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IMPACT IS ASSOCIATED WITH EVERY ACTIVITY FOR EVERY PRODUCT
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NATURE
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EXTRACTION
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SUPPLY CHAIN
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PRODUCTION
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USE
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POST USE
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NATURE'S CONTRIBUTION
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MANGROVE
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SUN
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AIR
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Nature is the source of all value, whether it is what happens today (e.g. wind energy) or what happened in times past (e.g. fossil fuel). Nature is life itself. Nature produces food and regenerates itself. People live on top of nature. Nature has awesome power, and should be respected.
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RESOURCE EXTRACTION
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MINING
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ENERGY
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LOGGING
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Historically, resource extraction has been a major source of economic wealth accumulation, but this is diminished when resource depletion is accounted for. As more elements of a circular economy is deployed, this changes.
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PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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PULP & PAPER
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STEEL
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PLASTICS
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Modern production processes are impressive. They are highly productive and what used to be endemic shortage has been transformed into a surplus system.
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AGRICULTURE
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AG-LIVESTOCK
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AG-GRAIN
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FISHERIES
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Agriculture produces food. There was an agricultural revolution before there was an industrial revolution. Enough food is essential for human life. There is major disruption when there is famine.
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TRANSPORTATION - GOODS
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SHIPPING
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RAIL
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TRUCKING
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Agriculture produces food. There was an agricultural revolution before there was an industrial revolution. Enough food is essential for human life. There is major disruption when there is famine.
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TRANSPORTATION - PEOPLE
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ROADS
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RAIL
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MOBILITY
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Agriculture produces food. There was an agricultural revolution before there was an industrial revolution. Enough food is essential for human life. There is major disruption when there is famine.
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PERSONAL CONSUMPTION
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FOOD - Vegetables
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FOOD - Meat
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FOOD - Processed
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Agriculture produces
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CLOTHES
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FUEL
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Agriculture produces
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HOUSING
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HEALTH
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EDUCATION
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Agriculture produces
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POST USE WASTE
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WASTE
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Agriculture produces
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POST USE RECYCLING
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RECYCLE
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Agriculture produces
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Every sector, every industry, has become very specialized and over a long period of time has been optimized for profit performance. Profit performance has been exceptional for decades, but too little attention has been paid to social and environmental issues. This must change. Process improvements are essential and must focus in improving social impact and environmental impact as well as merely being more profitable.
Every sector, every industry, has become very specialized and over a long period of time has been optimized for itself, and especially for its own profit performance. This sort of performance has been exceptional for decades, but very little attention has been paid to associated but external social and environmental issues. This must change. Process improvements are essential and must focus in improving social impact and environmental impact as well as merely being more profitable.
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Sector specialization most always improves corporate profit performance, but over the years, impact throughout the product life cycle has not been accounted for. This has to change.
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MANAGE FOR THE SECTORS / INDUSTRIES
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WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
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STREAMS / STRANDS / STRINGS
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Everything that is used to support a high standard of living and quality of life has a long supply chain, then production and distribution, then use, and then a post use waste chain. For metrics to be meaningful, all of these stages must be brought into account.
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STREAMS / STRANDS / STRINGS
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WHAT ARE ALL THE IMPACTS FOR THE LIFE CYCLE OF PRODUCTS?
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NATURE
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EXTRACTION
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SUPPLY CHAIN
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PRODUCTION
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USE
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POST USE
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Everything that is used to support a high standard of living and quality of life has a long supply chain, then production and distribution, then use, and then a post use waste chain. For metrics to be meaningful, all of these stages must be brought into account.
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ACTIVITIES ARE ESSENTIAL AND EVERYWHERE
ACTIVITIES SUPPORT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE
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FLOW / ACTIVITIES
EXTRACTION / PRODUCTION / LOGISTICS / USE / WASTE / POLLUTION
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ROLE PLAYED BY INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES & FACTORIES
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CONSIDER ALL THE PERSPECTIVES
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EMPOWER ALL THE ACTORS
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AND ACCOUNT FOR IMPACT ON ALL THE CAPITALS
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TECHNOLOGY
Enabler of progress
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ORGANIZATIONS
More than profit
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PEOPLE
Men, women & children
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PLACE
Where people live
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PRODUCTS
Quality of Life
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Some people are very fortunate, and others less so. The accident of birth should not be the main determinant of success and a happy productive life. There should be opportunity for everyone.
The characteristics of the place make a big difference to quality of life. The choices people make regarding the products purchased and consumed impact the person, the economy and the environment.
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Better results will be achieved when decisions are based on impact not only for corporate financial profit, but for all other the dimensions of the socio-enviro-economic system.
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ROLE PLAYED BY TECHNOLOGY
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PRODUCT CONSUMPTION IS A DRIVER OF THE MODERN ECONOMY
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CONSUMPTION
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PROCESSES
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MATERIALS
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ENERGY
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PAYROLL
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Consumption is driving the modern economy. It looks like success as long as the depletion of natural resourcs and the degradation of the environment is ignored.There is strong correlation between better quality of life and more consumption in poor economies, but less so in mature rich econmies. Rich economies are increasingly associated with waste, luxury and inefficiency.
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Innovation / Disruption
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There is a celebration of innovation and disruption in the modern world that makes a good story for the media, but maybe is part of the reason for social malaise. In a market economy disruption usually means less work for ordinary people and lower incomes, but for the entrepreneur it can mean quite substantial wealth and power. The way the modern system is organized, the losers are on their own, and the winners are celebrated!
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