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Driving Sustainable Innovation through Life Cycle Thinking
Rich Helling, ScD, PE, LCACP Sustainable Chemistry 3 November 2015
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Impact equation
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I = P * A * T
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What is Sustainability?
Sustainable development is
development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their
own needs
(Brundtland Commission)
Environment
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Dow’s view of sustainability
We aim to advance the well-being of humanity by
helping lead the transition to a sustainable planet
and society.
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Ways to bring in life-cycle thinking
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SUSTAINABILITY FOOTPRINT
Helling, Richard “Driving sustainable
innovation through life-cycle thinking”, Clean
Technologies & Environmental Policy,
(2015) DOI: 10.1007/s10098-015-0928-7
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Plan with a sustainable future in mind
Source: The Natural Step
Present
Future Visioning
Backcasting
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Evolution of Sustainability Goals
http://www.dow.com/en-us/science-and-sustainability/sustainability-reporting/footprint-handprint-blueprint
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2025 Sustainability Goals
http://www.dow.com/en-us/science-and-sustainability/sustainability-reporting
Redefining the role of business in society
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2025 Sustainability goal example: Breakthrough innovation
http://www.dow.com/en-us/science-and-sustainability/sustainability-reporting/delivering-breakthrough-innovations
Goal:
Dow delivers breakthrough sustainable chemistry
innovations that advance the well-being of humanity.
Some of the metrics & elements:
•Innovate to increase the net impact of products by six
fold
•Ensuring energy & CO2 benefits exceed our footprint by
no less than 3:1
•Assess the number of people positively impacted by Dow
products and solutions
•Continue to improve, use and report its Sustainable
Chemistry Index
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2015 Sustainable Chemistry Index goal: 10% “highly advantaged sales”
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For more information:
Hunter, Shawn & Anne Wallin “The Sustainable
Chemistry Index: Developing a Life Cycle View of the
Dow Chemical Company Product Portfolio” Proceedings
of LCA XIV, San Francisco, October 2014.
SCI: 8 sections, 40 total points
S1: Renewable/Recycled Content
S2: Resource Abundance & Mgmt
S3: Manufacturing Efficiency
S4: Environmental Life Cycle Benefit
S5: Social Need
S6: Manufacturing/Transport Risk
S7: Product Application Risk
S8: Public Policy/End of Life Risk
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Met 2015 Sustainable Chemistry Index goal and more!
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Principles of Green Chemistry & Engineering
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Dow’s “Principles of Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering”
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As fo
und in
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Dow Chemical Sustainability Footprint Tool©
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Base Case:
Project relative footprint (smaller is better):
23 questions compiled into 6
dimensions:
David A. Russell & Dawn L. Shiang.
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2013, 1 (1), pp 2–7
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sc300131e
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The “Dow” dimension the Tool
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SUSTAINABILITY FOOTPRINT
The Dow dimension considers 8 aspects:
0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.0WATER
GHG
ENERGY
RESOURCE QUALITY
RENEWABLE RECYCLED R.M.s
CONVERSION EFFICIENCY
DOW PROCESS SAFETY
CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT
DOW FOOTPRINT
Base Case:
Project relative footprint (smaller is better):
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Example of DCSFT use
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Use of tool in R&D decisions
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R&D
Stage
Gate $
Go!
No
go!
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LIFE CYCLE
ASSESSMENT
Support
decision
making
Drive
innovation &
sustainability
Support
marketing
claims
Generate: • Public reports • Marketing
literature • EPDs
(Environmental Product Declarations)
Facilitate
customer
discussions
Life cycle assessment aids decisions
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Life cycle assessment concepts
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Raw
material
extraction Refining Production Use
End of
Life
Energy and Materials
Emissions and Waste
Cradle to Gate
Cradle to Grave
Cradle to Cradle
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The LCA pyramid
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Comparative Assertions
Information about our products
Internal decisions
Life cycle thinking & discussion
Complexity,
time, cost,
expertise
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What if we could make films with low-density core?
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*not the actual product, but a good picture!
Low
density
core
High
density
skin
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Quick LCA results for low-density cores
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~1 day work
~1 day for report
metric
Current
technology
Foam core
option 1
Foam core
option 2
Global warming
potential
Ozone depletion
potetial
Photo-chemical
oxidant creation
potentialTerrestrial
acidification
potential
Freshwater eutro-
phication potential
Agricultural land
occupation
Water depletion
Marine
eutrophication
Fossil depletion
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What if we used non-fossil filler for polyethylene films?
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Quick LCA results for PE fillers
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~1 day work
~1 day for report
metric
Current
Technology
Inorganic
filler
Organic
filler 1
Organic
filler 2
Global warming
potential
Ozone depletion
potetial
Photo-chemical
oxidant creation
potentialTerrestrial
acidification
potential
Freshwater eutro-
phication potential
Agricultural land
occupation
Water depletion
Marine
eutrophication
Fossil depletion
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Many roads to shoe soles…
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Results depend on choice of feedstock!
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Results depend on choice of feedstock!
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metric Fossil-based Tallow-based
Tallow-based
with burdens
Vegetable oil
based
Global warming
potential
Fossil energy
demand
Acidification
potenial
Eutrophication
potential
Ozone Depletion
Potential
Smog Creation
Potential
Land
Competition
Water
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Elevate to the Macro Level
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Market level analysis: a very simple concept
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Product Benefit
A Market Volume
A Potential Market Level
Benefit
× =
Hunter, Shawn, and Richard K. Helling “A Call for Technology Developers to Apply Life Cycle
and Market Perspectives to Understanding the Potential Environmental Impacts of Chemical
Technology Projects”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, on-line 26 January (2015)
DOI: 10.1021/ie504102h
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Estimated market benefit of Green Chemistry Award-winning projects
2014 SusTech Summit - 30 Sep 2014 31
0.36
500
0.008
0.002
180
0 200 400 600
biobased toners
CO2-based higher alcohols
biobased succinic acid
MAX HT® inhibitor
CO2-based polymers
market level GHG savings (million metric tonnes CO2-eq/yr)
market penetration assumed
LCA-based GHG
estimate?
100%
25%
single plant
25%
25%
yes
no
no
no
yes
Data from: Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: Award Recipients 1996-2013.
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2014.
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Innovative product examples
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B-Pillar to Roof
B-Pillar to Rocker
A-Pillar to Roof
CrossmemberA-Pillar to Rocker
A-Pillar to Cowl
Shotgun
Cowl
Front Rail under Floor
B-Pillar to Roof
B-Pillar to Rocker
A-Pillar to Roof
CrossmemberA-Pillar to Rocker
A-Pillar to Cowl
Shotgun
Cowl
Front Rail under Floor
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Summary
Chemistry and technology can contribute to the transition
to a sustainable society
Life cycle thinking and LCA helps us to understand which
solutions are better
Future vision
Individual awareness
Quantitative understanding for projects, products, businesses
& the corporation
Market level analysis helps us to understand which
solutions have greatest potential to benefit society
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