ADEC Innovations is an impact investing company that designs ESG solutions related to data management and sustainability. It presented on how life cycle assessment (LCA) can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by evaluating the environmental impacts of products and services throughout their life cycles. The presentation outlined the historical context of unsustainable production, ADEC's vision and mission, SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production, and global guidance principles for LCA databases to increase data consistency and accessibility worldwide.

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ADEC Innovations is an impact investing company that designs, develops and delivers a diverse data
management and technology portfolio of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) solutions.
Sustainable Resource Management
COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY
TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE SDGS

2. Outline of the Presentation
Introduction
Historical Context of Unsustainable Production
ADEC Innovations: Vision and Mission
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 12 in Focus: Product Life Cycle Assessment
Standards and Guidelines for the Use of LCA in Sustainable
Resource Management
Conclusion: Recommendations on Making
LCAs Global to Achieve the SDGs

5. 82 billion tonnes of raw
materials to be used
65 billion tonnes of
raw materials used
Not much time
left to preserve
the green earth

6. Environmental
relates to the natural world and
the impact of human activity on
its condition.
Social
aspect manages relationship with
employees, suppliers, customer
and communities where it operates
Governance
deals with leadership, audits,
internal controls, compliance and
shareholder rights

8. Knowledge
Management
Health
Information
Sustainability Data
Management
Technology

10. Reduce waste
Use resources more efficiently
Promote sustainable development
Every product should bring in MORE value than
what we TAKE from the environment
PROFIT in its truest and holistic sense

13. Global
water demand
will exceed
the supply
by 40%
By
Increase in Global
Food prices:
70%-90%

14. The positive impact
of infrastructure in
driving economic growth
in cities is increasingly well
understood. It has been estimated
amongst G20 countries that a one
percent GDP increase in infrastructure
spending can lead to a multiplier effect
of between 1.0 to 2.5 over a three
year period in high income countries. The
impact is greatest in emerging economies.
For example the investment benefit is
doubled or more in Brazil,
India and China.
Source: New Perspectives on Climate Finance for Cities
The investment needed
in city infrastructure
between now
and 2030.
The scale of
the infrastructure
challenge

15. Source: New Perspectives on Climate Finance for Cities – 10
Adapted from Long Finance & WWF, 2015

18. 3. DISTRIBUTION
MOST PREFERRED
5. END-OF-LIFE
MANAGEMENT
1. MATERIALS
EXTRACTION
2. MANUFACTURING
4. USAGE
REUSE
RECYCLE/COMPOST
ENERGY RECOVERY
LANDFILL
LEAST PREFERRED
“Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a
tool for the systematic evaluation of
the environmental aspects of a
product or service system through
all stages of its life cycle. LCA
provides an adequate instrument for
environmental decision support.”
-Definition taken from UNEP website

19. 3. DISTRIBUTION
MOST PREFERRED
5. END-OF-LIFE
MANAGEMENT
1. MATERIALS
EXTRACTION
2. MANUFACTURING
4. USAGE
REUSE
RECYCLE/COMPOST
ENERGY RECOVERY
LANDFILL
LEAST PREFERRED
► Enhancing products
► Managing Risks
► Optimizing Processes
► Reducing bottom line cost
► Measuring societal and
environmental impact

20. Technical Framework for
engaging stakeholder towards
Corporate Social Responsibility
in assessing the life cycle goods
and services
DATABASES
RESOURCE
ACQUISITION
MANUFACTURE
PACKAGING
AND
TRANSPORATION
USE END-OF-LIFE
INTERPRETATION
OF LCIA
GOAL
AND
SCOPE
LIFE CYCLE
INVETORY (LCI)
IMPACT
ASSESSMENT
(LCIA)
Defines the
principles and
framework for
life cycle
assessments

23. GLOBAL GUIDANCE PRINCIPLES FOR LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT DATABASES:
A BASIS FOR GREENER PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS
KEY GOALS OF THE DOCUMENT
Providing global guidance
on the establishment and
maintenance of LCA
databases, as the basis for
future improved dataset
consistency and
interlinkages of databases
worldwide
Increasing the
credibility of existing
LCA data by providing
guidance on
generating more
usable and accessible
data
Supplementing other
data-related initiatives
at the national or
regional level.

24. Manpower
Resource and
Training
Global coordination
among life cycle
inventory (LCI)
dataset developers
and LCA database
managers
Accessibility
of LCA data
Global Stakeholder
involvement
(Public and Private
Organizations)

25. Lack of resources
Lack of data management expertise
Data Storage
Digitization
Integration of multiple
sources of data (Variety)
Information Security

26. STRATEGY
Government Partnering with the Private Sector to address data growth
SOLUTIONS
Create Mutually beneficial agreements that would encourage the
development and sharing of new solutions
SECURITY
Global Cooperation with inter-governmental organizations to a address
data management security issues and standards.
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