Environmental Hotspots in the Supply Chain of Swiss Companies

 

This study analyses the environmental impacts of selected Swiss industries including their supply chains and the use phase of their products, if relevant. The environmental hotspots in the supply chains are identfied and options for reducing the environmental footprints of Swiss companies are presented.

In a first step a screening of all Swiss industries was performed. Eight industries were then selected for further detailed analysis. These industries are: meat production, production of chemical products, production of machinery, real estate services and construction, health and social work, food trade, trade with clothing, textiles & footwear and trade with household devices.

This project was elaborated by Rütter Soceco AG and treeze Ltd. and financed by FOEN.

References

Martina Alig, Rolf Frischknecht, Carsten Nathani, Pino Hellmüller, Philippe Stolz (2020) Umweltatlas Lieferketten Schweiz. Treeze Ltd. / Rütter Soceco AG, commissioned by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).

Martina Alig, Rolf Frischknecht, Carsten Nathani, Pino Hellmüller, Philippe Stolz (2020) Atlas environnemental: La Suisse et ses chaînes d'approvisionnement. Treeze Ltd. / Rütter Soceco AG, commissioned by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).

Carsten Nathani, Rolf Frischknecht, Pino Hellmüller, Martina Alig, Philippe Stolz, Laura Tschümperlin (2019) Environmental hotspots in the supply chain of Swiss companies. Rütter Soceco AG / treeze Ltd., commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).

Excerpts from final report for individual industries: meat processing; production of chemical products; production of machinery; real estate services and construction; health and social work; food trade; trade with clothing, textiles and footwear; trade with household devices.

Life Cycle Inventory Data

The non-confidential life cycle inventories established in this study are made available under a Creative Commons license (visit the link below to see the license conditions). The life cycle inventories are offered in the ecospold v1 (xml) format and the impact assessment methods are provided in the SimaPro csv format. The data are intended to be incorporated in the KBOB life cycle inventory data DQRv2:2016. Interested people are required to register and login via this link:

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