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Sustainability and carbon handprint
After reading this article you will..
- have a basic understanding of sustainability handprint.
- have a basic understanding of carbon handprint.
- have a basic understanding of the implications of sustainability and carbon handprint for sustainability and environmental management.
Environmental control and management
- Environmental control
- Environmental management
- Introduction to environmental management standards
- Introduction to environmental labels and declarations
- Ecodesign
- Introduction to ecolabels
- Life cycle thinking, management and assessment
- Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
- Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA)
- Design for the environment and green chemistry
- Sustainability management
- Circular economy management and assessment
- EU policy framework
- *EU Environment Action Programme
- *Sustainable development
- *Sustainable use of natural resources
- *Sustainable production and consumption
- *Circular economy
- *Climate action
- *Bioeconomy
- *Forest policy
- *Resource efficiency and raw materials
- *Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
- *Energy policy
- *Industrial policy
- *Best Available Techniques (BAT) and BREF
- *EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
- *Green, sustainable and circular public procurement
- EU legal framework
- *SEA and EIA directives
- *EU FLEGT Regulation and EU Timber Regulation
- *Ecodesign Directive and Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)
- *EU Emissions Trading Directive
- *Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
- *Renewable energy and energy efficiency
- *Air quality and environmental noise
- *Reduction of certain atmospheric pollutants and ozone regulation
- *Water Framework Directive
- *Floods Directive and Groundwater Directive
- *Nitrates from agriculture and the sustainable use of pesticides
- *Construction products regulation and urban waste-water treatment
- *Waste Framework Directive
- *Packaging, packaging waste and landfill
- *Environmental liability and the control of major-accident hazards
- *Habitats Directive and Directive of Public Access to Environmental Information
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- *The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and The Paris Agreement
- *The UN Forest Instrument
- *The International Tropical Timber Agreement
- *The UN Convention on Biological Diversity
- *The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- *The UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- *The Aarhus Convention and The Kyiv Protocol
- *The Espoo Convention
- *The Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
- *The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
- *The Bazel Convention – Hazardous wastes and their disposal
- Environmental control and management in Finland
- Circular economy management in Finland
- Environmental policy in Finland
- *Sustainable development in Finland
- *Sustainable consumption and production policy in Finland
- *Circular economy policy in Finland
- *Bioeconomy policy in Finland
- *Climate policy in Finland
- *Biodiversity related policy in Finland
- *Land use policy in Finland
- *Construction policy in Finland
- *Waste policy in Finland
- *The policies related to environmental hazards of chemicals in Finland
- *Plastics policy in Finland
- Environmental law in Finland
- *Environmental Protection Act and Decree
- *Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure
- *Nature Conservation Act and Decree
- *Land Use and Building Act and Decree
- *Forest Act and Decree
- *Climate Change Act
- *Water Act
- *Waste Act and Decree
- *Chemicals Act
- *Act on Compensation of Environmental Damage and Environmental Damage Insurance Act and Decree
Authors & references
Authors:
Roope Husgafvel, Aalto University
References:
- Norris, G. Handprint-Based NetPositive Assessment. Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise. Center for Health and the Global Environment. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 2015. [Online] Available from: http://hwpi.harvard.edu/files/chge/files/handprint-based_netpositive_assessment.pdf [Accessed 20th August 2019].
- Behm, K., Husgafvel, R., Hohenthal, C., Pihkola, H. and Vatanen, S. Carbon handprint – Communicating the good we do. Research Report VTT-R-00452-16. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. 2016. [Online] Available from: https://www.vtt.fi/inf/julkaisut/muut/2016/VTT-R-00452-16.pdf [Accessed 20th August 2019].
- The International Organization for Standardization. EN ISO 14067:2018. Greenhouse gases. Carbon footprint of products. Requirements and guidelines for quantification (ISO 14067:2018).
- GHG Protocol. Greenhouse Gas Protocol. 2019. [Online] Available from: https://ghgprotocol.org/ [Accessed 20th August 2019].
- GHG Protocol. About Us. Greenhouse Gas Protocol. 2019. [Online] Available from: https://ghgprotocol.org/about-us [Accessed 20th August 2019].
- GHG Protocol. Standards. Greenhouse Gas Protocol. 2019. [Online] Available from: https://ghgprotocol.org/standards [Accessed 20th August 2019].
- The International Organization for Standardization. EN ISO 14040:2006. Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Principles and framework (ISO 14040:2006).
- The International Organization for Standardization. EN ISO 14044:2006. Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Requirements and guidelines (ISO 14044:2006).
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