Lean Means Sustainability – Step 1 — Define
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Increasing efficiency is the name of the game. The objective is to reduce waste and get more value into the product. Thus improving profits and decreasing environmental impacts. Lean Management, Six Sigma and other management philosophies offer tools to get sustainability efforts right. For instance, Six Sigma offers DMAIC – Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control. […]
I Like My Steak!
Friday, February 12th, 2010According to EPA statistics cattle and other live stock contribute a significant amount of methane to greenhouse gas emissions. It’s the way how these animals digest their food that leads to methane production. And as methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide dairy and beef production entered the discussion about its […]
Carbon Capture And Storage – Convince Me, Please
Thursday, February 11th, 2010A widely discussed concept to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere is CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage. Especially coal fueled power plants could be reconfigured to blast carbon dioxide not into the air but store the stuff safely into deep geological formations. As with many ideas for emission reduction research in this area is […]
175 Liters Of Water For 10 Eggs?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Professor John Anthony Allan from King’s College London introduced the concept of “virtual water”. He was looking for the total usage of fresh water necessary to get a product to a consumer. It’s an eye opening number to see that 175 l water are necessary to produce 10 eggs. Or 810 l of water for […]
There Is No Green Strategy
Sunday, February 7th, 2010Some of my consulting colleagues want to sell you a green strategy. Your organization needs to get more environmentally friendly, so they say, and the first step is developing a green strategy. Well, not so. See, if you develop another strategy targeting green challenges how will it fit into your overall business strategy? Or will […]