Life cycle oriented low-carbon operation models of machinery manufacturing industry

Du, Yanbin; Yi, Qian; Li, Congbo; Lan, Lei

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.028

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“…Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is one of the main factors for this warming [71][72][73][74]. Cement manufacturing is a process which emits CO 2 in large amount [71,[75][76][77].…”

Section: Negative Environmental Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fundamentals of soil stabilization

2017

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“…Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is one of the main factors for this warming [71][72][73][74]. Cement manufacturing is a process which emits CO 2 in large amount [71,[75][76][77].…”

Section: Negative Environmental Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fundamentals of soil stabilization

2017

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“…Moreover, the GC of China’s MI is also a problem of regional balance. Interregional equilibrium is an effective way to promote the green development of the regional MI in China, especially in the less developed provinces [ 6 ]. It is also an essential requirement of the strict restraint mechanism for harmonious development in the regional economy and environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation and spatial agglomeration analysis of the green competitiveness of China’s manufacturing industry at the provincial level

Yang

Lou

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PLoS ONE

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The pressures to maintain a low-carbon economy makes green competitiveness (GC) a significant issue in China. It has been found that the development of Internet and E-commerce contributes significantly to GC of regional economy, yet there are still lack of quantitative investigation on their effects, which can be used to further guide the economic development. Therefore, this study constructs a new evaluation index for the green competitiveness of the regional manufacturing industry in China by introducing Internet application indicators and E-commerce development indexes into its evaluation system. The results show Jiangxi and Gansu moved upward significantly in the GC ranking over the period. The development of the Internet and E-commerce has the most significant impact on GC of regional manufacturing. The lack of green manufacturing capabilities and green innovation drivers led to a decline in the GC ranking of Liaoning, Tianjin, Guangxi and Heilongjiang. Finally, this study uses Moran’s I index to investigate the spatial agglomeration effect of the green development of the manufacturing industry at the province level. The results show an increase in the GC of China’s regional manufacturing industry, and the GC of manufacturing industry shows a significant agglomeration effect. Based on the above conclusions, the proposal to promote the balanced development of the GC of the manufacturing industry is proposed.

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“…Very recently, the work of de Sousa Jabbour et al (2019) suggested that low-carbon operations can contribute to a more sustainable society. The low-carbon operations entail a number of aspects, e.g., design of product, production and processes, transportation, packaging and distribution to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions (Du et al, 2015). It is believed that the empirical research on reducing CO 2 e in the UK FSC will provide coherent and robust findings to enable stakeholders to provide more realistic policies and measures towards the stages (factors) involved in the FSC that generate significant amounts of CO2e.…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessment (Lca) Carbon Footprint Policies Andmentioning

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Key factors of carbon footprint in the UK food supply chains: a new perspective of life cycle assessment

Aikins

Ramanathan

2020

IJOPM

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically identify key factors of UK food supply chains (SCs) that significantly contribute to CO2 emissions (CO2e) taking into account the life cycle assessment (LCA). The UK food supply chain includes imports from other countries.Design/methodology/approachThis research develops a conceptual framework from extant literature. Secondary data obtained from ONS and FAOSTAT covering from 1990 to 2014 are analysed using Multilinear Regression (MLR) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to identify the factors relating to CO2 emissions significance, and the efficient contributions that are being made to their reduction in the UK food supply chains.FindingsThe study results suggest that Transportation and Sales/Distribution are the two key factors of CO2 emissions in UK food supply chains. This is confirmed by two multivariate methods, MLR and SFA. MLR results show that transportation increases UK CO2 emissions by 10 tonnes of CO2 emissions from one tonne of fruits and vegetables imports from overseas to the UK Sales and Distribution reduces the UK CO2 emissions by 1.3 tonnes of CO2 emissions due to improved, technological operation activities in the UK. In addition, the SFA results confirm that the key factors are sufficient to predict an increase or decrease in CO2 emissions in the UK food supply chains.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has focused on the LCA of the UK food supply chain from limited data. Future studies should consider Sustainability Impact Assessment of the UK food supply chain, identifying the social, economic, regulatory and environmental impacts of the food supply chain using a re-defined LCA (all-inclusive assessment) tool.Practical implicationsThis research suggests that food supply chain professionals should improve efficiency, e.g. the use of solar energy and biogas, and also integrate low-carbon policies and practices in food supply chain operations. Furthermore, governments should encourage policies such as mobility management programmes, urban redevelopment and privatisation to enhance better transportation systems and infrastructure to continuously reduce CO2e from the food trade.Originality/valueAlthough logistics play a major role in CO2 emissions, all logistics CO2 emissions for other countries are not included in the ONS data. This research reveals some important insights into the UK food supply chains. Logistics and other food supply chain processes of importing countries significantly contribute to CO2 emissions which are yet to be considered in the UK food SCs.

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Life cycle oriented low-carbon operation models of machinery manufacturing industry

Cited by 50 publications

References 14 publications

Fundamentals of soil stabilization

Fundamentals of soil stabilization

Evaluation and spatial agglomeration analysis of the green competitiveness of China’s manufacturing industry at the provincial level

Key factors of carbon footprint in the UK food supply chains: a new perspective of life cycle assessment

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