Diaz Lopez

Knowledge and Media library

My expert outputs includes over 160 documents including books, chapters, peer reviewed articles, practice-oriented articles, project reports and other non-scientific texts. I have also started venturing in the production of digital content supporting research and teaching. I take pride in the depth and breadth of my work, which reflects my dedication to contributing to the field of eco-innovation and advancing knowledge in circularity and climate action. Check out some of my publications (a full list can be downloaded here)

Books, chapters and manuals / guidelines:

Innovation, society and the Environment

DIAZ LOPEZ, F.J., M. Mazzanti, & R. Zoboli (Eds). (2023) Handbook of Innovation, Society and the Environment. Edward Elgar Publishing. Cheltenham. ISBN: 9781802200058 (scheduled for publication in October 2023).

Maastricht Manual on Measuring Eco-innovation for a Green Economy

Kemp, R., Arundel, A., Rammer, C., Miedzinski, M., Tapia, C., Barbieri, N., Türkeli, S., Bassi, A., Mazzanti, M., Chapman, D., DIAZ LOPEZ, F. J. & McDowall, W. (2020). Maastricht Manual on Measuring Eco-innovation for a Green Economy, Maastricht, Innovation for Sustainable Development Network, Maastricht, 141p. ISBN 9789090329987.

Business Innovation

DIAZ LOPEZ, F.J.(2023)  Business innovation. In: Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Brent Haddad & Barry D. Solomon (Eds). Edward Elgar Publishing. Cheltenham. p. 46-47. ISBN. 9781788974905.

Resource Efficiency

DIAZ LOPEZ, F.J. (2023) Resource Efficiency. In: Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Brent Haddad & Barry D. Solomon (Eds). Edward Elgar Publishing. Cheltenham. p 464. ISBN. 9781788974905.

Innovation and Environment. The Chemical Industry in Mexico

DIAZ LOPEZ, F.J., (2003) Innovación y Ambiente. La Industria Química en México, [Innovation and Environment. The Chemical Industry in Mexico] Breviarios de la Investigación. UAM. Mexico. 225p. ISBN: 9703102255

Articles (peer-reviewed):

A bibliometric analysis on co-operatives in circular economy and eco-innovation studies

Guerreschi, A., & F.J. DIAZ LOPEZ. (2023) A bibliometric analysis on co-operatives in circular economy and eco-innovation studies. Sustainability. 15 (21) 15595. Special Issue “Co-operating for Change: Roles, Potentials, and Challenges of Cooperatives in the Decade Leading up to the Sustainable Development Goals.

A Resilient and Sustainable World: Contributions from Cleaner Production, Circular Economy, Eco-innovation, Responsible Consumption, and Cleaner Waste Systems.

Giannetti, B. F., DIAZ LOPEZ, F. J., Liu, G., Agostinho, F., Sevegnani, F., & Almeida, C. M. (2023). A Resilient and Sustainable World: Contributions from Cleaner Production, Circular Economy, Eco-innovation, Responsible Consumption, and Cleaner Waste Systems. Special Issue at Journal of Cleaner Production, 384 (135465).

Business model innovation for resource-efficiency, circularity and cleaner production: what 143 case studies tell us.

DIAZ LOPEZ, F.J., T. Bastein & A. Tukker. (2019) Business model innovation for resource-efficiency, circularity and cleaner production: what 143 case studies tell us. Ecological Economics. Special Issue: PoLicy For a Resource Efficient Europe. 155, 20-35.

A comprehensive review of the evolving and cumulative nature of eco-innovation in the chemical industry.

DIAZ LOPEZ, F.J. & C. Montalvo. (2015) A comprehensive review of the evolving and cumulative nature of eco-innovation in the chemical industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 102 (2015), p. 30-43.

Comparing systems approaches to innovation and technological change for sustainable and competitive economies: an explorative study into conceptual commonalities, differences and complementarities.

Coenen, L and F.J. DIAZ LOPEZ (2010) Comparing systems approaches to innovation and technological change for sustainable and competitive economies: an explorative study into conceptual commonalities, differences and complementarities. Journal of Cleaner Production 18(12), 1149-1160,

Innovación verde en América Latina y el Caribe: marco conceptual.

Totti Könnölä, Pablo del Rio, Javier Carrillo Hermosilla, & F.J. DÍAZ LÓPEZ. (2023) Innovación verde en América Latina y el Caribe: marco conceptual. Banco InterAmericano de Desarrollo. Washington. 33 p.

Innovación verde en América Latina y el Caribe: estudio de casos sobre la gestión de programas de apoyo.

Totti Könnölä, Pablo del Rio, Javier Carrillo Hermosilla, & F.J. DÍAZ LÓPEZ.(2023) Innovación verde en América Latina y el Caribe: estudio de casos sobre la gestión de programas de apoyo. Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo. Washington. 35 p.

Commission Staff Working Document IMPACT ASSESSMENT

European Commission (2022) Commission Staff Working Document IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable Products and Repelling Directive 2009/125/EC. Parts 1/4, 2/4,3/4 and 4/4 . Brussels.

Recomendaciones de política para la integración de tecnologías ecológicamente racionales en los sistemas nacionales de innovación.

Salazar, J.C. (Editor) (2019) Recomendaciones de política para la integración de tecnologías ecológicamente racionales en los sistemas nacionales de innovación. Juan Carlos Salazar, P. Maio, A. M. Angel, J. C. Ramirez, C. Hinojosa, J. Blanco, L. Pinzon, D. Jacome, F.J. DIAZ LOPEZ, B. Sanchez, E. Arrilucea. Inter-American Development Bank Washington. Nota Técnica No. IDB-TN-01757. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Division de Cambio Climático., Washington, 161 p.

UN Environment & the European Commission (2017) Mainstreaming Eco-innovation in Sustainable Consumption and Production Policies.

UN Environment & the European Commission (2017) Mainstreaming Eco-innovation in Sustainable Consumption and Production Policies. Paris: United Nations Environment and the European Commission.

Media content:

Webinar series (self-paced learning):

What is innovation for sustainable development?

Inno4sd network (learning repository)

Inno4sd network (learning repository)  Innovation for the Global Goals

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