Sustainable manufacturing of consumer appliances: Reducing life cycle environmental impacts and costs of domestic ovens

Amienyo, David; Doyle, John; Gerola, Davide; Santacatterina, Gianpiero; Azapagic, Adisa

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2015.12.004

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“…The emission rate for energy averages over petroleum refining, natural gas extraction, and all forms of electricity production, where weights equal the gross output of each industry in the importing country. These different weighting schemes reflect evidence on the importance of emissions from manufacturing versus operation for these goods (Union of Concerned Scientists 2013; Nahlik et al 2015;Amienyo et al 2016).…”

Section: Implicit Carbon Tariffs: Sensitivity Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy*

Shapiro

2020

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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This paper documents a new fact, then analyzes its causes and consequences: in most countries, import tariffs and non-tariff barriers are substantially lower on dirty than on clean industries, where an industry's "dirtiness" is defined as its carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions per dollar of output. This difference in trade policy creates a global implicit subsidy to CO 2 emissions in internationally traded goods and so contributes to climate change. This global implicit subsidy to CO 2 emissions totals several hundred billion dollars annually. The greater protection of downstream industries, which are relatively clean, substantially accounts for this pattern. The downstream pattern can be explained by theories where industries lobby for low tariffs on their inputs but final consumers are poorly organized. A quantitative general equilibrium model suggests that if countries applied similar trade policies to clean and dirty goods, global CO 2 emissions would decrease and global real income would change little.

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Section: Implicit Carbon Tariffs: Sensitivity Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy*

Shapiro

2020

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

147

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“…Lowering internal costs to achieve cost leadership (Porter, 1985) may benefit a firm but may come at the expense of the environment in the form of increased carbon emissions, usage of harmful materials, higher after-sales and post-consumer waste, and so on. We thus contend that social and consumers' life cycle costs (Amienyo, Doyle, Gerola, Santacatterina, & Azapagic, 2016), in addition to the costs incurred by the firm, need to be addressed. The environmental impact (A1 in Table 1) may be minimized while reducing costs by refurbishing products (e.g., laptops, phones) so that these can be reused; remanufacturing (e.g., cars) by replacing worn out parts;…”

Section: Environmental Sustainability: Cost Reductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Business Strategies for Sustainability-Motivated Innovation: A Conceptual Framework

Arogyaswamy¹

2019

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Innovation has been and continues to be a key factor in the competitive advantage of business firms and economic growth of nations. However, while the creation of new offerings that are appealing to customers is central to corporate success, substantial negative outcomes may accompany or follow the unbridled pursuit of innovation. This paper investigates, among others, environmental damage and the diminution of social and political stability as problems arising from innovation and introduces a framework that may be used to enhance environmental and social sustainability through innovation. For the purposes of this study, innovation is viewed according to three types: product, process, and managerial. We also collapsed numerous sustainability strategies that have been identified in the literature into four categories: cost-and differentiation-based (environmental) and employee-versus communityoriented (social). The three innovation types are arrayed against the four sustainability strategies thereby yielding twelve approaches to innovating with sustainability in mind. Numerous examples are provided to illustrate how the framework is being or may be used. Such sustainability criteria can also serve vice-versa as drivers of organizational innovation.

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“…These facilities are typically linked to substantial environmental effects, such as greenhouse gas emissions, resource depletion, and the production of hazardous waste [4,5]. Electrical motor manufacturers can reduce their environmental impact, enhance operational efficiency, and increase cost-effectiveness by adopting cleaner production techniques [6].…”

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Environmental Sustainability Perception in Industry: A Prospective Eco-Innovation Strategy Implementation in an Electrical Motor Manufacturing Plant

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This study focuses on the implementation of eco-innovation strategies in an electrical motor manufacturing plant to promote environmental sustainability. The evaluation process for cleaner product implementation in the plant involves gathering technical and environmental data, identifying pollution sources, and implementing cleaner production tactics. Electrical motor manufacturers can reduce their environmental impact, enhance operational efficiency, and increase cost-effectiveness by adopting cleaner production techniques. The study examines the planning phase of ISO 14001 implementation processes and its integration with environmental requirements in the electrical motor manufacturing industry. The findings highlight the importance of environmental consequences and regulatory requirements in the design phase and overall organization of environmental management systems.

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Sustainable manufacturing of consumer appliances: Reducing life cycle environmental impacts and costs of domestic ovens

Cited by 19 publications

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The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy*

The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy*

Business Strategies for Sustainability-Motivated Innovation: A Conceptual Framework

Environmental Sustainability Perception in Industry: A Prospective Eco-Innovation Strategy Implementation in an Electrical Motor Manufacturing Plant

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