sustainable development in the european aggregates industry a case for sectoral strategies raimund bleischwitz bettina bahn walkowiak wuppertal institute climate environment and energy college of europe first draft october 2006 submitted to bruges conference resource management raw materials security factor x productivity tools delivering growth union december 6 7 we wish thank david legg stefan bringezu stephan moll helmut schütz josé acosta sören steger valuable comments information 2 abstract eu strategy ensuing national recently launched thematic on natural resources com 2005 670 final alike call decoupling use from gdp empirical analysis demonstrates that by far biggest share stems construction minerals ie such as sand gravel crushed rock other bulk used according eurostat 2002 they represent 40 direct material inputs economy while mineral fuels another 25 paper analyses how governance processes enhancing sustainability performance have begun take stock chapter
