Ecodesign management modelling for petrochemicals manufacturing

Abstract

Abstract Creation of the necessary conditions for the sustainable development, design and manufacturing of competitive products, improvement of the environmental and industrial safety are the major tasks for the petrochemical manufacturers. Handling these tasks is impossible without applying the modern management systems that allow for establishment and implementation of the enterprise’s performance self-assessment approach in terms of quality assurance and control, compliance with the environmental legislation, and international standards of social responsibility and manufacturing greening. For making optimal decisions at the management level in regard to the petrochemical manufacturing greening, it is essential that a relevant efficiency parameters monitoring system is applied. In this context, the authors offer a mathematical model that demonstrates a method of improvement of the petrochemical manufacturers’ earning power through mastering the green technologies. The mathematical model parameters include the profit, resource productivity of produced petrochemicals, environmental R&D costs, as well as specific quantities of atmospheric emissions. The model proposed by the authors can be used to analyze and predict effectiveness of the petrochemical manufacturing greening.