CISAMS: Integrated CΙrcularity and Sustainability Assessment of Manufacturing Systems
Pioneering Circular Economy and Sustainable Practices in Manufacturing
Key messages
1. Integrated assessment methods ensure sustainable manufacturing systems by combining circularity with environmental and social sustainability metrics.
2. Advancing circular economy principles in manufacturing leads to high-quality, sustainable industry practices with positive environmental and social impacts.
3. An evidence-based approach is essential to understand the relationship between circularity and overall sustainability in manufacturing systems.
4. Linking circular economy strategies with comprehensive sustainability assessments promotes both environmental and social benefits, driving a more holistic industry transformation.
5. Developing a novel assessment method for circularity, environmental, and social sustainability in manufacturing supports effective decision-making for sustainable practices.
6. Evidence-based integration of sustainability dimensions with circularity indicators provides actionable insights for manufacturing systems, ensuring a balanced and sustainable transition.
Objectives
1. Circular Economy
Identify and shortlist relevant circularity indicators for manufacturing systems and products through comprehensive desk research and expert analysis.
2. Environmental Sustainability
Develop and optimize methods to assess the environmental sustainability of circular manufacturing systems using life cycle assessment and related methodologies.
3. Social Sustainability
Incorporate social sustainability metrics into the assessment framework by identifying and shortlisting relevant indicators through desk research and expert consultations.
4. Integrated Assessment Method
Create a comprehensive method that combines circularity, environmental, and social sustainability assessments using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis techniques.
Research Methodology
The research methodology for assessing circularity, environmental, and social sustainability in manufacturing unfolds in key stages:
- Indicator Identification: Through desk research, a comprehensive list of indicators from scientific literature and existing models is compiled, evaluated, and refined with expert input to create a shortlist for each sustainability dimension.
- Scoring System Development: A scoring mechanism, based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), calculates composite scores for each dimension, integrating quantitative and qualitative indicators.
- Integrated Assessment and Trade-off Analysis: Two main methods are developed: one for a holistic assessment across all dimensions and another to examine trade-offs between circularity, environmental, and social sustainability.
- Implementation and Validation: The assessment methods are programmed in Python and validated through case studies and expert feedback via surveys, workshops, and conferences.
Expected Results
Achieving these goals is essential for advancing sustainability in industrial processes, providing tools and insights for comprehensive evaluation and improvement.
Nuanced Assessment Method
Develop a nuanced assessment method integrating circularity with environmental and social sustainability for manufacturing processes and products.
Composite Score Ranking
Enable ranking of manufacturing options based on a composite score reflecting all three dimensions.
Trade-Off Insights
Provide insights into trade-offs between circularity, environmental, and social sustainability for better decision-making.
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Use multi-criteria decision analysis to create a composite scoring mechanism.
Simplified Evaluation Metric
Simplify evaluation by combining quantitative and qualitative indicators into one actionable metric.
Guidance for Sustainability
Help manufacturers and policymakers identify the most sustainable and circular options.
The Project
Integrated Circularity and Sustainability Assessment of Manufacturing Systems is carried out within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU (Implementation body: HFRI | Project Number: 16148).
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