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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Sustainability
as a Lever for Innovation
Synergy
Opportunities to improve net environmental impacts and earnings through cross-business integration and regional initiatives based
on industrial
ecology
Market
Sustainable energy,
transport, housing
solutions etc will drive
the
relative demand and performance specifications for existing and emerging
materials and
resources
Operations
Opportunities to reduce wastes, emissions, toxicity, fuel and water consumption, whilst improving the economic viability of operations
Life Cycle
The demands for product stewardship and the need to enhance recycling and reduce wastes, emissions and energy levels over the whole life cycle will drive innovation in the processing chain
Embracing sustainable
development can mean reinforcing and accelerating the drive for operational
excellence, exploiting regional synergies, taking a strategic, total system view,
responding to end-market dynamics and transforming the way we do business
Synergy
Driven
Innovation
Operations
Driven
Innovation
Market
Driven
Innovation
Life
Cycle Driven
Innovation
Sustainable
Resource
Processing
Innovation
and R&D