COST Action 628: Working Group 2 Dematerialization of the Textile Chains

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Integrated Product Policy (IPP) and its
Implementation Christopher J.
Koroneos Laboratory of Heat Transfer and
Environmental Engineering Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki
COST Action 628 Working Group 2
Dematerialization of the Textile Chain(s)
Meeting Thursday, December 11, 2003. ETH,
Zurich, Switzerland
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Green Paper on IPP(adoption February 2001)

• Aim to develop a new growth paradigm and a
• higher quality of life through wealth creation
  and
• competitiveness on the basis of greener products.
• Products of the future shall
• use fewer resources,
• have lower impacts and risks to the environment
  and
• prevent waste generation right from the
  conception stage.

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IPP, the new European policy for the
environmental product management

• The Integrated Product Policies is an integrated
  approach to environmental policies which seeks
  to improve environmental performances of products
  and services in a life cycle perspective.
• IPP ambitions are
• to reduce products environmental impacts for its
  origin by considering the environmental impacts
  all along the Life Cycle of the Product, from
  cradle to grave and by co-operating with all the
  stakeholders of the Product Supply Chain
• to foster the growth of green products and
  services markets by providing coherency with
  existing environmental requirements
• Environmental Product Declaration
• Ecolabels
• Green purchasing
• Ecotaxes
• Subsidies
• Education

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IPP pillars

• Further development of environmentally friendly
  products
• Changing consumer consciousness and behaviour
• New economic frameworks, which support
  environmentally friendly behaviour

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Eureka Partnering and Conference Event
EURO-SUSTAIN 2002 Implementing the Integrated
Product Policy 2 - 5 ?p?????? 2002, Hotel Rodos
Palace http//www.eureka-gr.gr/eurosustain
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EURO-SUSTAIN 2002
Scientific conference, Partnering events that
have provided companies and research institutes
the opportunity to exhibit their activities in
especially designed spaces, to participate in
bilateral meeting with other participants and to
play an active part in designing collaborative
projects. The action has initiated a discussion
on the role of IPP and potential measures to be
taken at the European level. Participation
Representatives of the European Commission,
UNICE, UNEP, EUREKA and National Environment
Agencies. Academics and researchers with
specialist knowledge of Integrated Production
Policy issues.
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IPP - the challenge

• Need to improve products throughout their life
  cycle.
• Available data incomplete.
• Several instruments required - some yet to be
  refined.
• Consumer demand to be created.
• Approach and depth of analysis depend on issue.
• Priority product groups to be defined.

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Life Cycle Stages
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Thematic topics of IPP

• 4 thematic topics are of vital importance for the
  successful implementation of the IPP
• Eco-design
• Life Cycle Management
• Sustainable production
• Sustainable services
• EURO-SUSTAIN had focused on all of these thematic
  topics.

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Eco-design
is the systematic integration of environ-mental
aspects into product development. Eco-design
includes both technical and managerial
specifications, such as material selection and
the establishment of goals, respectively.
Back-bone of eco-design life cycle thinking and
cross-functional working.
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Life Cycle Management (LCM)

• LCM objective
• to manage processes, products and services during
  their entire life cycle
• through the development and implementation of
  tools and economic instruments
• aimed at the achievement of sustainability.

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Life Cycle Management
Strategic management basedon the life cycle
concept
Design for environment
Green market strategy
Strategicmanagement
Productdevelopment
Green purchasing
Green distribution
LCA BANK
Logistics
Purchase
Sale and marketing
Manufacturing
Green manufacturing
Green marketing
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Sustainable production

• aims at the the better exploitation of raw
  materials and by-products by using
• BAT (Best Available Techniques) driven production
  systems and
• Optimized supply chain management practices.
• This will lead to increased quality and quantity
  of finished products with no increase in the
  quantity of raw materials.

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Sustainable production
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Sustainable services and systems

• Aim
• to use the potential of functional thinking for
  developing a function-oriented society producing
  and consuming environmentally efficient
  combinations of products/services
• Need to develop the vision of
• functional thinking and
• Product Service Systems

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Sustainable services and systems
INFRASTRUCTURE
BUSINESS/
POLICY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Sustainable
Satisfaction
Delivery
Systems
USER PRACTICE
DEVICE
The Sustainable Systems Triangle.
Source Ehrenfeld/Brezet, 2001
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• The main ambition of the eLCA project is to
  contribute to the implantation of the IPP in the
  SMES by
• developing a multilingual web portal where SMEs
  will find all the elements to think about and
  start IPP
• creating co-operation projects between all the
  stakeholders involved in the Product Supply Chain
  of various industrial sectors (public bodies,
  business associations, firms, service
  providers,)
• combining public funding in order to provide free
  access to data and commercial agreements with
  experienced SMEs service providers in order to
  foster a market of on-line and off-line green
  services

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Services and content of the future portal
Five services classes, continuously upgraded and
adapted to national or local characteristics

• LCA databases
• Specialised IPP softwares

• General Information
• Training packages

eLCA

• On-line support and consulting services

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Services and content of the future portal

