Lite NEST – A sustainability decision support tool for Canadian egg farmers
Session 08: Sustainable Innovation in the Food Sector (2)
Eggs are an increasingly popular food choice worldwide, including in Canada. Despite growing considerably over the past half century, the modern Canadian egg industry achieves considerably higher productivity, resource efficiency and animal health outcomes relative...
Local or imported? Environmental and social sustainability evaluation of tomatoes for informed decision-making
Background and relevance: To ensure a transition to greater sustainability, food systems must consider socio-cultural aspects as well as environmental impacts. This need has become particularly crucial in the context of the expansion of cross-country...
Measuring the Circular economy of multi-layers plastic packaging
Session 16: Applying Systems Thinking to guide the transition towards a regenerative Circular Economy (2)
‘Zero waste program for Europe’ (European Commission, 2014) and ‘Closing the loop action plan for the Circular Economy’ (EC (European Commission), 2015) are two recent strategies in the European Union (EU) about transition towards a...
Navigating the Biochar Carbon Accounting Ecosystem: From Product Standards to Building Integration
Biochar is rapidly emerging as a transformative component within the construction industry, serving most recently as a high-performance additive for asphalt and concrete systems. Unlike the short-term carbon cycle of raw biomass, which typically returns...
New LCA tool for PEF calculations gives new insight into complex supply chains with global sale
A web-based LCA tool has been developed which calculates Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)-compliant results for products with long, multi-tier supply chains and global markets. It has taken the company Målbar 5 years to develop the...
Optimizing District Heating Networks with Environmental-Merit-Order Curves
District heating networks are expected to play a crucial role in the sustainable transformation of energy systems. As more renewable energies are integrated, greenhouse gas emissions tend towards zero during the operation phase, and other...
Quantifying the impact of plastic additives on marine biota in life cycle assessment
Session 04: Enhancing the Sustainability of Marine Environment
Plastic pervades now almost every aspect of our daily lives, but this prosperity has led to an increasing amount of plastic debris, which is now widespread in the oceans and represents a serious threat to...
Reducing the carbon footprint of spirits through circular packaging: case study for Smirnoff Ice.
Session 02: Supporting the journey towards net zero and beyond with Life Cycle Approaches (2)
The global alcoholic beverage industry is an important economic sector with a retail sales value of £728 billion [4] and one of the major consumers of glass packaging [2]. Excellent barrier properties, sterility, reusability, and...
Solving LCI data gaps for fine chemicals by retrosynthesis for industrially relevant reactions
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely recognized methodology that plays a crucial role in promoting environmentally responsible behaviors and sustainable practices.(1,2) It involves a comprehensive analysis of the material and energy flows that occur...
Streamlining LCA process using Simplification and DMAIC framework for process improvisation and cycle time reduction: A pragmatic LCA approach for engineering organizations
Session 18: Life Cycle Innovation and Eco-Design
In recent years, manufacturing organizations are increasingly looking beyond the financial aspects of their operations to integrate environmental (ecological) concerns into the decision-making process. Accordingly, the need to embed sustainability in the value chain has...
SUSIE: Sustainable Intelligence for Engineers
Given the urgency imposed by climate change and evolving regulations, it is now even more important to be able to assess the environmental impact of products and their production processes. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) necessity...
Sustainable IT: going beyond environmental impact assessment.
The challenges of sustainable IT go beyond the simple assessment of environmental impacts, requiring a 360° approach encompassing social, ethical, inclusion and sustainability issues, etc. The guide to sustainable IT practices for organisations developed by...
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