Environmental information and methodological background
Life Cycle Thinking At DSM, sustainability lies at the heart of our business. That’s why we focus on how our products and processes eff ect people, profi t and the planet in their entire life cycle. We contribute to a brighter living with innovative solutions that create more value with less environmental impact. The ecological benefi ts can be created at any stage of the product life cycle, from raw material through manufacturing and use to potential re-use and end-of-life disposal. To measure these benefi ts we use the Life Cycle Assessment methodology.
Cradle to Gate Eco Footprint of Akulon Fuel Lock The cradle to gate eco footprint values for 1kg of Akulon Fuel Lock in fi ve impact categories are provided in the table below. They can be used to assess the environmental impact of Akulon Fuel Lock in footprinting studies further down the value-chain.
Eco footprint, cradle to gate of Akulon Fuel Lock Impact category
Unit
Global warming (GWP100) Ozone layer depletion (ODP) Photochemical oxidation Acidifi cation Eutrophication
kg CO2 eq
µg CFC-11 eq g C2
H4 g SO2 g PO4 eq eq 3- eq
Value 5.0
342 4.4 13
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Footprinting DSM has a well-established LCA competence center. We routinely apply ISO 14000 series standards for LCA and The Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Carbon Footprinting. The Global Warming Potential (GWP) - or Carbon Footprint, expressed as CO2 equivalents – was calculated using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change method (IPCC 2007 GWP 100a).
The Eco Footprint was calculated using the methods prescribed by the International EPD®
http://www.gednet.org.
system. Details can be found at
For data on the raw materials processes background information from EcoInvent Database v2.01 from the Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories was used.
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