Research / #carbon footprint
Plastic is a material with exceptional properties. Along with being versatile, inexpensive and durable, it brings significant benefits to society--from enabling the effective transport of goods to reducing food waste …
How can we decarbonise even while building better cloud solutions? This white paper explores the viable solutions available to help data centre operators fight the rising tide of environmental challenges.
Countries will be confronted with an increasingly complex challenge over the next 15 years. Major risks such as poorly managed urbanisation, climate change, and unequal rather than inclusive growth in …
A new ground-breaking study launched by Eco-Business puts a spotlight on Southeast Asia's transition to the low carbon economy and identifies the top challenges for the region as insufficient regulation …
Manufacturing
Adaptation of the PSILA technique for CFP modelling and analysis of closed-loop production systems
In a previous work, the Product Structure-based Integrated Life cycle Analysis (PSILA) technique was developed to conduct cost modelling and analysis of closed-loop production systems.
CSR
Continuously improving sustainability - Lean & Six Sigma team up for environmental sustainability
Rockwell Collins, an aerospace company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, decided to use the EPA Lean and the Environment toolkits, their existing Lean and Six Sigma program, and leverage their …
Manufacturing
Novo Nordisk’s environmental profit and loss account
The Novo Nordisk Environmental Profit and Loss Account (E P&L) is a response to PUMA's call for contributions to the E P&L methodology and the expert review of PUMA's E …
This paper compares the eco-efficiency of Low Temperature Copper to Copper Bonding (LTCCB) technology against the Conventional Method (CM). The analyses look into the energy and material consumables consumption profiles …
Free, openly available tool from Autodesk enables cities to set science-based climate targets. By Emma Stewart, Ph.D., Head of Sustainability Solutions, Autodesk and Daniel Aronson, formerly Research Lead Director, Sustainability …
Carbon & Climate
SMART2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age
Transformation in the way people and businesses use technology could reduce annual man-made global emissions by 15 per cent by 2020 and deliver energy efficiency savings to global businesses of …
Carbon & Climate
CDP Asia ex-Japan Climate Change Report 2013 - Facing the Challenges of an Uncertain Future
This report analyzes the 2013 responses from the Asia ex-Japan 400 sample. The Asia ex-Japan 400 sample consists of the 100 largest companies by market capitalization in China, 100 largest …
Devices with wide bandgap semiconductors will offer the greater competitive advantage in microinverters and small string inverters, Lux Research says.
