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Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental SustainabilityDemonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability

DANTESDANTES

Klas HallbergAkzo Nobel Surface Chemistry

September 24, 2003 InLCA/LCM, Seattle

A demonstration project for sustainable development

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/home.htm


PROJECT INFORMATIONPROJECT INFORMATION Project information

• Co-financed by the EU LIFE-Environment Programme

• Period: 2002 – 2005

• Partners: Akzo Nobel Surface ChemistryABB Stora EnsoChalmers University of

Technology


SUSTAINABILITY TOOLSSUSTAINABILITY TOOLS DANTES goals

• Demonstrate environmental assessment tools such as:

− Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)− Life Cycle Cost (LCC)− Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA)

• Demonstrate tools for environmental communication like:

− Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)− Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI)

STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES


DANTES goals

• Display strategies of how to use different sustainability tools in different functions within a company, focusing on:

− Research & Development (R&D)− Marketing− Supply chain− Production− Environmental support


SUSTAINABILITY TOOLSSUSTAINABILITY TOOLS LCA & ERA example

• Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and LCA on the same product (an asphalt additive)

• Promotes the adhesion and extends pavement life

• Low concentration (0,2-0,4% in weight of bitumen)


SUSTAINABILITY TOOLSSUSTAINABILITY TOOLS LCA & ERA example

Transport of raw material Transport of raw material

Production of raw material Production of raw material

Refining of resource B

Extraction of resource A

Waste handling

Usage

Production

Extraction of resource B

ERA

LCA


SUSTAINABILITY TOOLSSUSTAINABILITY TOOLS LCC case study

• Environmental costs for companies and consumers (not the society) allocated to a product

• Costs for all actors along the life cycle chain

• Costs now and possible future costs

• E.g. taxes, pollution prevention, testing of substances, permits, re-cycling fees etc.


SUSTAINABILITY TOOLSSUSTAINABILITY TOOLS LCC case study - example

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Petrochemical raw materials used

Prod. raw m

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STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES


Example of a strategy used in R&D - Gate model

• A R&D project has to pass different stages

• The stages are separated by gates

• Each gate has key decision points with well defined - Go/Kill criteria for decision making about the project’s survival


STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES Example of a strategy used in R&D - Gate model

Gate 1

Screening

Gate 2

Project Initiation

Gate 3

Business Case

Decision

Gate 4

Validation

Gate 5

Launch


STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES Example of a strategy used in R&D - Gate model

a) Have any ecotoxicity issues been identified? Will ecotoxicity testing be required by the market and/or by the authorities?

b) May renewable raw materials be used?

c) How will the product/process lead to an environmental improvement compared to existing alternatives?

Gate 2Project

Initiation


DANTESDANTES

www.dantes.info

- the official DANTES website

• General project information

• Case study reports

• Strategies aimed at different company functions

• Web based tools

Dissemination activities

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