Green Productivity

Moses L. Singgih

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 APO World Conference on Green Productivity, 1996

World Conference on
GREEN PRODUCTIVITY
Manila, 6 December 1996.

Environmental
Environmental Protection
Protection should
should
be
be promoted
promoted without
without sacrificing
sacrificing
Productivity.
Productivity.

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 Economic Activity and Environment
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENT
Natural resources drawn from
the environment

Impact of resource extraction,

use and disposal
Drives Drives

Production Consumption
Patterns Patterns
Trade

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 Production Patterns
Agriculture
Production

Industry

Services

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 Industry and Environmental Degradation
Resource extraction of raw
materials through mining,
logging, water extraction,
energy generation.
Resource utilization during
manufacture leading to
emissions, wastewater and
solid waste generation.

Resource demand during

distribution, use and disposal
of goods and services.

Costs of environmental
damage

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 Sustainable Development and Agenda 21

Sustainable Development

““development
development thatthat meets
meets the
the needs
needs
of
of the
the present
present generation
generation
without
without compromising
compromising the the ability
ability of
of
the
the future
future generations
generations to
to
meet
meet their
their needs.”
needs.” ………..Our
………..Our
Common
Common Future,
Future, 1987.
1987.

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 Environmental Management trends

1990s
GP

1980s
Prevention

Treatment 1970s

Dilution and Dispersion 1960s

Ignore 1950s

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 Pollution Prevention and Source Reduction

Costs
Profits
End -of Pipe
Treatment Costs

Costs

• Profits
Source Reduction
• Waste Minimization
• Pollution Prevention
• Cleaner Production

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 Beyond Pollution Prevention

Holistic, integrated
strategy to enable
sustainable development

Pollution Prevention
Source reduction

End-Of-Pipe
treatment

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 Resource Efficiency and Sustainability

Sustainable Resource efficiency is one of the

Development key issues in sustainable
development.

Resource Efficiency

• Sustainability thus emerges as a crucial Related terms and concepts that are
component of any successful paradigm to emerging include:
guide development in the new Millennium.

 Eco-efficiency
• Requires a new emphasis on the nature 
 Eco-sustainability
and size of inputs to development, 
 Eco-design
especially energy, resource, chemical and 
 Product Life-Cycle
other material input. 
 Green Productivity

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 Productivity Practices

Quality

Productivity

Cost
Environment

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 EVOLUTION OF GREEN PRODUCTIVITY

GREEN PRODUCTIVITY

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

5 -S & KAIZEN

TPM

TQM

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 Productivity improvement means
improvement in QCDMS:
Q= Quality
Higher Quality that meets or exceeds customer
requirements
C= Cost
Lower Cost
D= Delivery
Timely Delivery as desired by the customer
M= Morale
Boosting morale of all concerned
S= Safety
Thinking and improving safety of each and every
aspect of the product and process
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 From Productivity To Green Productivity

Integration of Productivity
and Environmental Management

Profitability and Environmental Protection Sustainability and Quality of Life

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 What is productivity?

 As an integrated concept
Output x Satisfaction
PRODUCTIVITY =
Input x Sacrifices
• as objective Social concept
• as a means Technical concept

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 Ecological Principles Guiding GP
1. SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL
RESOURCES

2. PROTECTION OF ECOLOGICAL
BALANCE

3. PROTECT PLANT AND ANIMAL

SPECIES AND THEIR
ENVIRONMENT

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 Relationship between Productivity & Environment

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 Resource Efficiency & Productivity

ABSORPTION CAPACITY

Limited Environmental
Capacity Pollution and
Resource
Exhaustion
Users of
Unlimited Industrial
Capacity Products

1900 2000
Raw Material
Environment
COST Labor +
Facility Resource

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 GP ensures profitability and enhances
Quality of Life

Ensures profitability

Green Productivity (GP) is a strategy for enhancing Enhances Quality of Life

productivity and environmental performance for
overall socio-economic development. It is the
application of appropriate productivity and
environmental management tools, techniques,
technologies to reduce the environmental impact of Reduces environmental
organization’s activities, goods and services. impact

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 TRIPLE FOCUS OF GP

Environment
(Sustainable Development)

Quality
(Voice of Customer )

Profitability
(Factor Inputs)

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 Distinguishing characteristics of GP

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 Conventional Versus GP Practices

RAW MATERIAL PRODUCTION PROCESS

PRODUCT

GASEOUS
WASTES LIQUID
SOLID
TREATMENT
&/DISPOSAL

CONVENTIONAL PRACTICES

RAW MATERIAL PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCT

BY- PRODUCT
RECYCLE/
REUSE REMAINDER LESS GASEOUS
WASTES LIQUID
SOLID
TREATMENT
&/DISPOSAL

GP PRACTICES

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 GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF GP


Accountability 
Profitability

Polluter Pays 
Competitive Advantage

Precautionary Approach 
People-Building

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 DRIVING FORCES OF GREEN PRODUCTIVITY

Internal Forces
External Forces

Green Gre Gre

Prod en Prod en
Productivity ucti ucti
vity vity

Regulations Resource Pricing and

Evolving global Availability
and industrial
standards Market
Opportunities
Customer Green
requirement Productivity
Market
Consumer Image
Demand
EXTERNAL FORCES

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 Driving Forces of Green Productivity

Internal
Efficiency
Worker Health
and Safety

INTERNAL FORCES

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 Manifold Benefits of GP

SOCIETY

GP
GP Producer
Increased profitability
Increased profitability


lower costs of production
lower costs of production


reduced waste treatment and
reduced waste treatment and


disposal costs
disposal costs
 improved market image
 improved market image
Consumer  improved worker health and
 improved worker health and
safety
safety
Superior quality products
Superior quality products


 improved environmental quality
improved environmental quality
 improved health and safety
Sustainable
improved health and safety
 better quality of life
production practices
better quality of life

Sustainable
consumption practices
SOCIETY

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 GP enhances Quality of Life

To supply goods
and services
produced in a
BUSINESS
BUSINESS sustainable manner

PUSH
Products
to improve resource
efficiency and hence
PUSH DEMAND
profitability
for environmentally friendly
products
PULL ON
GP
GP THE MARKET
Quality of Life
Quality of Life
SOCIETY
SOCIETY

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 Overview of GP Methodology

Getting
Getting Started
Started

Sustaining
Sustaining GP
GP I Planning
Planning
VI II

Monitoring
Monitoring and
and V III Generation
Generation and
and
Review
Review IV Evaluation
Evaluationof
Evaluation of
ofGP
GPOptions
GP Options
Options

Implementation of
Implementation
Implementation of
GP
GP Options
of GP Options
Options
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 GP Techniques, Cost and Level of Effort

GP Techniques, Cost and Level of Efforts

Cost Design for Environment

and Pollution Control
Level Process and Equipment Change
of
Effort Input Material Changes

Resource Conservation

Recycle, Reuse and Recovery

Improved Operating Procedures
Housekeeping (5S) and 7 Wastes

GP Techniques

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 Thank you

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