• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.699-710
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• 2019

Electric vehicles (EVs) are spreading rapidly and many counties are promoting hybrid and fully EVs through legislation. Therefore, an increasing amount of lithium ion batteries will reach the end of their usable life and will require effective and sustainable end-of-life management plan which include landfill disposal or incineration. The current research focuses on more sustainable methods such as remanufacturing, reuse and recycling in order to prepare for future battery compositions and provide insights to the need recycling methods to be developed to handle large amounts of batteries sustainably in the near future. The two most prominent material recovery techniques are hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy which are explored and assessed on their relative effectiveness, sustainability, and feasibility. Hydrometallurgy is a superior recycling method due to high material recovery and purity, very low emissions, high prevalence of chemical reuse and implementation of environmentally sustainable compounds. Expanding recycling technologies globally should take the research and technologies pioneered by Umicore to establish a sustainable recycling program for end-of-life EVs batteries. Emerging battery technology of Telsa show the most effective designs for high performance batteries includes the use of silicon which is expected to increase capacity of batteries in the future.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 한국 보험회사의 지속가능성과를 측정하고 분석하여 지속가능경영을 위한 전략적 시사점을 제공하는데 있다. 분석방법으로는 상관분석, 회귀분석, 분산분석, T-검정을사용한다. 분석결과 첫째, 생명보험에서는 사회지표가, 손해보험에서는 환경지표가 상대적으로 중요한 변수로 분석되었다. 둘째, 지속가능점수를 종속변수로 하고 기업의 규모와 재무건전성을 독립변수로 한 회귀분석 결과규모가 통계학적으로 유의하게 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 변수로 분석되었다. 이는 지속가능성장을 위한 필요조건으로 일정 수준 이상의 규모가 요구됨을 시사한다. 셋째, 분산분석 및 T-검정 결과 생명보험산업에서는 중소형사가 대형사에 비해 사회지표 및 명성지수에서 통계학적으로 유의하게 낮은 성과를 보여주는 것으로 나타났다. 손해보험산업에서는 중소형사가 대형사에 비해 사회지표를 제외한 모든 지표에서 통계학적으로 유의하게 낮은 성과를 보여주는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 중소형사의 지속가능한 발전을 위해서는 생명보험의 경우 사회지표 및 명성지표 측면에서, 손해보험의 경우는 경제, 환경, 명성 등의 측면에서 노력이 요구되어진다고 볼 수 있다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 7th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management Summit Forum on Sustainable Construction and Management
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• pp.14-23
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• 2017

In high-density high-rise cities such as Hong Kong, buildings account for nearly 90% of energy consumption and 61% of carbon emissions. Therefore, it is important to study the design of buildings, especially high-rise buildings, to achieve lower carbon emissions in the city. The carbon emissions of a building consist of embodied carbon from the production of construction materials and operational carbon from energy consumption during daily operation (e.g., air-conditioning and lighting). An integrated analysis of both types of carbon emissions can strengthen the design of low carbon buildings, but most of the previous studies concentrated mainly on either embodied or operational carbon. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is to develop a holistic methodology framework considering both embodied and operational carbon, in order to enhance the sustainable design of low carbon high-rise buildings. The framework will be based on the building information modeling (BIM) technology because BIM can be integrated with simulation systems and digital models of different disciplines, thereby enabling a holistic design and assessment of low carbon buildings. Structural analysis program is first coupled with BIM to validate the structural performance of a building design. The amounts of construction materials and embodied carbon are then quantified by a BIM-based program using the Dynamo programming interface. Operational carbon is quantified by energy simulation software based on the green building extensible Markup Language (gbXML) file from BIM. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) will be applied to analyze the ambient wind effect on indoor temperature and operational carbon. The BIM-based framework serves as a decision support tool to compare and explore more environmentally-sustainable design options to help reduce the carbon emissions in buildings.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2011

As environmental protection is becoming more and more important, green production has become a key issue for almost every manufacturer and will determine a manufacturer can be sustainable in the long term. Therefore a performance evaluation system for green suppliers is necessary to determine the suitability of suppliers to cooperate with the company. While the works on the evaluation and/or selection of suppliers are abundant, those that concern environmental issues are rather limited. The objective of this study is to construct a combined model based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) and balanced scorecard (ESC) for evaluating green suppliers in the manufacturing industry. The ESC concept is applied to define the hierarchy with four major perspectives (i.e. financial, customer, internal business process, and learning and growth), and performance indicators are selected for each perspective. FAHP is then proposed in order to tolerate vagueness and ambiguity of information. Finally, FAHP is finally constructed to facilitate the solving process. With the proposed model, manufacturers can have a better understanding of the capabilities that a green supplier must possess and can evaluate and select the most suitable green supplier for cooperation.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2016

