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Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management A Simplified LCA methodology tailored A Simplified LCA methodology tailored to meet the challenge of Sustainable to meet the challenge of Sustainable Production. . Production STEFAN BORO Ń Ń , DEREK SELMES , DEREK SELMES STEFAN BORO Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Edinburgh Edinburgh s.boron@hw.ac.uk tsm.org.uk derek@selmes.com s.boron@hw.ac.uk tsm.org.uk derek@selmes.com

Aim Aim Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (SCP) Sustainable Consumption and Production Through a Back casting procedure procedure Through a Back- -casting Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Sustainable Consumption Sustainable Consumption and Production and Production Through a Back casting procedure procedure Through a Back- -casting Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Sustainable Consumption Sustainable Consumption and Production and Production Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Sustainable Production and Sustainable Production and Consumption (SCP) Consumption (SCP) Sustainable Processing Sustainable Processing Doing things in a way that does not Doing things in a way that does not cause “ “environmental environmental” ” degradation degradation cause Processing that has “ “Continuance Continuance” ” Processing that has

Sustainable Consumption Sustainable Consumption and Production and Production Sustainable Processing Sustainable Processing

Sustainable Processing Sustainable Processing Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Secondary unsustainabilities Primary unsustainabilities Production Production K N Ecological negative negative Process/ Process/ RESOURCE side side Business/ 1. Raw materials Business/ effects effects 2. Assimilative capacity National National 3. life support context Economy Economy K H human Goods and Goods and K M man- K M man- RESOURCE services services ufactured ufactured 1. Individual 2. Social/ organizational

Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management SCP is about producing and SCP is about producing and consuming goods and services and at consuming goods and services and at the same time maintaining maintaining the same time Resource Availability Resource Availability

Aim Aim Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (SCP) Sustainable Consumption and Production Through a Back casting procedure procedure Through a Back- -casting Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (SCP) Back- -casting casting Back Sustainable Consumption and Production Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Back- -casting casting Back To AVOID the problem Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Backcasting Vision and Recognise & Cause / Effect Problem Strategy measure analysis Cause within Implementation process PROACTIVE - ANTICIPATION Company: P r o b l e m Business: Process Detect / measure REACTIVE - FEEDBACK Implementation To SOLVE the problem Cause / Effect after it happens analysis Remediation Strategy

Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Back- -casting is a casting is a Process Orientated Process Orientated approach. approach. Back Back- -casting is a casting is a journey journey that requires an that requires an Back Absolute Goal (destination) to be defined. (destination) to be defined. Absolute Goal

The “ “Journey Journey” ” towards SCP towards SCP The Sustainable Processing Path time time Final Sustainability Gap Initial There is sizable gap between the Sustainability Gap Some processing routes have a The management challenge is to sustainability of a current sustainability limit which cannot be take the processing route towards processing path and the ideal maximum overcome without drastic redesign the sustainable equivalent as improvement sustainable way of doing the same quickly as possible procedure thing continue continue continue time time Present Processing Path

The “ “Journey Journey” ” towards SCP towards SCP The Sustainable Processing Path time time No Final Sustainability Gap Initial There is sizable gap between the Sustainability Gap Some processing routes have a The management challenge is to sustainability of a current sustainability limit which cannot be take the processing route towards processing path and the ideal maximum overcome without drastic redesign the sustainable equivalent as improvement sustainable way of doing the same quickly as possible path thing continue continue continue time time Present Processing Path

Tool Requirements for SCP Tool Requirements for SCP using Back- -casting casting using Back Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management A dedicated goal defining the destination for the A dedicated goal defining the destination for the “journey journey” ” towards sustainability or SCP towards sustainability or SCP “ Resource Availability as a criterion of sustainability Resource Availability as a criterion of sustainability Process Orientation Process Orientation An improvement procedure to facilitate the “ “journey journey” ” An improvement procedure to facilitate the Cradle to Grave extent Cradle to Grave extent Simple ( kiss ); Relevant; Familiar; Effective; Versatile ); Relevant; Familiar; Effective; Versatile Simple (

Aim Aim Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (SCP) Sustainable Consumption and Production Through a Back casting procedure procedure Through a Back- -casting Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Using a form of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Creation of a strategy for the implementation of Life Cycle Life Cycle Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (SCP) Sustainable Consumption and Production Assessment Assessment Through a Back casting procedure procedure Through a Back- -casting

Goal and scope definition • Sustainable Systems Design Sustainable Systems Design • Total Sustainability Management Total Sustainability Management over entire Cradle to Grave. over entire Cradle to Grave. • Boundaries of varying Boundaries of varying • I nter- operational control operational control pretation Direct Direct applications applications Stepwise Stepwise I nventory Analysis Improvement Improvement The creation and The creation and Mass and Energy streams Mass and Energy streams of processing of processing stepwise stepwise + policy items leading to + policy items leading to routes routes implementation implementation resource depletion resource depletion towards “ “full full” ” towards of strategies for of strategies for destruction and destruction and sustainability. sustainability. the achievement the achievement contamination contamination of SCP of SCP I mpact Assessment Based on links between Based on links between processes and Resource processes and Resource Life Cycle Life Cycle Availability destruction etc. Availability destruction etc. Assessment Assessment

Life Cycle Management approach Life Cycle Management approach CASE STUDY A SCP study of brewing A SCP study of brewing . operation . operation

Life Cycle operational influence (Scope) Life Cycle operational influence (Scope) Beer Making CASE STUDY E N V I R O N M E N T Hops BOUNDARY 3 BOUNDARY 2 16 Water BOUNDARY 1 Dust 15 works 17 Spent 18 Lauter Mash Agriculture Screen Malt T grain Tun 14 19 CO 2 Ferm Cooler Kettle Use Yeast T 13 Pasteurise Pub Metal 12 Filler Waste T Label 20 water 11 Chem Refrig. Bottles T T Pack 1 T Bottles 2 10 4 9 6 7 Misc. 8 3 5 solid Water Steam CHP Power Gas Paper E N V I R O N M E N T NH 3 Plastic + glue