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WO1998011493A1
WO1998011493A1 PCT/NZ1997/000115 NZ9700115W WO9811493A1 WO 1998011493 A1 WO1998011493 A1 WO 1998011493A1 NZ 9700115 W NZ9700115 W NZ 9700115W WO 9811493 A1 WO9811493 A1 WO 9811493A1
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  • TITLE METHOD AND MEANS FOR CALCULATION OF ECOLOGICAL COST OF
  • the present invention relates to a method for commercial quantification of the ecological capital cost consumed by commercial activity in the methods and production of material products. More particularly the present invention relates to a method of assessment of a financial cost for any product based on the cost of the restoration of the ecological capital that was consumed in the making of that product.
  • An object of the present invention is to avoid this complexity, by using a different methodology in the quantification of consumption of ecological capital, as opposed to an analysis of the environmental impact of a product.
  • a further object of the present invention is the provision of a method of identifying, given the conditions on earth that are required for ecological sustainability, the cost of restoring ecological sustainability and deriving an ecological cost, for any given product
  • a further object of the present invention is the provision of means for the storage of data necessary for the calculation of the consumption of ecological capital and the ecological cost for any given product.
  • a still further object of the present invention is the provision of a method which can calculate the amount of ecological capital consumed and the ecological cost for any given product quickly and "on demand".
  • Ecological sustainability may be determined by the satisfaction of three system conditions. These are: firstly, that substances from the earth's crust must not systematically increase in the ecosphere ("condition one”); secondly, that substances produced by society must not systematically increase in the ecosphere (“condition two”); and thirdly, that the physical basis for the productivity and diversity of nature must not be systematically diminished (“condition three”).
  • condition one that substances from the earth's crust must not systematically increase in the ecosphere
  • condition two that substances produced by society must not systematically increase in the ecosphere
  • condition three the physical basis for the productivity and diversity of nature must not be systematically diminished
  • ecological cost is defined as the cost, in respect of any one product, of restoring the ecology and of satisfying the three conditions of ecological sustainability in respect of the production of that product.
  • the "ecological capital” of a product is defined in terms of the materials used in making a product and the quantities of materials used that violate the three system conditions of ecological sustainability.
  • the “financial cost” of the ecological capital is the cost of the materials
  • an additional, fourth condition of ecological sustainability may also be added, namely that fair and efficient use of resources must be made with respect to meeting human needs.
  • the time taken in the manufacture of products is taken to be zero.
  • the present invention provides a computer controlled process for the determination of the amount of ecological capital consumed in producing a product, said method, in respect of any one product, including:
  • data on more than one product may be stored in one said first data base.
  • more than one said first data base includes data on the same product.
  • each said first data base may be stored electronically in a distributed manner and accessed remotely by a user.
  • the above process further includes a computer controlled process for the determination of the ecological cost of restoration of the environment in respect of each product, said steps being: evaluating the amount of ecological capital consumed, as defined above, and including the additional steps of: under step (a) incorporating into a second data base data pertaining to the restoration cost of each said input physical substance; and under step (c) adding the following two steps: (iv) for each of the above assessments in which the system condition is not met, determining the quantity of each input physical substance present in said product and then successively calculating a cost for the restoration of that physical substance within the ecosystem, to the point where the system condition in question is then met;
  • the second data base which is stored in an electronic medium, is accessed remotely by all users of each first data base.
  • the second data base is in a form that allows for constant updating by a plurality of users so that the costings and information stored therein is as accurate as possible.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a flow chart demonstrating the operation of the algorithm in respect of assessment of the ecological cost of consumption of ecological capital in respect of the production of 1 kg of iron.
  • a example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is the example of the manufacture of soap from coal.
  • the properties of the chemical substances in the coal (or the particular coal in question) are ascertained if they are not already available in a first data base. These substances are then entered into a first data base if not already present. All other physical substances used in the manufacture of the soap are ascertained and entered into the first data base if not already listed.
  • the type and physical substance(s) used to release the energy used is also entered into the first data base.
  • the chemicals or substances can be listed in a plurality of alternative ways, so that any one substance can be located and identified either under its common name, correct chemical name, any standard trade mark, by the makeup of elements in the substance, etc.
  • the manner in which energy is categorised is via an analysis of the physical substances used in the generation of the energy and quantified, for example in tonnes of coal.
  • the first data base also includes the physical substances used in the distribution of the manufactured product - for example the fuel used in the physical distribution of the soap.
  • the second data base includes actual cost effective examples of actual ecological restoration of some or all of the physical substances in coal, depending on the availability of such information. If so desired, the restorative cost is determined by evaluating the medium value of the five most cost effective examples of ecological restoration as undertaken by ecological management organisations from whom data is available within the data base. However, other cost methods may be used.
