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Discuss Sustainability

I recommend we start with the OECD metrics (similarly like how we use the Sustainable Development Goal class for sustainable development goals).

We need to classify them by the 3 sub-attributes identified:

  • Economic Sustainability =The ability to support a defined level of economic production indefinitely. Focus on poverty, hunger, and health. In a business context this implies using assets efficiently and effectively to ensure continued profitability and re-use of raw materials.
  • Environmental Sustainability = The ability to maintain rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion that can be continued indefinitely; Focus on the environment, natural resources, and energy. In a business context this implies reducing a companies environmental footprint, net energy consumption, and shortening supply, production and distribution networks.
  • Social Sustainability = The ability to build and support healthy communities that support current and future generations; Focus on education, equality, peace, and justice. In a business context this implies enforcing basic human rights, labor rights and corporate governance.

Here are the OECD metrtics:

Inputs

I1. Non-renewable materials intensity - note: link to Source processes

I2. Restricted substances intensity - note: link to Source processes

I3. Recycled/reused content - note: link to Source processes

Operations

O1. Water intensity - note: link to Source/Make processes

O2. Energy intensity - note: link to Source/Make/Deliver processes

O3. Renewable proportion of energy - note: link to Source/Make/Deliver processes

O4. Greenhouse gas intensity - note: link to Source/Make/Deliver processes

O5. Residuals intensity - note: link to Make processes

O6. Air releases intensity - note: link to Make processes

O7. Water releases intensity - note: link to Make processes

O8. Proportion of natural land - note: link to Make processes

Products

P1. Recycled/reused content - note: link to Source processes = I3

P2. Recyclability - note: link to? This is whether the product can be recycled later

P3. Renewable materials content - note: link to Source processes

P4. Non-renewable materials intensity - note: link to Source processes = I1

P5. Restricted substances content - note: link to Source processes = I2

P6. Energy consumption intensity - note: link to Source/Make/Deliver processes

P7. Greenhouse gas emissions intensity - note: link to Source/Make/Deliver processes

-- Caspar

Proposal

  • Environmental Sustainability - natural resources/energy
    • SD1 Sustainable Intake
      • SD11 Water Intake (O1)
      • SD12 Energy Intake (O2/P6)
        • SD121 Renewable Energy Use (O3)
        • SD122 Non-renewable Energy Use
      • SD13 Material Intake
        • SD131 Re-use/Recycled Materials (renew)
        • SD132 Renewable Materials (new)
        • SD133 Non-renewable Materials (new)
        • SD134 Restricted Substances (new+renew)
    • SD2 Sustainable Output
      • SD21 Air Emissions
        • SD211 GHG Emissions
        • SD212 Non-GHG Emissions
      • SD22 Water Releases
      • SD23 Residuals Output (O5)
        • SD231 Residuals Mass Balance (O51)
        • SD232 Residuals Waste Output (O52)
          • SD2321 Air
          • SD2322 Water/Sewage
          • SD2323 Land
          • SD2324 Treatment/Recycle/Recovery
          • SD2325 Other
    • SD3 Sustainable Recovery
      • SD31 Water Re-use
      • SD32 Energy Re-use
      • SD33 Material Re-use
  • Economic Sustainability - continuity/re-use/recycle
  • Social Sustainability - labor related

>> Regards Oscar

Proposal Revised

  • SD1 Environmental Sustainability Index
    • SD11 Sustainable Intake
      • SD111 Water Intake (O1)
      • SD112 Energy Intake (O2/P6)
        • SD1121 Renewable Energy Use (O3)
        • SD1122 Non-renewable Energy Use
      • SD113 Material Intake
        • SD1131 Re-use/Recycled Materials (renew)
        • SD1132 Renewable Materials (new)
        • SD1133 Non-renewable Materials (new)
        • SD1134 Restricted Substances (new+renew)
    • SD12 Sustainable Output
      • SD121 Air Emissions
        • SD1211 GHG Emissions
        • SD1212 Non-GHG Emissions
      • SD122 Water Releases
      • SD123 Residuals Output (O5)
        • SD1231 Residuals Mass Balance (O51)
        • SD1232 Residuals Waste Output (O52)
          • SD12321 Air
          • SD12322 Water/Sewage
          • SD12323 Land
          • SD12324 Treatment/Recycle/Recovery
          • SD12325 Other
    • SD13 Sustainable Recovery
      • SD131 Water Re-use
      • SD132 Energy Re-use
      • SD133 Material Re-use
  • SD2 Economic Sustainability - needs further discussion
  • SD3 Social Sustainability - labor related - needs further discussion