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(360) Quantifying the effect of dematerialisation. Goedkoop, Mark1, Spriensma, Renilde1, Effting, Suzanne1, Alvarado, Carmen1, 1 ABSTRACT- Dematerialisation is often seen as a way forward to reach sustainability. However both concepts are often ill defined and difficult to quantify.This paper describes the outcome of a short study that aims to quantify the environmental benefits of dematerialisation and its possible contribution to sustainability in the Dutch economy. The environmental load of 60 important industrial sectors is calculated in terms of Eco-indicator 99 scores. These scores were then divided by the value creation per sector. The result is the environmental load per unit of value creation, and from this analysis it becomes clear to what extend and which industrial sectors that are based on material flows have a good or bat ratio between value creation and environmental load. The study also shows that an analysis per sector may give very misleading results, as there is no chain or lifecycle perspective. Clearly sectors are not an entity on their own, but they contribute to material and service flows in the economy. By using the input output matrix, we could model such material flows through te sector, and we can analyse the ratio between value and environmental load per material or service flow. The so-called E2 vector is used to visualise these results. Key words: Dematerialisation , Sustainability, Eco-indicator 99, Industrial sectors |
