Sustainability Transformation

Sustainable Business Innovation to mitigate emissions across all three scopes by guiding manufacturers to innovate their business models, design and processes to transition towards net zero.

Technology

Green Compass

green_compass

Green Compass helps firms transition towards sustainable and resilient businesses

Technology

Framework for assessing firms’ sustainability, prioritising and planning towards continuous improvements. 

Features

  • Holistic firm sustainability assessment
  • Action recommendations based on costs and companies’ value creation priorities
  • Benchmarking*(future)
  • Life cycle assessment at organisation level *(future)

Application / Use Cases 

Green Compass is launched in Q1 2022 as non-WSQ module for industry partners. Information of the module can be found through the link below: 

Sustainability Transformation through Green Compass

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Platform

LCA1

Goal & Scope >> System Boundary Definition

LCA2

Life Cycle Inventory Analysis & Impact Assessment, and Life Cycle Interpretation

Technology

Unified Life Cycle Assessment Platform addresses the needs of different stakeholders and industry sectors for sustainability performance quantification.

Features

  • Platform to perform sustainable technology deployment scenario modelling and gather evidence of sustainability
  • Harmonise LCA approaches to address different stakeholders’ needs
  • Support collaborative and evidence-based decision-making

Application / Use Cases

The LCA Platform has been deployed to analyse sectoral-level technology deployment scenarios, as well as assessing environmental viability of new technologies. Use cases include: 

  • LCA/LCC of Biodiesel derived from Waste Cooking Oil (WCO)
  • LCA of Photovoltaic (PV) Electricity Generation
  • LCA of Buildings and Infrastructure
  • LCA/LCC of a Circular Production Systems for Electrical and Electronics Equipment
  • LCA of Organisational Operations
  • LCA of Singapore Water / Food System
  • Multi-level LCA of Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis Networks


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