Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability DANTES Chalmers University of Technology Industrial Environmental Informatics Markus.

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

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


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– 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


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


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


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


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

http://www.dantes.info/

www.dantes.info – the DANTES project website

• Each strategy is described in terms of – Background– Working procedure– Experiences

http://www.dantes.info/

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 “


Working procedure

Step-by-step description

Identification of used methods and tools


Experiences

• Success stories• Resources

needed• Potential risks


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


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


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


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www.dantes.info - the official DANTES website

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