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