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[News🇪🇺] As the 2024 EU elections approach, why have climate and environmental issues taken a back seat? Our latest blog dives into the factors pushing climate discussions to the periphery, despite their critical importance for our future. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eMKuSrwC #ClimateChange #EUElections #Sustainability #GreenDeal #EnvironmentalPolicy

[Impact Indicators🌱]  What are the challenges that come with “net use of fresh water” ? 💧 Here is what you need to know 👇 Water use refers to all permanent or temporary human-induced removal of water from a watershed and that is not re-distributed in the same watershed. The term “net” refers to the fact that if water is used in closed loop processes (eg cooling system), only the net water consumption should be considered (such as water losses).    🌎 What are some challenges about this indicator? The net use of fresh water has been neglected in the past because it is less relevant in northern European countries and is a cheap resource, so it is often not recorded. In addition, the EII “net use of fresh water” is not a “water footprint” in a broader sense because it does not consider potential environmental impacts of water use (on ecosystems, humans, stock/fund resources) in different geographical locations less prone to water scarcity. #actnow #sobriété #climatemitigation #climateaction #designforcircularity #designforcircularity

[Impact Indicators🌱] How is primary energy different to "regular" energy use?Here is what you need to know when seeing "total use of primary energy during lifecycle" in an extra financial report 👇 ⚡️ Primary energy is the energy contained in natural resources like coal, oil or sunlight and that has not yet been transformed by man. It is different to the energy actually used due to conversion and transmission losses. For example: 3.3kWh of primary energy are needed to produce 1 kWh of electricity with the average European electricity mix.   ♻️What does this indicator account for?  This indicator considers the total primary energy needed for the different stages of the life cycle (manufacturing, distribution, installation, use, and end-of-life). It is all direct and indirect energy used to transform raw materials into products (for example natural gas used as raw material to produce plastics).   #actnow #sobriété #climatemitigation #climateaction #designforcircularity #designforcircularity

[Impact Indicators🌱] Imagine your favourite beach without any sand 🏖️😟 Here is what you need to know when seeing the #Depletion of #abiotic resources in an #environmental report 👇   💧What are abiotic resources exactly?  The term “abiotic” describes non-living components, as opposed to biotic elements (which are living). E.g. water, stone, metal, minerals, sand. They are crucial to the human civilization and natural ecosystems. 🪨 What impact has abiotic depletion on the ecosystem? Mining of abiotic resources for example lead to the destruction of natural habitats, soil erosion or pollution. (Next to many other social & economic impacts)   📊 How is the depletion of abiotic resources included in #LCAs? In an LCA, ADP (abiotic depletion potential) is split into two categories: one for elements, eg non-fossil-based resources (minerals and metals) and one for fossil resources. non-fossil resource depletion is calculated in Antimony (Sb) equivalents. It was chosen as a reference substance because it is the first element in the alphabet for which a complete set of necessary data (extraction rate and ultimate reserve) is available. fossil resource depletion is calculated in MJ: the weight of material is converted to its potential energy. (1 kg of coal hard is 27.91 MJ) 🤨 Why is this indicator controversial? The scientific LCA community is warning that there is an uncertainty on this Impact Indicator, because there is no "perfect" way of quantifying it. However, they agree that quantifying it is still crucial and has to be part of the LCA approach. #actnow #sobriété #climatemitigation #climateaction #designforcircularity

[News🇫🇷] A call for more direct #Carbonemissions reduction actions has been backed by major French actors within the environmental transition highlighting the need to go further than just reporting and transition “plans”. This touches to the core of a dilemma our clients face when building an action plan : how can efforts outside of a company’s value chain (emissions avoided or absorptions) be accounted for without disincentivizing the reduction efforts within the company’s value chain ?   For this reason, we are since 2022 signatories on the #NetZero Initiative, which provides a framework to describe and organize climate action and maximize contribution to the global neutrality : https://lnkd.in/emb_7ftE #transitionenergetique #transitionecologique #actnow #carbonoffsetting #sobriété #climatemitigation #climateaction #energytransition

[news] Happy Biodiversity day! 🌼🪷🪻The often overlooked hero of our ecosystem gets celebrated today. Last year, Helene Isermeyer and Angèle Bertin held a Fresque de la Biodiversité workshop for the team. It tremendously helped us to understand the fascinating interconnections between species - from which also human survival depends on. Better understanding leads to more appreciation, which can lead to more protection! #designforcircularity #biodiversityday #natureprotection #PartOfThePlan #ForNature

[Impact Indicators🌱] We want to avoid ozone depletion ... but also avoid ozone creation? 🤯 Here is why👇 All you need to know about #Photochemical ozone formation   🌎What is ozone? Ozone is O3 - three oxygen atoms forming a molecule. At around 15km over earths surface, in the #stratosphere, ozone protects us from dangerous UV rays from space! However, close to earths surface, in the #troposphere, ozone formation is a form of #pollution that we want to avoid. 😶🌫️ ☀️How is Ground-level ozone created? Certain compounds* released by e.g. industrial facilities like gasoline vapors or chemical solvents will react with help of sunlight and create ozone. That's why it's called #Photochemical ozone formation 😷 Is Ground-level ozone dangerous? It can have negative effects on human health and the environment, causing for example human respiratory problems, or vegetation damage. It is also known as #summer smog because pollution is higher in summer due to higher UV radiation. See you next week to learn about the next Environmental Impact Indicator "Abiotic depletion"! Did you miss a post of this series? Don't worry, check out the comment section ☺️ *nitrogen oxides (NOx) and non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) #designforcircularity  

 [Impact Indicators🌱] Ever seen a "well-nourished" pond? 🤢 Let's talk about water eutrophication*! Here is what you need to know when seeing the #Water eutrophication in an #environmental report 👇   💧What is eutrophication of water?  Water eutrophication primarily results from excessive nutrient input, notably nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). These nutrients originate from wastewater and agricultural runoff .   🌱 What does this mean for the environment? Excessive nutrients foster algal blooms and deplete oxygen levels in water, harming aquatic life like fish and seagrass while disrupting essential habitats.   📊 How to measure it? Eutrophication potential is evaluated by measuring nutrient availability, often expressed in phosphate equivalents (PO4,3- eq) for freshwater systems and nitrogen equivalents (N eq) for marine environments. *Eutrophication comes from the greek word "eutrophos" which means "well-nourished" Thank you Hanna Benarroch for preparing this post! #designforcircularity

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