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R&D |
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Sustainability aspects in product development |
The aim of
this strategy is to demonstrate a working procedure on how to
integrate sustainability aspects in product development
projects based on ABB’s experiences. |
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Design for Environment |
The aim of this strategy is to fulfill environmental
requirements of a product in the design phase. The strategy
is based on an example from the railway industry and it is
documented by Industrial Environmental Informatics at
Chalmers University of Technology. |
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Environmental aspects in a Stage-Gate® model for the chemical industry |
The aim of this strategy is to tackle health, safety and
environmental (HSE) issues in product development through
inclusion of HSE criteria into a Stage-Gate® model. A Stage-Gate® model
similar to the one presented here is being used by Akzo
Nobel Surface Chemistry |
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Marketing |
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Use of EPD in marketing |
The
aim of this strategy is to demonstrate how EPD can be used
in marketing. The strategy is based on experiences from ABB. |
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Use of sustainability tools to answer questions from
customers |
The
aim of this strategy from Akzo Nobel is to show how
sustainability tools can be used to answer questions about
environmental issues and communicate environmental
information to customers. |
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SPI in market communication |
The aim of this strategy is to describe how data
collection for calculation of Sustainability Performance
Indicators (SPI) can be organized and a procedure how one
can work on improvement of the SPI and how the SPI can be
communicated to stakeholders, based on ABBs experience |
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Marketing tools for products |
The
aim of this strategy is to demonstrate how different
environmental product information can be used in marketing
of mechanical and electrical products, based on experiences
from ABB. |
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Supply chain |
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Supply management |
The aim of
this strategy is to involve the suppliers in the
environmental improvement work of the company. The strategy
is based on experiences from Stora Enso. |
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Analysis of the environmental impact from transportation |
The aim of
this strategy is to illustrate how to identify and minimize
the environmental impact from transportation. The strategy
is based on experiences from Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry. |
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Use of EPIs in supply chain
communication |
The aim of this strategy is to enhance communication of
environmental requirements and performance in the supply
chain. The strategy is based on an example from the railway
industry and it is documented by Industrial Environmental
Informatics at Chalmers University of Technology |
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Production |
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Implementing an Environmental
Management System, EMS |
The aim of
this strategy is to demonstrate a working procedure on how to
implement an environmental management system based on ABB’s
experiences. |
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Analyzing and reducing energy use |
The aim
of this strategy is to illustrate how it is possible to
study the energy situation at a chemical industry site and
propose measures for reducing the energy use and the
environmental impact. The strategy is based on experiences
from Akzo Nobel. |
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Greenhouse gas emission trading |
The aim of
this strategy is to give ideas regarding Green House Gas
Emission Trading impact calculations through the description
of a preliminary model developed within Stora Enso |
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Environmental Support |
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Comprehensive environmental assessment of a chemical product |
The aim of this
strategy is to describe how and when Environmental
Risk Assessment (ERA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can be used in
combination to assess the environmental impact from a chemical product, based on
experiences from Akzo Nobel. |
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Eco-efficiency analysis of products or processes |
The aim of this example is to illustrate how the eco-efficiency of a newly
developed product can be compared with competitive products with the same
customer benefit. The strategy is based on experiences at Akzo Nobel. |
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Handling and reporting environmental information |
The aim of this strategy is to describe how to
efficiently handle and report environmental information
based on work within the forest industry and Industrial
Environmental Informatics at Chalmers University of
Technology. |
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How to perform an LCA |
The aim of
this strategy is to give practical advice on how to conduct
an LCA study. The strategy is based on experiences from ABB. |
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How to perform an LCC |
The aim of this strategy is to give practical
advice on how to conduct an LCC study. The strategy is based on experiences from
ABB. |
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How to perform an EPD |
The
aim of this
strategy is to give guidance on how to conduct an EPD, Environmental Product
Declaration.
The strategy is based on experiences from ABB. |
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How to perform application specific Environmental Risk
Assessment, ERA |
The aim of
this strategy is to give guidance on how to perform site or
application specific Environmental Risk Assessments, based
on experiences from Akzo Nobel. |
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Material declaration and
recycling description |
The
aim of this strategy is to describe how to design a material
declaration
and recycling description for a product, based on
ABBs experiences.
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Policy controlled environmental management |
The aim of this strategy is to introduce a methodology
for improved controllability of the environmental management
system, which was developed within CPM at Chalmers
University of Technology. |
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Product stewardship implementation |
The aim of
this strategy is to give guidance on implementing Product
Stewardship in a chemical company, based on experiences from
Akzo Nobel. |
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Basing environmental arguments on ISO/TS 14048 documented
facts |
The aim of this
strategy is to show how the ISO/TS 14048 data documentation
format can be used to assure that the environmental
arguments used by companies or other organizations are
well-founded and supported by accessible, understandable and
reviewable documents. The strategy is documented by
Industrial Environmental Informatics, Chalmers University of
Technology. |
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Strategy for producing environmental information formats |
Results from routinely produced environmental assessments like Sustainability reports, LCA-studies, EPDs etc are
presented in many different formats in reports, on web-pages, etc. This strategy
supplies some core guidelines for which information to include in the format,
and what aspects of the information to consider when structuring an
environmental information format. The strategy is based on a doctoral thesis at
Industrial Environmental Informatics, Chalmers University of Technology. |
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Strategy for steering environmental work within SCA |
The aim of this
strategy is to show how to work with a company’s
environmental policy and create usable indicators in order
to be able to steer the environmental work towards the goal
of the policy. The strategy is based on experiences from the
CPM
project IMPRESS , where SCA Personal Care, which is one of the business areas of
SCA, took active part. |
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Strategy for the use of LCA within SCA |
The aim of this strategy is to give practical advice on how the tool LCA can
be an integral part of a company’s environmental work. The strategy is based on
experiences from SCA Personal Care, which is one of the business areas of SCA. |