• Five services classes, continuously upgraded and
  adapted to national or local characteristics
• General support information to provide all the
  necessary information about IPP
• IPP and SMEs
• Analysis Design Methods (LCA, ecodesign,
  benchmarking)
• Market tools (ecolabel, EPD, ecotaxes)
• Environmental Management Systems (EMAS, ISO14000,
  e. reporting)
• Supportive Instruments (incentives, standards
  regulations)
• Databases of downloadable documents, bibliography
  and events
• Training packages to diffuse the IPP knowledge
  within the organization
• On-line packages for self-training introductory
  courses
• Downloadable materials for off-line training such
  as presentations, evaluation tests,
• General services to provide alternatives and
  accompaniment services
• Self assessment system for non expert users to
  suggest different paths in the portal
• Access to on and off-line consultancy
• Ecoproducts Showroom

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Services and content of the future portal

• General and specialised LCA Databases and
  Guidelines to identify and make available the
  relevant data
• General Life Cycle Inventories databases
• Specific databases and meta databases for six
  industrial sectors with economical and
  environmental relevance hotels, wood/furniture,
  metal products, construction, electronics and
  electrical equipment, textile products.
• Guidelines and case studies of best practices.
• Specialised IPP softwares to choose the most
  suitable solutions
• Simplified LCA methodology, with related software
  tool and databases (eVerdEE)
• Ecodesign software integrated with QFD
  parameters, to support the designer in the first
  phase of product development
• Information system to integrate different
  software used by SMEs to manage relevant
  environmental data

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Principle of participative structure

• Through this EC funded research project, we
  expect to create a stable and durable network of
• actors (experts, SMEs, public bodies, services
  providers,...)
• know-how (knowledge and tools)
• opportunities (supply and demand of green
  services for the product improvement)
• To achieve this, we have adopted a participative
  organization structure where local actors may
  have a specific role.

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Possibilities of collaboration with external
actors

• Organisation of a network of excellence
• Creation of an Integrated Project Structure
• Promotion of the application of results
• Development of new related projects with new
  partners

• Accompanying measures for sectorial projects,
  pilot initiatives and training seminars
• Synergies with national or sectorial programs
• Adaptation of international contents for local
  conditions
• Integration of local public contents in the
  portal
• Sponsorship of the portal and of awareness
  events about IPP

• Constitution of or participation in Sectors
  Panels for the specification of LCA data
• Development or sponsorship of guidelines of best
  practices
• Supply of on/off-line green services through the
  portal
• Organization of awareness or/and training seminars

Local public/ private bodies associations,
investigation centers, consulting firms, ...
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Key success factors of the project

• Creation of a network of excellence
• Involvement of two governments and of key experts
  in Europe
• Synergies with other European and international
  projects (CASCADE, UNEP/SETAC LCI, )
• Integrated project structure, with strong efforts
  on management and coordination of the tasks
  between the countries
• Continuous analyse of the opportunities and
  barriers of the IPP market
• Economical and technical viability study realised
  in 2000-2002 (preparatory action)
• Market studies periodically upgraded,
  benchmarking of web-based innovative services,
  case studies in all the partners countries, ...
• Proximity and adaptation of the proposed services
  
• Think global and act local
• Creation of a communication and promotion
  platform
• Qualitative and free public information yet
  available in order to achieve a relevant traffic
  level

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Optimising the life cycle of industrial systems,
products and services
Research Platform (RP)
Aims of RP
Optimisation of production-use consumption
interactions

• Strategy tools for sustainability
• Sustainability indicators and reporting

Sustainable business strategies
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A particular focus should be given to the
co-ordination and integration of
design-production-use-end-of-life approaches
see RP 1, 2 and 3, and of new concepts of
product-services see RP 2 and 4 based in
particular on advances in new materials and
industrial technologies. A topic to be examined
in such networking activities is also whether the
EU and national legislation helps or hinders the
development of sustainable solutions see RP 5.
Co-ordinated research activities could also help
to establish third party validation and/or
certification see RP 5 of the sustainability
performance of new products, processes and/or
services. Research efforts should ultimately
target the transformation of information into
useable knowledge along the complete value chain
see RP 3 and 4 as well as the analysis of
socio-economic implications see RP 5. Expected
benefits are increased life-cycle quality,
efficiency and upgradability of services provided
to customers, citizens and society in general.
Co-ordination and integration efforts will be
supported to join forces and create maximum of
synergies with other European, national or
regional programmes.

• New breakthrough concepts for product/service
  solutions
• Creation of business networks that facilitate
  breakthroughs

Sustainable solution design
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• Real breakthroughs in LCM and value chain
  management concepts and tools
• Dedicated solutions for SMEs

Value chain information management
3

• Involvement of consumers in development of new
  concepts
• Research of influences on con-sumer behaviour,
  need/function fulfillment, rebound effects, etc.
• Public procurement, ecommerce

Sustainable consumption strategies
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Sustainable policy support
5

• Policy Instruments for sustainable innovation and
  IPP
• Use of validation/certification
• Interactive policy making

The overall aim is to develop real breakthroughs
in sustainable solutions
Structure and content of IN-SUSTAIN