Approach for assessing environmental handprints
The need to reveal positive environmental consequences of offerings has risen as urgent climate actions are needed from companies. The environmental handprint approach was developed to indicate the positive environmental impacts of a solution offered to a client. The environmental handprint approach...
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| author | Lakanen Laura Grönman Kaisa Kasurinen Heli Vatanen Saija Pajula Tiina Behm Katri Soukka Risto |
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| description | The need to reveal positive environmental consequences of offerings has risen as urgent climate actions are needed from companies. The environmental handprint approach was developed to indicate the positive environmental impacts of a solution offered to a client. The environmental handprint approach builds upon the previously published carbon handprint approach. The approach follows the guidelines of ISO standards on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) but complements them with instructions for calculating positive environmental impacts. The environmental handprint framework allows consideration of several different environmental impacts including climate impacts, air quality, and utilization of nutrients, water and resources, and it can be applied to products, services, organisations and projects. The framework consists of four main stages: 1. Handprint requirements, 2. Additional LCA requirements, 3. Quantification, 4. Communication. The handprint approach provides an important addition to life cycle studies. Handprints can be used by organizations to communicate the environmental benefits of their products, services, and technologies. They also serve as an aid to identify improvement potential throughout the life cycle of an offering, thus supporting product development and decision making. Case studies supported the methodology development. A case related to water handprint in water treatment in the mining industry is presented in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fde61da13209456db258cc8a85efbe332022-12-22T03:35:37ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422022-01-013491200110.1051/e3sconf/202234912001e3sconf_lcm2022_12001Approach for assessing environmental handprintsLakanen Laura0Grönman Kaisa1Kasurinen Heli2Vatanen Saija3Pajula Tiina4Behm Katri5Soukka Risto6Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUTLappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUTLappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUTVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland LtdVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland LtdVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland LtdLappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUTThe need to reveal positive environmental consequences of offerings has risen as urgent climate actions are needed from companies. The environmental handprint approach was developed to indicate the positive environmental impacts of a solution offered to a client. The environmental handprint approach builds upon the previously published carbon handprint approach. The approach follows the guidelines of ISO standards on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) but complements them with instructions for calculating positive environmental impacts. The environmental handprint framework allows consideration of several different environmental impacts including climate impacts, air quality, and utilization of nutrients, water and resources, and it can be applied to products, services, organisations and projects. The framework consists of four main stages: 1. Handprint requirements, 2. Additional LCA requirements, 3. Quantification, 4. Communication. The handprint approach provides an important addition to life cycle studies. Handprints can be used by organizations to communicate the environmental benefits of their products, services, and technologies. They also serve as an aid to identify improvement potential throughout the life cycle of an offering, thus supporting product development and decision making. Case studies supported the methodology development. A case related to water handprint in water treatment in the mining industry is presented in this paper.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2022/16/e3sconf_lcm2022_12001.pdf |
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