer Look into Business Model Innovation and Their Relevance for Consumption. Close the Loop - SDG12 Online Course. Collaborating Centre of  Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) and United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC).
    • 2015: Green Business Model Promotion through the Development of a User-Friendly Methodology Handbook with Practical Tools ("The Green Business Model Navigator"). Project for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through Collaborating Centre of  Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP).
    • 2015: Presentation on Business Models for Delivering Energy and Resource Productivity. Australian Alliance to Save Energy (A2SE) workshop at World Resources ForumAsia Pacific, 2 June, Sydney, Australia.
    • 2014: Working paper for European Environment Agency on Reflections and Lessons Learnt from EEA’s  Work on Innovative Business Models for Sustainable Lifestyles. Collaborating Centre of  Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) and Copenhagen Resource Institute.
    • 2012 - 2014: Project on Business Innovation for Sustainable Scale-up (BISS) for German Federal  Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Collaborating Centre of  Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP).
    • 2011 - 2012: Project for UNEP on Industrial  Applications and Innovative Business Models for Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production in SMEs. Collaborating Centre of  Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP).
    • 2012: Presentation on Innovative Business Models for Resource Efficiency – SMEs in  Developing and Transition Economies at the UNEP/UNIDO  Conference on Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP), 17-18 October, Nairobi, Kenya. Collaborating Centre of  Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP).
    • 2012: Project for Eco-Innovation Observatory on Eco-Innovation  Practices and Future Opportunities for European SMEs on Emerging Markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Collaborating Centre of  Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP).
    • 2008: Presentation on a Sustainability Roadmap for the Kwinana Industrial Area. Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing  Conference, 18-19 November, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.