Understanding life cycle social impacts in manufacturing: A processed-based approach

Developing sustainable products and processes is growing in importance due to increasing regulation, consumer interest, access to information, and competitive forces. In order to adequately evaluate the sustainability of products and processes, there is a need to consider the impacts from all three pillars of sustainability – society, environment, and economics. There are substantial challenges to identifying and understanding the social impacts associated with manufacturing activities. This paper provides a framework for characterizing the social impacts of manufacturing throughout the life cycle of a product or process. Social impacts occur on various scales in manufacturing, from the level of a unit process to the level of the enterprise. Additionally, manufacturing activities impact consumers, communities, and larger political/spatial realms. This paper identifies key characteristics of social impacts associated with manufacturing that should be considered to more effectively address the social dimension of sustainability for products and processes. Examples involving a typical manufacturing process – welding – are presented to illustrate the utility of the framework.     

吉林省油页岩特征及开发利用前景

简要介绍了吉林省油页岩的开发历史、现状、技术和方法,以及壳牌石油公司的ICP（地下转换工艺）先进技术,对吉林省建设“生态省”和可持续发展的重要意义。     

中部地区清洁发展机制（CDM）项目发展状况与问题分析

清洁发展机制是《京都议定书》创建的三种灵活机制之一,其目标是可持续发展与环境完整性。我国政府十分重视清洁发展机制的运用与发展。文章从通过国家发改委审批、执行理事会（EB）注册和GER签发三个阶段数据,对中部地区目前CDM项目发展现状及存在问题进行剖析,并提出发展建议。     

Chemical engineering in a sustainable economy

Sustainability constitutes a new development paradigm that builds on the recognition of limitations of resources, the necessity for inter and transgenerational equity within human society and the need for preservation of life supporting natural systems. Growing from its roots in the late 20th century it has evolved into a serious guiding principle for human development for the 21st century.     

Sustainable renovation of residential buildings and the landlord/tenant dilemma

The landlord/tenant dilemma arises when the interests of landlords and tenants misalign and is one of the greatest barriers hindering the development of sustainable renovation of residential buildings in Europe. The aim of this research is to investigate how regulatory changes and contractual solutions can help solve the landlord/tenant dilemma in relation to sustainable renovation of residential buildings, and how the general awareness of sustainable renovation can be increased. Particular focus is on whether tools like energy performance contracting and energy labeling can help solve the landlord/tenant dilemma. The research was done in relation to the specific situation in Denmark, but theory, information and experiences from other countries were included. The results show that there are plenty of opportunities to overcome the landlord/tenant dilemma, but principal/agent problems can only be overcome with a package solution. In the Danish national context the package solution must consist of legislative changes, financial incentives and better dissemination of information. Therefore, an array of different tools must be integrated and used in cooperation to overcome the dilemma.     

An efficient multi criteria process optimization framework: Sustainable improvement of the Dimethyl Ether Process

No longer is it appropriate to evaluate processes for economic feasibility alone; social benefits and environmental impacts must also be considered. This work develops a multi criteria systematic framework for optimum process design with sustainability considerations and addresses a major challenge in process design as engineers will now be able to design for multiple criteria, specifically sustainability concerns. A novel multi objective optimization algorithm capable of handling a multitude of objectives in mixed integer nonlinear search space and a novel decision making methodology are integrated with a sequential modular process simulator to optimize processes with a multitude of objectives rigorously and efficiently. The application of this research extends well beyond sustainability considerations to the very vast area of optimum design with multi criteria. The application of the proposed framework is demonstrated through a case study for process retrofit of Dimethyl Ether production plant.     

武钢企业物流应向绿色物流转变

绿色物流是当今经济可持续发展的一个重要组成部分,它对社会经济的不断发展和人类生活质量的不断提高具有重要意义。本文应用国内外绿色物流的理论研究成果,以武汉钢铁集团公司(以下简称武钢)为研究对象,深入探讨了武钢物流绿色化的现实意义,提出了武钢发展绿色物流几点建议,期望能对武钢及其他钢铁行业的可持续发展、对全社会物流的绿色化发展有所促进。     

江汉采油厂构建企业和谐劳动关系的探索与实践

构建和谐劳动关系是推动企业持续发展的必然选择,是协调解决内部矛盾的迫切需要,是增强企业队伍活力的动力之源。江汉采油厂在构建和谐劳动关系的实践中认识到:健全预防劳动争议长效机制,规范劳资管理操作流程,是构建和谐劳动关系的制度保障;尊重员工的主人翁地位,切实维护员工合法权益,是构建和谐劳动关系的基础之石;加强职业卫生健康保护,实现发展成果员工共享,是构建和谐劳动关系的根本所在。在构建和谐劳动关系的工作中,还应突出源头防控、突出互利共赢、突出文化引领。     

大学生C2C电子商务创业的现状及持续性发展研究——以义乌工商职业技术学院为例

随着大学生的就业难现象的持续存在,迎合中国进入电子商务时代这个契机,政府和高校制定了相关政策来鼓励和支持大学生进行电子商务创业。很多高校也开始把大力发展学生的C2C电子商务创业当成了一个重点。不过,大学生的电子商务创业应该如何来操作,怎样才具有持续性的发展,本文以义乌工商职业技术学院为例,对大学生电子商务创业的持续性发展,进行了一些思考。     

从中国石油安全看中俄石油合作的战略意义

石油经济是现代经济的重要特征,作为当今世界的主要石油进口国,中国经济的持续增长导致对进口石油的高度依赖,进口石油依存度的不断提高和进口石油来源地的相时单一成为中国经济实现可持续发展的重要制约因素.从国家经济安全和地缘政治的角度考虑,中国应充分认识并加强与俄罗斯在石油领域的合作.