  • the ecological cost of the soap is derived from the combined sum of the ecological cost of all the separate physical substances each separately assessed against the above defined three system conditions.
  • PI the input physical substance
  • N number of physical substances, either inputs, outputs or distribution values for the product respectively.
  • a total cost for the first use of the soap can be determined by adding the ecological cost to the market price of coal.
  • the method of determining the ecological capital consumed in the manufacture of a product, or additionally the ecological cost of a product requires a means for processing the algorithm (as described below) for the quantification of the ecological capital consumed and of the ecological cost, in addition to storage means for the first and second data bases, and an input means (e.g. keyboard) and output means (e.g. VDU screen and printer).
  • the use of computer software on appropriate computer hardware fulfils this requirement. In practice it has been found that Windows 97 (TM,
  • the appropriate hardware is any computer capable of running such software and of electronic connection to other remote) terminals (for example via the internet).
  • a diagrammatic flow chart of the present invention is thereshown, with reference to the production of ten kg of iron.
  • Each box represents one step in the process.
  • the first step 10 a list of all the physical substances (including energy) used in the product of iron is compiled. Quantities and chemical formula are also compiled. If the data base on which the algorithm is operating does not have all the information, other remote first data bases may be accessed to obtain the information.
  • the second step 2 is to ascertain, in respect of each physical substance, whether this substance has consumed any ecological capital. This is assessed against each of three or four system conditions (as set out above). If none of the system conditions are violated, then no ecological capital has been consumed (7).
  • Step 3 is to compile a listing of the physical substance(s), the system condition violated and the quantity of each substance.
  • Step 4 allocates an operating cost from a first data base to the consumption of this ecological capital.
  • Step 5 involves the accessing of the second data base to obtain the restoration cost for the ecological capital consumed by the physical substance for the quantity of that substance.
  • the system conditions which are violated are condition one (that substances from the earth's crust must not systematically increase in the ecosphere) as well as condition two and condition three in respect of the man made chemicals used in the smelting process and the land upon which the smelter is built (respectively).
  • the financial cost of the production of ten kg of iron is (for example) $4 However the ecological cost (restoration so that none of the system conditions are violated) is $178.
  • Example 3 It is to be noted that the products for which this cost analysis is conducted need not be derived de novo from substances aufer in the earth's ecosphere. For example, prevention of systematic accumulation of facsimile machines in the ecosphere (and thus fulfilling the first system condition in respect of this product) may be for a commercial force to initiate a buyback scheme and recycle or sell the machines or all the parts. Such action (provided no processing or manufacture/distribution was incurred in the recycling process) would fulfill all three (and the optional fourth) system conditions. Thus the ecological cost of reselling facsimile machines would be zero.
  • the second data base containing the information on restoration costs and of each physical substance is a data base which is stored electronically, but accessed remotely by all users of the or each first data base. With appropriate programming security, the data contained in the second data base could be constantly updated by the relevant organisation (who originally contributed the data) without the base being unavailable to other users.
  • SC 1 assessed on inputs SC1 rule Any physical Iron from the Does this substances will be lithosphere used to physical extracted from the make car mirrors is substance lithosphere before their calculated by the imputed or its use amount at the time of component parts input into the value violate SCI ? chain
  • SC1 assessment requires SC1 rule The system can only The restoration cost of that all composite discern what are the Coal is the cost of
  • Lithosphenc PS have their components if they are restoring the Carbon, components entered through listed Sulphur and other various levels of detail until components that the compounds are arrived constitute it at
  • SC2 violation is assessed SC2 rule Synthetic materials will Araldite may be an Does this on outputs only accumulate after input into a furniture physical they have been making business but it substance produced is also an output It is outputted in its its output as part of present physical the table that violates structure violate SC2 SC2?
  • SC2 is assessed on the SC2 rule All man made outputs of all PMs that are compounds violate part of the commercial SC2, whether they stream, including the end continue through the product commercial stream or are releases as waste products
  • SC2 assessment requires SC2 rule
  • the system can only A windscreen that if an output is a track the man made assembly for a car composite PS then its PS of composite PS may contain a components must be through their synthetic glue This entered (These components will only be know if the components will be derived Otherwise if does not components of the from the outputs of previous know what they are windscreen (a
  • PS is calculated from up of various PSs A windscreen assessing its compound These PSs may assembly of the car is components themselves be also a composite But composites The the glue used on the system needs to go windscreen is a back to the compound compound This the level in order to system can assess for assess for SC2 SC2 violation, violation
  • SC3 SC3 violation may take A factory is built on an What is the through more than one place over many area of land which depreciated product, then its cost is commercial streams violates SC3
  • the lifetime of the allocated using the Companies spread ecological cost of locality e g depreciation model current their capital costs violation is spread over factory or for the user company's through depreciation the depreciation quarry), and standard accounts models The same lifetime of the factory, what percentage can be done to spread and each product as a can be allocated the cost of SC3 percentage of that to this specific ecological capital allocation product?
