Company Cashflow Environment Community Project Assessment Tools Project Raw materials and Energy Waste Capital Labor and Equipment

Project Assessment Cashflow analysis Corporate financial analysis Environmental impact assessment –usually qualitative Economic impact assessment Life cycle analysis of products Sustainability metrics for processes

Life Cycle Analysis What is the real cost of a product? –Raw materials –Energy –Waste (gas, liquid and solid) Consider all steps in the life of the product, from cradle to grave Significant methodology developed over past decade

Sustainable Processes Measures are only now emerging Consider raw materials, energy consumption, waste production What is the best denominator? –Unit of product - useful for comparing different processes for same product –Value added by processing - useful for comparing between products