Eco-efficiency indicator framework implemented in the metallurgical industry: part 1—a comprehensive view and benchmark

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• 作者：Ida Rönnlund ; Markus Reuter ; Susanna Horn…
• 关键词：Benchmarking ; Circular economy ; Indicator ; Metallurgy ; Process and system simulation ; Product environmental footprint ; Resource efficiency ; Sustainability
• 刊名：The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：21
• 期：10
• 页码：1473-1500
• 全文大小：1,652 KB
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Environment
  Environment
  Environmental Economics
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1614-7502
• 卷排序：21

文摘

PurposeThe purpose of this work was to develop an indicator framework for the environmental sustainability benchmarking of products produced by the metallurgical industry. Sustainability differentiation has become an important issue for companies throughout the value chain. Differentiation is sometimes not attainable, due to the use of average data, lack of comparative data, certain issues being overshadowed by others, and a very narrow palette of indicators dominating the current sustainability assessments. There is a need for detailed and credible analyses, which show the current status and point out where improvements can be made. The indicator framework is developed to give a comprehensive picture of eco-efficiency, to provide methods that enable relevant comparisons as well as the tools for communicating the results. In this way, the methodology presented in this study aims to make differentiation easier and thus aid companies in driving the development toward more sustainable solutions.