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　　(Line)Ecoefficiency (measures to minimize

　　environmental impact through the reduction or through

　　elimination of waste from production processes) has

　　become a goal for companies worldwide, with many

　　(5) realizing significant cost savings from such

　　innovations. Peter Senge and Goran Carstedt see

　　this development as laudable but suggest that

　　simply adopting ecoefficiency innovations could

　　actually worsen environmental stresses in the future.

　　(10) Such innovations reduce production waste but do

　　not alter the number of products manufactured nor

　　the waste generated from their use and discard;

　　indeed, most companies invest in ecoefficiency

　　improvements in order to increase profits and

　　(15) growth. Moreover, there is no guarantee that

　　increased economic growth from ecoefficiency will

　　come in similarly ecoefficient ways, since in today’s

　　global markets, greater profits may be turned into

　　investment capital that could easily be reinvested in

　　(20) old-style eco-inefficient industries. Even a vastly

　　more ecoefficient industrial system could, were it to

　　grow much larger, generate more total waste and

　　destroy more habitat and species than would a

　　smaller, less ecoefficient economy. Senge and

　　(25) Carstedt argue that to preserve the global

　　environment and sustain economic growth,

　　businesses must develop a new systemic approach

　　that reduces total material use and total

　　accumulated waste. Focusing exclusively on

　　(30) ecoefficiency, which offers a compelling business

　　case according to established thinking, may distract

　　companies from pursuing radically different products

　　and business models.