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The Drivers for a Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Industry

The Drivers for a Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Industry

George M. Hall, Joe Howe
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781466619456|ISBN10: 1466619457|EISBN13: 9781466619463
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch088
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Hall, George M., and Joe Howe. "The Drivers for a Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Industry." Industrial Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 1659-1679. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch088

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Hall, G. M. & Howe, J. (2013). The Drivers for a Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Industry. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Industrial Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1659-1679). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch088

Chicago

Hall, George M., and Joe Howe. "The Drivers for a Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Industry." In Industrial Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1659-1679. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch088

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Abstract

This chapter describes the current situation of the chemical manufacturing industry and looks to the future demands on the sector such as: for sustainability, the advent of new bio-based feedstocks for improved energy management and the implications of these demands on the sector. These implications include definitions of sustainability criteria for the chemical manufacturing industry and the need for transparent reporting following the Triple Bottom Line approach. The important role of chemical (or more generally, process) engineers in delivering bio-based sustainable solutions is emphasised, but this also suggests that a new way of thinking about the discipline is required. Indeed, there are arguments that the demand for a sustainable chemical manufacturing sector could bring about the next paradigm shift in the discipline with concomitant education implications.

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