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The Streamlined Environmental Assessments (LCA, Audits, etc) field aims to provide a shared platform for environmental assessments to standardize methodologies and promote data reuse across the industry. Projects include creating a comprehensive concept for centralized hazardous waste management in Basel—combining collection, sorting, oxyfuel-based incineration, and carbon capture—and developing a "nutriscore" to objectively evaluate life science and healthcare products for procurement. The Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) field advocates for mandatory regulations requiring manufacturers to disclose their products' environmental impact through lifecycle analysis and proposes developing a Circularity Index for the sector to quantify and track material flows and environmental performance.
Streamlined Environmental Assessments (LCA, Audits, etc)
Establish a community of practice for environmental assessments, develop centralized waste management concepts, and create product scoring systems.
Create a concept for Basel that includes centralized hazardous waste collection and sorting, recycling, oxyfuel-based incineration of non-recyclables, carbon capture, hydrogen production, and sterilization processes.
Create a joint platform for streamlined lifecycle and material flow analysis to standardize assessments, reuse data models, and improve efficiency across the industry.
Conducting waste audits to identify and reduce waste.
Develop a "nutriscore" for lifescience and healthcare products to support the evaluation of products on the market, linked with procurement.
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
Advocate for mandatory EPD regulations and develop a circularity index to quantify the sector's environmental performance.
Develop and implement a circularity index of the sector to quantify critical flows and identify options with maximized potential impact.