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Literature Documentation


2004

Textiles St.Gallen
A Thousand Years of Tradition, Technology and Trends
ISBN 3-908048-47-8

Eco-Efficiency and Beyond Towards the Sustainable Enterprise
Greenleaf Books, ISBN 1 874719 60 8, January 2004
www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/ecoeff.htm
(Climatex LifeguardFR upholstery fabrics: chronicle of a sustainable product redesign)
(Eco-effective design of products and production systems: eight theses on methodological and institutional prerequisites)


2003

Alastair fuad-luke
The Eco-Design Handbook, a complete sourcebook fort he home and office
Thames & Houdson, ISBN 0-500-28343-5

Elana Dickson
Textile Tales
Published by Textile Tales, ISBN 0954631404

Design Preis Schweiz 2003
www.designpreis.ch


2002

"Umweltmanagementsysteme in der Textilindustrie"
Rohner Textil AG. WEKA MEDIA GmbH&Co.KG


2001

Von Weizsäcker, Stigson, Seiler-Hausmann (2001):
Von Ökoeffizienz zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Unternehmen,
Albin Kälin; Positiv definierter Chemikalieneinsatz als Voraussetzung für die Schliessung von Material- und Wasserkreisläufen: Das Beispiel des Möbelbezugstoffes Climatex® Lifecycle™ der Rohner Textil AG, ISBN 3-929944-35-9


2000

Mehalik, M.M. (2000):
"Technical and Design Tools:
The Integration of ISO 14001, Life Cycle Development, Environmental Design and Cost Accounting." ISO 14001 Case Studies and Practical Experience. Ed Ruth Hillary. London: Greenleaf Publishing.

Kälin, Albin and M.M. Mehalik (2000):
"The Development of Climatex® Lifecycle™, a Compostable, Environmentally Sound Upholstery Fabric."
Sustainable Solutions: Sustainable and Eco-Product and Service Development. Ed. Martin Charter. London: Greenleaf Publishing.

EXPO 2000 Hannover, Projects around the world of EXPO 2000,
Scherrer Druck Neue Medien Hannover


1999

Von Weizsäcker, Seiler (1999):
Ökoeffizienz "Management der Zukunft"
Birkhäuser Verlag IBNS 3-7643-6069-0 (Lovins Seite 37)

Hawken, Lovins, Hunter-Lovins, (1999):
Natural Capitalism, Creating the next industrial revolution,
Little, Brown and Company ISBN 0-316-35316-7 (page 72)

Werhane Donaldson (1999):
Ethical Issues in Business Sixth Edition.
Prentice Hall

Mehalik, M. M. (1999):
"Sustainable Network Design: A Commercial Fabric Case Study."
Interfaces Special Edition on Ecological Sustainable Business Practices.

Gorman, M. E., M. Mehalik and P. Werhane (1999):
Ethical and Environmental Challenges to Engineering.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.


1998

Gorman, ME. and Matthew M. Mehalik (1998)
"Towards a Sustainable Tomorrow: Thress Cases and a Moral."
Consumption in the Global Environment of the 21st Century. Werhane and Westra, eds.

Gorman (1998):
Transforming Nature.
Ethics, Invention and Discovery. ISBN 0-7923-8120-3

Thompson Strickland:
Strategic Management
Concept + Cases 10th Edition Cases Designtex (Climatex). ISBN 0-07-115577-5

Werhane (1998):
Moral Imagination and Managing Decision Making.
Oxford University Press

Winter (1998):
Das umweltbewusste Unternehmen,
Kapitel: Umweltmanagement in Kleinunternehmen. Beispiel Rohner Textil AG.
6. Auflage 1998 ISBN 3-8006-2301-3

Evangelische Akademie Loccum,
Zwischen Globalen und Lokalen Interessen.
Albin Kälin - Produkt Redesign - der Natur zuliebe am Beispiel eines kompostierbaren, umweltverträglichen Möbelbezugstoffes. ISBN 3-8172-1698-X

Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Sommerakademie (1998)
Stoffstrommanagement - Herausforderung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung, Stoffstrommanagement aus der betrieblichen Praxis am Beispiel der Rohner Textil AG

Riess:
"massgeschneidertes Beurteilen (Öko-Controlling)"
Bulletin ETH Zürich, 1998 268/Jan 98 Rohner Textil


1997

Bosshard (1997):
"Die Verbindung von Ökomonmie und Ökologie am Beispiel der Rohner Textil AG"
Diplomarbeit, Universität St.Gallen


1996

Anonymus, (1996):
Int. Journal of LCA 1,
119-120 Rohner Textil

Mehalik, Gorman, Werhane (1996/97/98):
Case Studies Designtex (A+B) + Rohner Textil AG (A+B+C+D+E)
+ University of Virginia, Darden Business School
» http://www.darden.edu/case/collection/index.htm
(ethics - environmental cases)


1995

Designtex (1995)
Environmentally Intelligent Textiles