GX & Decarbonization Research

B. Nus, J. Fox

A descriptive study of inhaler prescribing at a US academic medical center found that metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) comprised 61% of prescriptions but accounted for 98% of GHG emissions. Switching 10% of MDIs to dry powder inhalers (DPIs) co…

Nikolay Katsarski

This paper reframes waste management as a financial-information problem, explaining how financial accounting provides disciplined measurement of waste-related transactions, obligations, and costs. It proposes a waste-focused chart of accoun…

Chaoqun Zhang, Lin Yang, Dominik Wiedenhofer +23

This study demonstrates that embodied carbon from China's building material stock poses a significant risk to future climate goals. It quantifies the impact of material accumulation on emissions and underscores the need for targeted policy …

Sahar Attari, James Hanrahan

First peer-reviewed operational life-cycle carbon footprint of Irish hotels (3-5 star). Food and beverage procurement is the largest emission category (40-58% of total). Reframes hospitality carbon footprinting as material-flow problem and …

Aiqun Guan, Ziyi Cai, Ya Zhou +1

This dataset provides greenhouse gas emissions and nutrition profiles for 320 dishes from eight major Chinese cuisines. It can be used for carbon footprint analysis of food and research on sustainable diets.

Zhiyuan Yang, Ziyi Liu, Xuan Zhang +7

This paper proposes a public-data framework that combines EEIO hotspot screening with supplier-specific data prioritization for Scope 3 emission reduction in transmission and distribution equipment procurement in China. It leverages only pu…

Yinan Chao, Jianling Fan, Bin Wang +4

This study quantifies the carbon footprint of the global rice production and trade system, revealing trade concerns and mitigation opportunities through climate-smart agriculture.

Qingyu Hao, Jiaoyan Li, Zhenyu Wang +4

This study quantifies carbon footprints of 80 major listed tourism enterprises (2018-2022) using an MRIO framework. Total emissions declined due to COVID-19, but Scope 3 supply-chain emissions exceeded 70% of total. Firm-specific strategies…

Richard Wood

An Australian spend-based emission factor dataset providing Scope 1, 2, and upstream Scope 3 factors per industry, in kt CO2-e per million AUD. Derived from input-output tables, greenhouse gas accounts, and EXIOBASE, covering 2019-2023 for …

Jaime Oliver Huidobro, Francesca Lipari, Ignacio Tamarit

This paper addresses data quality challenges in corporate Scope 3 emissions, including information gaps, greenwashing, and low comparability. It proposes a modified EEIO-LCA model following the GHG Protocol to improve estimation accuracy. T…

Sezai Tunca, Zinnet Karakaş Kelten, Yavuz Selim Balcıoğlu

This paper proposes a framework leveraging blockchain-enabled transparency and business analytics to optimize carbon footprint reduction in supply chains for high-emission industries. It provides methods for visualizing emissions across the…

Thomas Bøker Lund, Mette Weinreich Hansen, Clara G. Bouyssou +2

This paper presents a multilevel framework modeling cognitive and emotional dimensions of readiness and resistance to sustainable changes in organizations. Using multilevel latent class analysis of 62 Danish organizations' workplace lunches…

Isabel Waters, Ola Løkken Nordrum, Cathy Burke

This paper assesses the carbon footprint of single-use surgical drapes in an Irish gynecology service. It quantifies the environmental impact of disposable medical materials, highlighting the importance of decarbonization in healthcare.

Haroon Taylor, Nazneen Rahman

This dataset provides carbon footprint values for the manufacture and formulation of 2,907 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in kgCO2e per kgAPI, using the peer-reviewed MCF Classifier methodology. It enables pharmaceutical companies…

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This paper proposes a method to estimate CO2 emissions in the sales process of a food supermarket, disaggregated by store characteristics and item categories. Through a case study, it derives emission factors per store scale, location, and …

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This paper discusses the necessary actions after visualizing product CO2 emissions, focusing on how to leverage the data across the supply chain for reduction strategies. It provides practical insights for companies to manage Scope 3 emissi…

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This paper tackles the challenge of calculating and reducing life cycle CO2 (LCCO2) emissions for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. It likely provides methodologies for Scope 3 accounting and reduction strategies within the semiconduct…

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This paper explains methods for calculating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions across supply chains, focusing on the 2050 carbon neutrality goal. It covers Scope 3 accounting standards, data collection challenges, and collaborative reduc…

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This paper discusses the importance of Scope 3 emissions in achieving net-zero targets and the growing lifecycle thinking that includes CO2 absorption (carbon removal). It focuses on how companies integrate emission reductions and offsets a…

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This session presents a case study of Scope 3 emissions accounting at Kogakuin University, discussing methods to visualize the entire supply chain GHG footprint of a university and its implications for education and research.