This paper presents the responsible operating space (ROS) framework, a framework that includes both the common governance of the global environmental concerns and the comprehensive management of environmental sustainability. The ROS framework determines environmental objectives regarding the global concerns using a footprint perspective, and defines coherent integrated environmental objectives for the production and consumption processes at different territorial scales. In this case study, we firstly estimated the global ROS, as well as both the consumption-side ROS and the production-side ROS of Spain. Then, the national ROS was transferred to the 17 Spanish regions and was further extended to the 313 municipalities of one of the regions (Galicia). Finally, we transferred the ROS to 163 sectors, as well as to one industrial park and several companies. Our results demonstrate that, even assuming the methodological limitations and scarcity of data, it is already possible to allocate objectives and decentralize the management of global environmental concerns even at municipal and company levels. The role of circular economy under the ROS framework is also discussed on the basis of the potential coexistence of circularity with an unsustainable production-consumption system.

本文介绍了负责任的运营空间（ROS）框架，该框架既包括全球环境问题的共同治理，也包括环境可持续性的综合管理。ROS 框架使用足迹视角确定有关全球关注的环境目标，并为不同地域范围内的生产和消费过程定义连贯的综合环境目标。在本案例研究中，我们首先估计了全球 ROS，以及西班牙的消费侧 ROS 和生产侧 ROS。然后，国家 ROS 转移到西班牙的 17 个地区，并进一步扩展到其中一个地区（加利西亚）的 313 个自治市。最后，我们将 ROS 转移到 163 个扇区，以及一个工业园区和几家公司。我们的结果表明，即使假设存在方法论上的局限性和数据稀缺性，即使在市政和公司层面，分配目标和分散管理全球环境问题也是可能的。循环经济在 ROS 框架下的作用也基于循环与不可持续的生产-消费系统的潜在共存进行了讨论。