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Indicators for SCP - A Guideline for Civil Society Organisations
Presented by:
Johannes Frühmann
Action Town - Research and Action for SCP(CSOContribution2SCP)
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The outline of the presentation
1. Introduction2. MIPS – Material Input Per Service unit3. HPI – Happy Planet Index
1. Introduction
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What is an indicator?/Why measurement is important?
Indicators in SCP• quantify the human demand on natural resources;• show the interrelation between environmental and socio-economic
consequences;• assess, monitor and review progress toward goals and policies;• enable the definition of clear targets;• leading to better decisions and more effective actions;• help people understand what SCP means globally, nationally, locally and for
them as individuals;• help incorporate physical and social science knowledge into decision-making;• communicate ideas, thoughts and values with and to the broader public.
A Definition
a quantitative measure that is capable of showing the status and direction of change
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Different types/use of indicators
Material• TMR/TMC: Total
Material Requirement/Consumption
• MIPS: Material per Service Unit
• EMC: Environmental Weighted Material Consumption
Area/land• HANPP: Human
Appropriation of Net Primary Production
Others• CO2
• Water
Single topic indicators
• EF: Ecological Footprint• HPI: Happy Planet Index• Environmental space• SPI: Sustainable
Process Index
Combined approaches
• SPI: Sustainability Performance Indicators
• EPI: Environmental Performance Indicators
Indicator sets
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The outline of the presentation
1. Introduction2. MIPS – Material Input Per Service unit3. HPI – Happy Planet Index
1. MIPS – Material Input Per Service Unit
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Description and objectives of MIPS
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Material Input per Service Unit (MIPS) is a method for calculating the natural resources used during the life cycle of a product or service and for estimating its environmental impact.
biotic & abiotic resources, water, air and the movement of soil all measured in tons moved in nature
Description
Objectives
• Aid to decision making about material consumption• Aid to the formulation of resource efficiency objectives• A measurement of resource efficiency • An indicator of sustainable production and consumption• Enable stakeholders to evaluate the environmental impact of a product or service along its life cycle
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Strengths and Weaknesses
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Strengths Weaknesses
Provides a quantitative indicator of potential environmental impacts
Useful in comparing the environmental implications of products, processes and services
Good target indicator towards resource-conserving production methods
Contributes to higher resource productivity along the entire life cycle of a product or at the level of the overall economy
Companies can use MIPS to identify potentials for product and process innovations
Focus on quantity not quality of materials may not give a qualitative assessment of potential environmental impacts
Requires the collection of large amounts of data for calculation expensive and time-consuming for long life cycles
Lack of appropriate standards to guarantee consistency and comparability of material flow accounts
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A.C.T.I.O.N. areas for CSOs
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Assess ways in which MIPS could become a tool for managing and promoting sustainability in policy making as well as in mainstreaming resource efficiency throughout supply chains
Campaign for resource efficiency from cradle to grave
Take part in data collection for MIPS and in life-cycle discussion with quantitative numbers
Involve partner with other CSOs, other stakeholder groups
Orient towards reduced consumption and increased resource efficiency
Network with other CSOs, business and policy makers
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MIPS Case study
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A description of the situation: 1.Current awareness of material inputs of the services we consume is not high2.But: the topics sustainability, environment and climate change have gained importance in the economic, public and political debate3.ECR Austria a platform for producers and retailers with the aim of optimizing their value chains in order to satisfy customers’ needs, wants to address “sustainability”.
What inefficiencies there were: 1.Companies were unsure about the hot spots 2.There was no coherent standard to compare the environmental impacts of different products.
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MIPS Case study
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What the CSO did: SERI calculated the MIPS of different products and gave recommendations on how to improve resource efficiency along the supply chains.
The results: 1.The project
raised awareness among companies helped them spot points for improved
resource efficiency2.Several suppliers have expressed interest in improving resource efficiency3.All partners expressed the need to establish an international database
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MIPS Case study: FIN-MIPS Household
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FIN-MIPS Project: Finnish association for nature conservation used the MIPS method to calculate the ecological rucksacks of 27 households and gave recommendations on how to improve resource efficiency in households.
Full presentation in a few minutes! Final report (english version) is just published!
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The outline of the presentation
1. Introduction2. MIPS – Material Input Per Service unit3. HPI – Happy Planet Index
1. HPI – Happy Planet Index
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Description and objectives of HPI
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life satisfaction * life expectancyThe Happy Planet Index (HPI) = ---------------------------------------------- ecological footprint per capita
Description
Objectives
• Combining wellbeing & environmental performance• Describing a global target for HPI at 83.5 (on a scale from 0 to 100) nations should aspire to• Comparing HPI scores of different countries• Providing a useful communication tool for politics/CSOs etc. at various levels (globally, regionally, locally)
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A map of the world colour-coded by HPI
Happy Planet Index Report 2006. Highest rank to lowest rank
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Strengths and Weaknesses
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Strengths Weaknesses
Considering subjective and objective criteria
Simple methodology
Easy to communicate
Easy to compare between countries
Data for life satisfaction, life expectancy and EF (partially) are available online
Measuring ‘happiness’ is a complex issue
The policy relevance of targeting ‘happiness’ can be debated
The title of the index has led to misunderstandings as being an index to measure pure happiness of nations Data gaps remain, especially related to the EF
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A.C.T.I.O.N. areas for CSOs
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Assess wellbeing of citizens and the ecological footprint
Campaign for living a good life within environmental limits
Take part in policy making
Involve – partner with government, local authorities and communities, other CSOs
Orient towards sustainable lifestyles and a sustainable and equitable future overall
Network with researchers, other CSOs, community groups
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HPI Case study Caerphilly
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Caerphilly Sustainable Development Strategy
Development of a Caerphilly Sustainability Index inspired by the HPI to calculate how sustainable the UK county borough Caerphilly is. It sets out a vision for a sustainable county borough where residents live longer, healthier, more fulfilled lives whilst consuming less resources.
The aim is to get from a score of currently 42.3 to 62.0 by 2030.
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What next? Comments, feedback & ideas welcome
• What kind of SCP indicators are needed by CSOs?• Which ones are the most important indicators? Which ones are
particularly useful?• Do you know good case studies?• Are the Action Areas describing what you do?
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The End
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Looking forward to the discussion!
For more information: [email protected]@seri.at