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Sustainable Resource ManagementCOLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE SDGS

Outline of the PresentationIntroductionHistorical Context of Unsustainable ProductionADEC Innovations: Vision and Mission

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 12 in Focus: Product Life Cycle Assessment

Standards and Guidelines for the Use of LCA in Sustainable Resource Management

Conclusion: Recommendations on Making LCAs Global to Achieve the SDGs

82 billion tonnes of raw materials to be used

65 billion tonnes of raw materials used

Not much time left to preserve the green earth

Environmentalrelates to the natural world and the impact of human activity on

its condition.

Socialaspect manages relationship with employees, suppliers, customer

and communities where it operates

Governancedeals with leadership, audits,

internal controls, compliance and shareholder rights

Knowledge Management

Health Information

Sustainability Data ManagementTechnology

Reduce waste

Use resources more efficiently

Promote sustainable development

Every product should bring in MORE value than what we TAKE from the environment

PROFIT in its truest and holistic sense

Global water demand will exceed the supply by 40%

By

Increase in GlobalFood prices:70%-90%

The positive impactof infrastructure in

driving economic growth in cities is increasingly well

understood. It has been estimated amongst G20 countries that a one

percent GDP increase in infrastructure spending can lead to a multiplier effect

of between 1.0 to 2.5 over a three year period in high income countries. The

impact is greatest in emerging economies. For example the investment benefit is

doubled or more in Brazil, India and China.

Source: New Perspectives on Climate Finance for Cities

The investment needed in city infrastructure between now and 2030.

The scale of the infrastructure challenge

Source: New Perspectives on Climate Finance for Cities – 10Adapted from Long Finance & WWF, 2015

3. DISTRIBUTION

MOST PREFERRED

5. END-OF-LIFE MANAGEMENT

1. MATERIALS EXTRACTION

2. MANUFACTURING

4. USAGE

REUSE

RECYCLE/COMPOST

ENERGY RECOVERY

LANDFILL

LEAST PREFERRED

“Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool for the systematic evaluation of

the environmental aspects of a product or service system through

all stages of its life cycle. LCA provides an adequate instrument for

environmental decision support.”-Definition taken from UNEP website

3. DISTRIBUTION

MOST PREFERRED

5. END-OF-LIFE MANAGEMENT

1. MATERIALS EXTRACTION

2. MANUFACTURING

4. USAGE

REUSE

RECYCLE/COMPOST

ENERGY RECOVERY

LANDFILL

LEAST PREFERRED

► Enhancing products

► Managing Risks

► Optimizing Processes

► Reducing bottom line cost

► Measuring societal and environmental impact

Technical Framework for engaging stakeholder towards Corporate Social Responsibility in assessing the life cycle goods and services

DATABASES

RESOURCE ACQUISITION

MANUFACTUREPACKAGING

AND TRANSPORATION

USE END-OF-LIFE

INTERPRETATION OF LCIA

GOAL AND SCOPE

LIFE CYCLE INVETORY (LCI)

IMPA

CT

ASS

ESSM

ENT

(LC

IA)

Defines the principles and framework for

life cycle assessments

GLOBAL GUIDANCE PRINCIPLES FOR LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT DATABASES: A BASIS FOR GREENER PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS

KEY GOALS OF THE DOCUMENT

Providing global guidance on the establishment and

maintenance of LCA databases, as the basis for

future improved dataset consistency and

interlinkages of databases worldwide

Increasing the credibility of existing

LCA data by providing guidance on

generating more usable and accessible

data

Supplementing other data-related initiatives

at the national or regional level.

Manpower Resource and Training

Global coordination among life cycle inventory (LCI) dataset developers and LCA database managers

Accessibility of LCA data

Global Stakeholder involvement (Public and Private Organizations)

Lack of resources

Lack of data management expertise

Data Storage

Digitization

Integration of multiple sources of data (Variety)

Information Security

STRATEGYGovernment Partnering with the Private Sector to address data growth

SOLUTIONSCreate Mutually beneficial agreements that would encourage the development and sharing of new solutions

SECURITYGlobal Cooperation with inter-governmental organizations to a address data management security issues and standards.

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