Towards sustainable extraction of technology materials through integrated approaches

R Pell, L Tijsseling, K Goodenough, F Wall… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The transition to a low-carbon economy will be material-intensive. Production of these
materials (from mining to manufacturing) incurs environmental costs that vary widely …

How to simplify life cycle assessment for industrial applications—a comprehensive review

S Kiemel, C Rietdorf, M Schutzbach, R Miehe - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has established itself as the dominant method for identifying
the environmental impact of products or services. However, conducting an LCA is labor and …

Delaying carbon dioxide removal in the European Union puts climate targets at risk

Á Galán-Martín, D Vázquez, S Cobo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be essential to meet the climate targets, so enabling its
deployment at the right time will be decisive. Here, we investigate the still poorly understood …

Decision models of pricing and carbon emission reduction for low-carbon supply chain under cap-and-trade regulation

J Cai, F Jiang - International Journal of Production Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
All carbon emissions generated by supply chain (SC) members should be taken seriously.
This paper constructs low-carbon SC models consisting of one supplier and one …

Investment funds are responsible for substantial environmental and social impacts

IS Popescu, T Schaubroeck, T Gibon… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Sustainable investing is under risk of being watered down by greenwashing given the lack
of standardized and reliable indicators for measuring impact at financial product level. Here …

Carbon offsetting with eco-conscious consumers

F Gao, GC Souza - Management Science, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
In this paper, we model a firm that can reduce its carbon footprint in the presence of a
segment of eco-conscious consumers, who consider the product's carbon footprint when …

Environmental assessment of the Ecuadorian cocoa value chain with statistics-based LCA

A Avadí - The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Cocoa is one of the main crops grown in Ecuador. The agricultural area
dedicated to cocoa represents the largest area dedicated to a permanent crop the country …

A non-intrusive carbon emission accounting method for industrial corporations from the perspective of modern power systems

C Yang, G Liang, J Liu, G Liu, H Yang, J Zhao, Z Dong - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate and timely carbon emission accounting (CEA) is vital to industrial corporations,
especially those who participate in the carbon market. With the rapid development of …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities

RT Halkes, A Hughes, F Wall, E Petavratzi… - Resources …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lithium is a critical raw material for the energy transition and the salar brine deposits of
South America host∼ 70% of global resources. However, there are concerns regarding …

The equity of carbon emissions in international trade from the perspective of value added

J Kou, W Ma, C Li, H Yang, B Xue… - The Geographical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
International trade drives the transboundary transfer of carbon emissions. However, due to
the differences in the economic development level and industrial structure of countries, the …