Business Strategies Regarding Application of Green Chemistry

4 BUSINESS STRATEGIES REGARDING APPLICATION OF GREEN CHEMISTRY 

Application of green chemistry begins with R D. Not coincidentally, R D investment poses one of the largest challenges to green chemistry because it is often viewed as an environmental investment [6, 7, 14], As discussed in Section 10.2, 

Perhaps the underlying cause contributing to the reluctance to develop and implement green chemistry and green engineering is society s lack of a clear voice when it comes to the question of environmental preservation and sustainability. In the 

5 INCORPORATION OF GREEN CHEMISTRY IN PROCESS DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY 

Capello and co-workers have also proposed a comprehensive framework for the environmental assessment of solvents (both single and mixture) [27]. The tool combines EHS analysis of potential solvent hazards with LCA results for environmental impact in a simple three-step procedure. First, a solvent is scored using the EHS method for nine effect categories. These include the potential for release, acute toxicity, chronic toxicity, fire/explosion and reaction/decomposition, persistency, and air and water hazard. The second step involves application of LCA, as described above using the software tool Ecosolvent to calculate the impact scores for the solvent. Finally, the two assessment scores are combined and used to rate the solvents. 

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