Life cycle assessment and environmental footprinting of sectors and products in the New Zealand economy

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dc.contributor.authorPatterson, M. G.
dc.contributor.authorKim, Joon-Hwan
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Garry
dc.contributor.authorGrimson, Duncan
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorMonge, Juan J.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:53:48Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:53:48Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionReport by staff at School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North and Market Economics Ltd, Auckland.
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental policies rewarding the efficient use of natural resources as well as limiting current levels of pollutant are both profitable alternatives and costly constraints to some of New Zealand’s major economic contributors. Hence, more emphasis is being placed on identifying the sectors that are either the most efficient users of the nation’s precious natural resources or the most polluting ones contributing to both local problems like lake eutrophication and globally to challenges such as climate change. This publication contributes to our understanding of these issues, by undertaking input-output based life cycle assessment and environmental footprinting of 32 sectors in the New Zealand economy. This covers utilisation of natural resources (energy, land, freshwater, ecosystem services) and the pollutants (nitrogen, phosphorus, greenhouse gases, wastewater, landfill wastes). In total, 335 life-cycle assessment diagrams that quantify the direct and indirect natural resources or pollutants emitted from each sector. As well as being of practical use to life-cycle assessment and footprinting practitioners, these LCA diagrams should help better visualise the indirect impacts on the environment of sectors in New Zealand economy.
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-473-70134-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72682
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMassey University
dc.rights© Patterson, Kim, McDonald, Grimson, McDonald, Monge 2024
dc.titleLife cycle assessment and environmental footprinting of sectors and products in the New Zealand economy
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