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DfE Procedures in the Development of a More Sustainable Supply Chain

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This chapter focuses on design for environment (DfE) procedures for developing a more sustainable supply chain. In order to effectively reduce the sustainability impacts of products, the supply chain aspect of product manufacture needs to be incorporated. With the exception of products manufactured in a direct business-to-consumer relationship, most products with significant sustainability impacts, e.g. cars or electronics goods, are manufactured using a number of companies involved in a supply chain. To achieve sustainable supply chain, environmentally conscious design (eco-design) or DfE is becoming an increasingly important topic (Den Haag Brezet H, and Van Hemel C Eco-design: a promising approach to sustainable production and consumption. UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris, 1997)

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    The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available Environmental protection Agency database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities.

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    Required by US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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    A product profile is a qualitative description of the life cycle environmental impacts of a product, intended to use by professional buyers, rather than individual consumers (U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment 1992).

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    A non-profit international network of ecological design professionals.

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Bevilacqua, M., Ciarapica, F.E., Giacchetta, G. (2012). DfE Procedures in the Development of a More Sustainable Supply Chain. In: Design for Environment as a Tool for the Development of a Sustainable Supply Chain. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2461-0_12

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