Individual Assignment 2: LCA of two products
Life Cycle Assessment of Nissan Cars

*ASR: Automobile Shredder Residue. ASR is what remains after material recycling is done to recover as much ferrous and non-ferrous metallic material as possible from the automobile shredder residue.
Nissan conducted LCAs since the early 1990s, and made quantitative comparisons to understand the environmental impact of materials that were changed in the following parts. * Radiators * Air conditioners * Front-end modules * Back doors
Based on the results of the LCA Project carried out by the LCA Committee of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association from October 1997 to March 2001, Nissan reviewed in-house LCA methods and calculated results for major models. * May 2005: Inventory analysis was certified as being in accordance with the LCA method stipulated in JIS Q14040 by the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry.
Models that have undergone LCA: Skyline (made in Japan), Dualis (made in England)
To develop more environmentally-friendly vehicles, LCAs are also conducted for new technologies that are introduced. These results are used to achieve the goals set out in the Nissan Green Program 2010* and the Nissan QCT-C* management policy, which clarify our environmental efforts. * *Nissan Green Program 2010: An environmental program that establishes activity plans and specific numerical targets for Nissan to achieve by 2010. * *QCT-C: Quality, Cost, Time - CO2. A Nissan management policy that aims to achieve higher quality at reasonable cost, shorter times, and with fewer CO2 emissions.
Life cycle CO2 emissions of Electric Vehicle Nissan LEAF

Nissan LEAF reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 40% compared with a comparable gasoline vehicle on the basis of LCA, as verified by Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (JEMAI), a public assessment institution. Nissan continues to make efforts for further CO2 emissions reduction beyond the electric vehicles through new technologies for improving drive-train and production efficiencies.
High capacity batteries used in electric vehicles will be used not only as an energy source for driving, but also can be repurposed a storage device for mass introduction of renewable energies. Electric vehicles have an opportunity to support the de-carbonization of the society.
Life cycle assessment of Autoliv's Night vision camera

Life cycle of one NVC has the potential of inducing global warming equivalent with 20.48 kg of CO2 equivalents, acidification equivalent with 0.06 kg of SO2, eutrophication equivalent with 0.017 kg of NOx, Ecotoxicity equivalents to 28.81 kg 1, 4-dichlorobenzene, 6.03 kg of 1, 4-dichlorobenzene equivalent human toxicity. According to whole life cycle, use phase is dominant for global warming. Raw material production phase has an impact on almost each category excluding global warming. Another vital factor is the transportation emissions. End of life has very less impact since the recycling of car is good in Europe. One night vision camera generates 1.89 kg waste and consuming 701 L water with total energy 1687 MJ from all the phases and all types of energies. Since there is lack of data for some components, so quality of the data could be improved further, provided there is time. Especially for lens, sensor and PCB which will result in much better view towards results. The suppliers can be chosen according to their ranking and it might be useful to do sensitivity as well as uncertainty analysis.

Individual Assignment 1: Carbon Footprint

Through online calculator www.footprintnetwork.org and http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/questionnaires/show/1/1/1, the score that I got is 10.56 tonnes
The following step must be taken to reduce carbon footprint, which are as follows:
Reduce Carbon footprint of Car * Keep car tuned up & running efficiently and replace air, oil and fuel filters according to schedule. * Keep tires properly inflated. * Make next vehicle fuel-efficient one.
Reduce Carbon Footprint of Travel * Combine one trip with another * Do car pooling. Just once in a week saves 20% * Start walking for short distance instead of travelling via vehicles * Think it through whether the trip is needed or not? * Start working from home occasionally.
Reduce Carbon Footprint Air Travel * Nonstop flights are better than connecting flights. * Do some research ahead of time to find better ground travel options at destination. * While away from home, unplug all the electronic compliances. * For some trips, train may be a good choice.
Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Life * Recycle old electronic devices. * Stop junk mails * Buys locally if possible * Eat less meat * Don’t waste food
Reduce Carbon Footprint of Home * Fit energy saving light bulbs * Install thermostatic valves on your radiators * Insulate hot water tank, loft and walls * Installing cavity wall installation * By installing 180mm thick loft insulation

Individual Assignment 3: Sustainability Audit

Particulars | Samsung | Panasonic | Bonus Plans for Employees | 5 | 4 | Community Policy 1 | 4 | 3 | Community Policy 2 | 3 | 4 | Diversity & Opportunity Policy | 4 | 3 | Emission Reduction Policy Elements/ Emissions | 3 | 3 | Emission Reduction/ CO2 Reduction | 3 | 4 | Employee Welfare | 3 | 4 | Employment Quality/ Policy 1 | 2 | 3 | Employment Quality/ Policy 2 | 3 | 3 | Environmental Supply Chain Management | 4 | 5 | Generous Fringe Benefits | 3 | 4 | Health & Safety/ Policy | 4 | 3 | Human Rights Contractor | 3 | 3 | Human Rights/ Policy 1 | 3 | 4 | Human Rights/ Policy 2 | 4 | 4 | Internal Promotion | 5 | 2 | Management Training | 4 | 3 | Positive Discrimination | 3 | 4 | Product Impact Minimization | 5 | 3 | Product Innovation | 5 | 4 | Product Responsibility/ Policy 1 | 4 | 4 | Product Responsibility/ Policy 2 | 4 | 3 | Resource Efficiency/ Energy Efficiency Policy | 3 | 3 | Resource Efficiency/ Water Efficiency Policy | 2 | 2 | Training & Development Policy | 3 | 3 | Water Reduction Total | 2 | 2 |

Recent sustainability initiatives taken by
SAMSUNG
* S.T.A.R. Toner Recycling Program
Samsung teamed up with the United States Postal Service and Newgistics to help consumers who are willing to take responsibility in recycling their old toners and keep the environment clean. It's three small steps for green consumers and one giant leap for mankind.

* Mobile Take-Back Program
When it comes to recycling, actions speak louder than words. At Samsung, we realize we have to do more than just encourage you to recycle your wireless mobile phones and accessories, so we created a program that lets you safely dispose of your mobile devices at no cost to you.

* Battery Recycling
Samsung is a member of RBRC, an organization with over 30,000 convenient drop off locations for cell phones and batteries across the US and Canada. Please see call2Recycle.org for more information.

* Packaging Take-Back
Samsung provides take-back for all Samsung-branded packaging at no cost to the consumer.

PANASONIC * Panasonic Iberia held a UNESCO World Heritage Eco Learning Program event on 20th November 2013 at the Sagrada Familia, part of which is inscribed on the World Heritage list.
214 pupils with teachers from 5 of the schools participating in the Kids Schools program attended the event and learnt the importance of conserving the World Heritage and the significance of global environment preservation

* Panasonic Group in Thailand arrange Panasonic Eco Relay for Sustainable Earth Activity under "Panasonic Mangrove Reforestation Project with Bangsaen Municipal" campaign which corporate with Bansaen Municpical, Chonburi Province on August 3, 2013 at Mangrove area in Choburi Province.

* Exhibiting Wide Range of Smart Community Solutions at the Indonesia Japan Expo 2013 * New Solar Lantern Product Launch and Donation Ceremony in Myanmar * Panasonic HIT Solar Cell Modules Power the Federal Environment Agency in Germany

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS

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Shipra Goel Neha Sharma PGP 20131207