Material Flow Cost Accounting, or MFCA, is most widely known as an instrument used by manufacturing companies to improve material efficiency. The approach analyses the flows and inventories of materials in processes and...
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Chocolate efficiently produced: Energy management at Ritter Sport
Ritter Sport, the well-known German producer of chocolate bars in the distinctive, square package, offers a wide range of confections, each wrapped in a different color. But who knew that behind the more than 100-year...
Sankey Skyscraping – Visualizing the huge energy demand in cement production
On a global scale, which product is produced the most in weight per year – steel, cement, plastic or paper? Would you have known the answer to this 1-million-euro question in a popular German TV-Show? ...
New standard ISO 50001 for energy management places increased demands on companies
Recertification of an energy management system according to ISO 50001 has become more demanding – or why a requirement in the accreditation standard ISO 50003 consistently demands transparency of energy...
Lids against Polio
Poliomyelitis, more commonly referred to as polio, is an illness that has been almost completely eradicated with there being only a few known cases in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. The virus causes signs of...
fw: transparency 2019 – Save the date!
Under the slogan: “Latest Trends in Product Compliance and Sustainability – Integration as a Key to the Circular Economy” an international audience from companies like Bosch, Jaguar Land Rover, Oracle, Mahle, Preh...
Life Cycle Impact Assessment – which are the LCIA indicator sets most widely used by practitioners?
Whenever someone starts his or her first LCA study, one of the questions to be answered is, which of the available LCIA methods should be used? There is no distinct answer to the “should” but according to a survey...
The new California Proposition 65 Warning Regulations
The California Proposition 65 is a California Law that came into effect in 1986. Its goal is to protect residents of California from exposition to chemicals causing cancer or being toxic to reproduction. The law obliges...
Materialflusskostenrechnung für strategische Entscheidungen
Die Materialflusskostenrechnung, kurz MFCA, ist bekannt als ein Ansatz, der von produzierenden Unternehmen zur Verbesserung der Materialeffizienz eingesetzt wird. Das Instrument macht Flüsse und Bestände von Materialien...