A highly resolved MRIO database for analyzing environmental footprints and Green Economy Progress

Cabernard, Livia; Pfister, Stephan

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142587

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“…Recently, a method was developed to analyze the impacts of materials on a national level [61][62][63], and extended to assess the impacts of any intermediate sector and region for any impact category of any MRIO database [10]. It was applied to assess the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of global material production [10,[64][65][66][67][68][69], plastics production [64], ICT manufacturing [68], and the EU's food consumption [69]. However, an application to the G20's material production and consumption is missing in the scientific literature despite its importance for policy making, given the G20's key role in collective action to promote sustainable material production and consumption.…”

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“…Although the inclusion of downstream impacts is optional in scope 3 assessment [26], downstream emissions are critical for fossil resources as their combustion causes the vast majority of global GHG emissions [70,71]. Previous studies [10,[64][65][66][67][68][69] have tracked the use of materials (and the impacts related to their production) in the downstream chain, such as to analyze which fraction of the emissions of steel production were attributed to steel used in construction. Also, one study has allocated GHG emissions of global plastics production to the type of fossil fuel that is combusted [64].…”

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Improved sustainability assessment of the G20’s supply chains of materials, fuels, and food

Cabernard

Pfister

Hellweg

2022

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Transparency in global value chains of materials, fuels, and food is critical for the implementation of sustainability policies. Such policies should be led by the G20, who represent more than 80% of global material, fuel, and food consumption. Multi-regional input-output (MRIO) analysis plays an important role for consumption-based assessment, including supply chains and their environmental impacts. However, previous accounting schemes were unable to fully assess the impacts of materials, fuels, and food. To close this gap, we provide an improved method to map key aspects of sustainability along value chains of materials, fuels, and food. The results show that the rise in global coal-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 1995 and 2015 was driven by the G20’s metals and construction materials industry. In 2015, the G20 accounted for 96% of global coal-related GHG emissions, of which almost half was from the extraction and processing of metals and construction materials in China and India. Major drivers include China’s rising infrastructure and exports of metals embodied in machinery, transport and electronics consumed by other G20 members. In 2015, the vast majority (70–95%) of the GHG emissions of metals consumed by the EU, USA, Canada, Australia, and other G20 members were emitted abroad, mostly in China. In contrast, hotspots in the impact displacement of water stress, land-use related biodiversity loss, and low-paid workforce involve the G20’s food imports from non-G20 members. Particularly high-income members have contributed to the G20’s rising environmental footprints by their increasing demand for materials, food and fuels extracted and processed in lower-income regions with less strict environmental policies, higher water stress and more biodiversity loss. Our results underline the G20’s importance of switching to renewable energy, substituting high-impact materials, improving supply chains, and using site-specific competitive advantages to reduce impacts on water and ecosystems.

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Improved sustainability assessment of the G20’s supply chains of materials, fuels, and food

Cabernard

Pfister

Hellweg

2022

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…The transition towards a greener economy requires in‐depth information on the environmental impacts of the supply chain on a global scale 191 . In the study, 191 it was highlighted that far more action is needed to move towards a greener economy globally, and suggestions for efficient strategies for greening the economy were provided. Fernando and Yahya 170 explored the implementation challenges of RE management and how organizations manage low carbon issues in the SC.…”

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The dynamics of green supply chain management within the framework of renewable energy

Gawusu

Zhang

Jamatutu

et al. 2021

Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary This study provides an overview of green supply chain management (GSCM) in the context of renewable energy sources. Thus, it establishes a green management standard with GSCM that companies can adopt. The environmental, economic, and social components determine the concept of GSCM. However, the development and commercialization of renewable energy and sustainable manufacturing practices play a fundamental role in shaping the traditional supply chain management (SCM) and business models. GSCM means that firms and organizations must balance economic and environmental performance to stay competitive, and conform with regulatory and community pressures. This has forced enterprises to design and implement strategies such as eco‐efficiency, greener production, and cleaner environmental practices, for green management practices, which aim at reducing the environmental impacts of their operations. This study further highlights insights needed to significantly improve performance and overcome barriers to the development of renewable energy green supply chain management (REGSCM). It also presents useful techniques by outlining better control chain costs to make renewable energy more affordable and efficient, and a new conceptual model that is mainly grounded within the network of distributed energy systems in the context of GSCM. This concept allows renewable energy producers to sell their surplus electricity based on a peer‐to‐peer (P2P) network or sell directly via the general market. Specifically, this model brings to bear the linkages to the creation of value by firms.

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“…Bjelle et al [91] added country resolution (214 countries) to Exiobase, but only for land footprint accounts. Recently, Cabernard and Pfister [92] added spatial detail to Exiobase by combining it with the EORA database [93] and found that water stress and biodiversity loss in the EU increases by up to 20% by this measure. This highlights the large areas of uncertainty that still exist, especially for the vast Rest of the World regions.…”

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The Timber Footprint of the German Bioeconomy—State of the Art and Past Development

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The article gives a comprehensive overview of the roundwood equivalents (RE) consumed in the German bioeconomy from Germany and abroad between 1995 and 2015, i.e., the Timber Footprint of final Consumption (TFPcon). The calculation is based on an adapted version of Exiobase 3.4. The sustainability of roundwood procurement for the TFPcon is assessed. A systematic embedding of the tree compartments considered in the TFP in the context of national forest inventories and material flow analysis is presented. The results show that, in 2015, the total volume of the TFPcon of Germany is 90 Mm3 (slightly above the 1995 level) and is composed of 61% coniferous and 39% non-coniferous wood. Germany is strongly dependent on roundwood sourced from abroad and thus was a net importer of RE in 2015. Among the 17 countries with the largest supply of RE for the TFPcon, around one third very likely include large shares of roundwood procured from deforestation or clear-cutting. The self-sufficiency rate in 2015 was only 76%. It would be possible to increase domestic roundwood production by 8–41% (mainly in the hardwood sector) without exceeding the sustainability limits as defined in the WEHAM scenarios.

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A highly resolved MRIO database for analyzing environmental footprints and Green Economy Progress

Cited by 61 publications

References 42 publications

Improved sustainability assessment of the G20’s supply chains of materials, fuels, and food

Improved sustainability assessment of the G20’s supply chains of materials, fuels, and food

The dynamics of green supply chain management within the framework of renewable energy

The Timber Footprint of the German Bioeconomy—State of the Art and Past Development

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