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Copyright of Environmental Research, Engineering & Management / Aplinkos Tyrimai, Inžinerija ir Vadyba is the property of Institute of Environmental Engineering and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The paper presents an overview of the experience of pollution prevention centres (PPCs) established in Central and Eastern Europe by the World Environment Center (WEC) with a special emphasis on the experience of the PPCs in Lithuania. The WEC established 11 PPCs, which still constitute the majority of pollution prevention/cleaner production centres in the region. The centres were established as independent industry consulting firms specialising in pollution prevention practices and technologies. The PPCs were created in partnerships with host institutions and received training in PP as well as in business planning, branding and marketing. Though WEC’s financial support largely ceased in 1998–1999, nine of the 11 PPCs became self-sufficient and continue to operate. The capacity built in the Lithuanian PPC resulted not only from its association with WEC, but also from other significant donor funded programmes in the region. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

• The number of firms performing activities associated with RE actions is rising. • OLC stage is an important factor influencing the number and type of RE actions. • Firms in the conservative stage participate in a larger number of RE actions. • Firms in the conservative stage undertake RE actions related to savings. • Firms in the innovative stage implement fewer, yet more complex RE actions. Attempts to understand how firms view environmentally-friendly operations and conscious consumerism are easy to find in the resource efficiency literature. Although scholars consider various resource efficiency business models, opportunities to seize the benefits of the organizational life cycle theory remain under-researched. In the current study, we analyze resource efficiency actions undertaken by close to 1,200 firms in the innovative and conservative stages of a firm's evolution from four European Union member states: Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. Logistic regression results show that firms in the conservative stage are more likely to undertake resource efficiency actions related to the saving of water, energy, and materials than firms in the innovative stage which are expected to be implementing actions associated with the design of sustainable product. Surprisingly, our findings also suggest that firms in the conservative stage perform more resource efficiency actions than firms in the innovative one. Various actions are applied by firms in different stages among member states that share similar economic conditions. Moreover, support mechanisms are also considered in this study. The findings allow us to contribute by expanding how the resource efficiency field is conceived in the terms of firm-specific characteristics, their needs and limitations while providing insights and recommendations for researchers and policymakers to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]