Sustainability drivers

TugnoH A, SantareM F, Cozzani V. Implementation of sustainability drivers in the design of industrial chemical processes. AlChE J 2011 57(11) 3063—84. 

Figure 1. Global carbon cycle - sustainability driver...

The driver and a bystander were fatally injured by the fire and explosion. Thirty other persons sustained minor injuries, including twenty-four who sustained injuries... 

Environmental catalysis has its potential in improving innovations in the field of catalysis and highlighting the new directions for research driven by market, social, and environmental needs. Therefore, it can be concluded that environmental catalysis plays a key role in demonstrating the role of catalysis as a driver of sustainability by improving the quality of life and protecting human health and the environment... 

Narayan R (2001) Drivers for biodegradable/compostable plastics and role of composting in waste management and sustainable agriculture. Bioprocess Solid Waste Sludge 1(1)... 

Interestingly, each of these major drivers also represents one of the three dimensions of sustainability, namely Profitability (affordable energy), Planet (climate change) and People (social stability). No single energy solution seems to address these three dimensions satisfactorily. It appears therefore inevitable for mankind to progress towards a complex and delicate mixture of energy sources and carriers to properly balance the three Ps of sustainable development. 

In many of the case studies, emotional drivers were identified that affect innovation processes, especially if uncertainty about effects exists through lack of knowledge. The subject of this workshop was to determine the effect of more or less exphcit grriding principles on the interested parties and their contribution to sustainable developmerrt. 

The main drivers for both equipment and chemistry are cost reduction, energy reduction, and environmental issues (sustainability, "green" raw materials, reduced volatile organic compound (VOC), reduced toxicity, lowering odor, reduced defects and manufacturing scrap). 

H202 has been a popular oxidizing agent for decades in the textile, electronics and pulp and paper industries [125]. Applications of H202 in bulk chemistry have been reviewed in a few papers [126, 127]. In the H202 oxidation of benzene to phenol a selectivity of 90 + % has been reported with catalysts based on TS-1 [128] and/or Ti-MCM-41 [129] at reasonable conversion levels. However, H202 is too expensive compared to the frequently applied air and/or oxygen, and so there are no drivers for economically sustainable and economic application. 

The chemical industry has to revitalize the drivers of innovation to proactively generate sustainable competitive advantage. Innovative breakthroughs can happen in a variety of dimensions, including not only new compounds, applications, and processes, but also new services and business models. 

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