  • SC3 assessment concerns SC3 Harvest of specific A runway at an airport Has this area the POTENTIAL of a products from areas covers land with retained its specific terrestrial or aquatic represent current Tarmac which diversity and the area to revert to its climactic income It is the ability prevents the land from potential to state and the ACTUAL of an area to produce reverting to its full revert to its full diversity present in the area this harvest as potential Hence it and productive measured by violates SC3 The capacity? productive capacity farmers field next door and diversity, that would revert if left to constitutes ecological its own devices and capital hence has no SC3 cost
  • Productive potential is SC3
  • Soil quality is the Compaction through Has soil quality assessed through soil determining local logging has reduced been maintained quality If the soil quality is factor governing the the soil quality of an for this area? said to be reduced by ability of a terrestnal area The area is said measuring various criteria area to reach its to have lost its full then the area of land is said productive potential productive potential to have lost its productive capacity
  • Terrestrial areas can be said SC3 Biomes primarily the The desert biome has Biome does this to have comparable result of temperature low rainfall It also has area naturally potentials for productive and rainfall These low productive produce? capacity by assessing their are also the main capacity Which biome they would naturally factors (other than soil support These biomes are quality and then classed as areas of topography) governing
  • SC3 costs are allocated SC3 rule
  • the restoration cost 3 acres of land may be What is the size through translating sections will be based on land used to build a new of the land being into hours via rule 310 area whereas the factory The database assessed?
  • SC3 restoration costs from allocation of cost is via contains prices to Over what time the database are calculated hours restore comparable is the land being using ha/acres land of a comparable depreciated? size while the system allocates this restoration cost to products via a depreciaton model using hours of productive use
  • SC3 violation is calculated SC3 rule The allocation of cost A quarry mining Is this the most at the most downstream PM will only be known at limestone may be downstream this level 12ha in size yet the PM? SC3 cost allocated to this packet of chalk is a tiny fraction of the entire productive life of the quarry If a terrestrial or aquatic SC3 An area is generally A mining operation in Is this terrestnal area is protected by national protected to ensure Arthur's Pass National or aquatic area or international agreement the survival of rare Park in NZ has protected?
  • SC3 costs for terrestrial or SC3 rule This cost is complete Its takes 002 factory aquatic areas that have in itself No other hours to produce a been apportioned to a calculation needs to be car This produces a product via a depreciation made to it SC3 cost for the system are ADDED to the Factory land of $2 other ecological costs for This figure is added to this product in the the other figures calculation bin gained from the database,
  • SC3 assessed against SC3 The diversity and The land cleared for Do these inputs inputs productivity of Nature mining is a violation of violate SC3? are pnmariiy affected SC3 because of the by the removal of the removal of the productive potential of productive potential of a terrestrial or aquatic the land area area as well as resource extraction to serve as inputs to a commercial stream
  • Ecosphere must be animate PS can either wood consumed the of this animate, assessed against SC3 to be the harvest of ecological capital of an ecosphere check if their harvest has nature (current area? denved PS destroyed, or threatens to income) or their ⁇ nsumed the destroy, the productive harvest can have led ecological capacity or diminish, or to the consumption of capital of its threaten to diminish the ecological capital in harvest area? diversity of the area relation to the diversity harvested from of an area or its productive potential
  • the scale used as the General Scale is a relative A PM may contain salt What is the relative measure of a PM is rule measure, specific to and phosphate as primary the primary commercial the PM It descnbes inputs and fertiliser as commercial output PS of that PM the quantity an output In this case output of this relationship of PS's of the Fertilizer would be PM? that PM However it deemed the scale helps the ease of use of the system if it is kept to the primary commercial output

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Cette invention concerne un système de traitement géré par ordinateur qui permet de quantifier la consommation du capital écologique lors de la production d'un produit donné quel qu'il soit. La consommation du capital écologique est déterminée selon la manière dont les substances utilisées dans la fabrication du produit répondent à trois (ou quatre) conditions de viabilité écologique (2) concernant la fabrication et l'utilisation dudit produit. La viabilité écologique est avérée lorsque l'on satisfait à trois ou quatre conditions prédéterminées concernant la fabrication et l'utilisation des produits. Ce système de traitement est géré par ordinateur et à l'aide d'un algorithme qui va déterminer les substances physiques utilisées (10), puis intégrer les conditions de viabilité écologique (2, 3, 4). D'autres étapes (5, 6) permettent de quantifier le coût écologique lors de la consommation du capital écologique. Ce système de traitement, ainsi que les deux bases de données d'informations qui lui sont associées, peuvent être stockés et utilisés dans un système électronique partagé. Il est également possible d'accéder à distance à la seconde base de données de manière à quantifier le coût écologique.
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