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Thursday
Nov172011

A Few Interesting Facts from the Sustainability Consortium

 


     

     

  • As a rule of thumb, about 10% of supply-chain links are responsible for over 80% of total supply-chain impact (Suh 2010).

  • The carbon footprint of a product will increase by an average factor of 2.5 if it is produced in China, rather than being manufactured domestically (Peters & Hertwich 2006).

  • More than 80% of a product’s environmental impact is determined in the design phase (Spangenberg & Lorek 2002).


Read more at the Sustainability Consortium