在工业共生中重新思考环境效益分配
Anna Ruini1, Fabio Sporchia1, Valentina Niccolucci2
1Ecodynamics Group, Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Italy; Department of Science, Technology and Society, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
The Science of the total environment
|June 26, 2025
概括
工业共生 (IS) 通过连接独立公司,为环境带来好处. 本研究引入了一种新的再分配方法,以准确评估整个网络和个别企业的收益,超越碎片化分析.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 工业生态学 工业生态学
- 可持续性研究 可持续性研究
背景情况:
- 工业共生 (IS) 促进独立公司之间的合作,以促进资源交换,减少浪费和支持气候目标.
- 伊斯兰国越来越多地被公认为具有环境效益,与2050年气候中立性等目标保持一致,将重点从成本节约转移到生态收益.
- 目前评估IS好处的方法往往采用减少主义方法,分析单个企业并分散复杂的系统.
研究的目的:
- 解决工业共生 (IS) 评估中的减少主义方法的局限性.
- 提出一种新的再分配方法,以系统地量化IS的好处.
- 为了使整体网络视角的需求与评估个别企业的贡献和环境收益的要求相协调.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种重新分配方法来评估工业共生 (IS) 的好处.
- 确保个别企业的改进与整体网络的改进率保持一致.
- 将利益和影响的分配从生命周期库存转移到生命周期影响评估阶段.
主要成果:
- 拟议的方法将IS的环境效益视为复合网络的新兴特性.
- 它可以对IS进行系统性评估,捕捉企业的相互联系.
- 提供了一种标准化的方法来量化整个IS网络和个人参与者的好处.
结论:
- 重分配方法提供了一个更准确,更全面的评估工业共生 (IS) 的好处.
- 它克服了减少主义方法固有的碎片化.
- 有助于更好地理解和量化IS对环境可持续性和气候中立性目标的贡献.
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