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Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental SustainabilityDemonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability
DANTESDANTES
Chalmers University of TechnologyIndustrial Environmental Informatics
Markus ErlandssonRaul Carlson
Karolina Flemström
A demonstration project for sustainable development
October 25, 2004EcoBalance, Tsukuba, Japan
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DANTESDANTES
– General information and goal on the DANTES project
– Strategies aimed at different company functions
– Tools and methods for environmental assessment and communication
– Publications
Content of this presentation
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DANTESDANTES Project information
• Supported by the European Union (EU) LIFE - Environment Programme
• Period: 2002 – 2005
• Partners: Akzo Nobel – ChemistryABB – Heavy electrical
equipment Stora Enso – Forestry pulp and paper Chalmers University of Technology
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DANTESDANTES DANTES goals
• Demonstrate and evaluate environmental assessment and communication tools:
− Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)− Life Cycle Costing (LCC)− Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA)− Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)− Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI)
• Focus on – practical use of the tools within the participating
companies– apply these tools for decision-making within
different parts of the company
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DANTES goals
• Display strategies of how to use different sustainability tools and methods in different functions within a company, focusing on:
− Research & Development (R&D)− Marketing− Supply chain− Production− Environmental support
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Strategies – definition in context of DANTES
• By strategy we mean– A guideline on how the methods and tools
described within DANTES, can be used to find requested information needed for environmentally related decisions, and how the resulting information is communicated to the decision-makers
• A strategy describes how to handle environmental issues in a company and to reach the overall environmental goals within the company
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STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES Strategy – the journey from a question to an answer
InfoTools & Methods
Basic information
Informationrequirements
Comprehensibleinformation
Break down the information requirements into tools & methods
?
Interpret the acquiredinformation
Information for decision-making
Identify information required for decision
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STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES Strategy – the journey from a question to an answer
InfoTools & Methods
Basic information
Informationrequirements
Comprehensibleinformation
Break down the information requirements into tools & methods
?
Interpret the acquiredinformation
Information for decision-making
Identify information required for decision
Operational strategy isinformation management
i.e. Industrial Environmental
Informatic’s expertise
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Strategy – focus on the information neeed
• The DANTES strategies are focusing on the information need instead of on the tools
• The strategies have not been developed within DANTES. They have been selected and the selection have been strategically compiled and demonstrated on the DANTES web page
• A first set of 12 strategies are going to be publicly available on DANTES website 1 of November 2004
www.dantes.info – the DANTES project website
• Each strategy is described in terms of – Background– Working procedure– Experiences
Example of a strategy on the DANTES website
Background
Title
• Purpose for using the strategy
• Target group• Simplified
description for the target group
• Context
• This strategy will be presented in detail in session D tomorrow. The name of that presentation is “Standards and tools for environmental design and supply chain in railway industry “
Example of a strategy on the DANTES website
Working procedure
Step-by-step description
Identification of used methods and tools
Example of a strategy on the DANTES website
Experiences
• Success stories• Resources
needed• Potential risks
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DANTESDANTES Tools and Methods
• Strategies describe an integrated usage of many tools and methods to find the requested information needed for decision-making
• Require each tool and method to be described in terms of – Scope– Purpose for using the tool– Leverage effect (efficiency of effort > 1)
• Each tool and method has been analysed and structured based on practical experiences and knowledge about environmental informatics
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DANTESDANTES Tools and Methods described in DANTES
• Management tools– Life Cycle Management– Product Stewardship– Environmental Management Systems
• Assessment tools– Life Cycle Assessment– Life Cycle Costing– Environmental Risk Assessment
• Communication tools– Environmental Product Declaration– Environmental Performance Indicator– Safety Data Sheets
• Other info– ISO standards, EU legislation, Conventions
• Software– Calculation and database tools
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DANTESDANTES Publications
• The DANTES website does also contain a lot of publication in terms of case studies, reports, description of methods, surveys
• Example of reports:– LCA studies performed by the ABB and Akzo Nobel– EPDs performed by the ABB and Akzo Nobel– ERA studies performed by the Akzo Nobel– Documentation of methods, tools, and guidelines
provided by Chalmers, IMI