Environmental impact

Towards supply chain sustainability: Economic, environmental and social design and planning

B. Mota, M.I. Gomes, A. Carvalho, A.P. Barbosa-Póvoa

Journal of Cleaner Production (Published)

Oct, 2015

Keywords: Closed-loop supply chain Environmental impact Social benefit Multi-objective Location model

Costumers and governments are pressuring companies to become more sustainable. However, the lack of research on how to incorporate these issues makes this a challenging task. To fill this gap a generic multi-objective mathematical programming model for the design and planning of supply…

Supply chain design and planning accounting for the Triple Bottom Line

B. Mota, M.I. Gomes, A. Carvalho, A.P. Barbosa-Póvoa

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Published)

Jun, 2015

Keywords: sustainable supply chain Environmental impact socio-economic indicators

In this work, a multi-objective mixed integer linear programming (moMILP) model is presented for the design and planning of sustainable closed loop supply chains. It includes strategic decisions such as facility location, definition of transportation modes, technology selection and allocation, as…

Roadmap for Environmental Impact Retrofit in chemical processes through the application of Life Cycle Assessment methods

A.F. Mimoso, A. Carvalho, A.N. Mendes, A.P. Barbosa-Povóa

Journal of Cleaner Production (Published)

Mar, 2015

Keywords: Environmental impact Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods Chemical processes Framework SimaPro

The European Commission presented the Life Cycle Assessment as the best framework for evaluating the environmental impact of products/processes. Companies are trying to reduce the environmental impact of products/processes, therefore the European Commission underlined the need for…