In this study, remodeling projects are perceived as a sustainable urban management policy to boost the value of old apartments and stimulate urban regeneration and development. To evaluate the physical environmental performance of external spaces of remodeled apartments, an evaluation model was developed. After applying it to the target places, the following results were obtained. First, analysis of the external space change index of the target apartments revealed that institutional standards are necessary in line with the building arrangement type, parking lot expansion method, and changes in the building-to-land ratio. Second, the score ratio as to the external space change index performance is as follows: safety (48.30); pleasantness (25.90); convenience (18.90); eco-friendliness (14.90). In other words, "safety" had the biggest score ratio. Third, to boost the external space performance of remodeled apartments, the needs of residents and neighboring environmental plans should be considered from a communality standpoint.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.25-50
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• 2014

본 연구는 물류활동의 구성 요소인 생산, 운송, 보관/하역, 회수, 정보, 관리 및 정책이 기업의 친환경적 물류활동을 통하여 그 기업에 미치는 영향을 환경성과와 경영성과로 나누어 보고자 하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 친환경 물류활동은 기업의 환경성과에 정(+)의 영향을 미칠 것이라는 가설은 부분적으로 채택되었다. 기업의 친환경적 보관 및 하역, 관리, 정책의 변수는 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났지만, 친환경적 생산, 운송, 회수, 정보가 정(+)의 영향을 미칠 것이라는 가설은 지지되지 않았다. 친환경 물류활동은 기업의 경영성과에 정(+)의 영향을 미칠 것이라는 가설 또한 부분적으로 채택되었다. 제조업 기반 기업의 실무자들은 대체적으로 친환경 물류활동이 물류비의 절감 및 매출액의 증가와 기업이미지 향상 등을 통한 고객만족도의 향상에 유의하게 영향을 미치고 있다고 인식하지는 않고 있는 편이다. 그러나 가설의 세부 요인을 살펴볼 때, 제조업 기반 기업들의 실무자들은 친환경적 관리, 친환경적 정책 요인들이 기업의 환경성과와 경영성과에 모두 영향을 미치고 있다고 인식하고 있다는 점이다. 기업이 정부의 정책 및 환경관련기준을 적극적으로 이용하고 사회 및 환경단체의 요구에 민감하게 대응하면 기업의 환경성과는 물론이고 경영성과에도 정(+)의 영향을 미칠수 있다는 것이다. 이는 향후 제조업 기반 기업뿐만 아니라 다른 산업군의 기업들도 기업의 지속가능한 성장에 있어 유용한 자료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.163-178
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• 2024

The development of industry since the Industrial Revolution has caused environmental destruction and is threatening to destroy the order of the Earth's ecosystem. Due to the severity of environmental problems, companies are facing a crisis where they may lose competitiveness if their management strategies do not prioritize environmental issues. This study studied the impact of a company's environmental orientation on employee satisfaction, organizational commitment, and loyalty. This study studied the impact of a company's environmental orientation on employee satisfaction, organizational commitment, and loyalty. As a result of the study, the internal and external environmental orientation of the company on satisfaction had a significant positive influence and were all adopted, while the internal and external environmental orientation on organizational commitment were all rejected as they had no significant impact. Satisfaction was found to have a significant positive (+) effect on organizational commitment and a significant positive (+) effect on loyalty, so both were adopted. Organizational commitment was adopted because it had a significant positive effect on loyalty, and internal and external environmental orientation had no significant effect on loyalty, so it was all rejected. A company's green environmental orientation plays an important role in a company's sustainable growth and can be formed based on the company's will. Therefore, this study shows that a company's environmental orientation improves the company's environmentally friendly image and provides positive value to organizational members, leading to improved corporate performance.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.152-162
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• 2024

Recently, ESG(Environmental, Social, Governance) has been recognized as an important factor for the sustainable growth of companies. However, only 14.5% of food manufacturing companies have adopted ESG management. In particular, small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) face difficulties in implementing ESG management due to a lack of specialized personnel and resource constraints. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of ESG ratings on the management performance of 40 food manufacturing companies listed on the Korea Exchange(KRX) that have been evaluated for ESG. The one-way ANOVA was used and performed on data for 40 food manufacturing companies published by the Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability(KCGS) in 2023. The results of the analysis showed statistically significant differences in sales (F=12.936, p<0.001) and foreign ownership (F=7.74, p<0.01) based on ESG ratings. Furthermore, Scheffe's post-hoc analysis indicated that the higher the ESG rating and individual scores, the better the overall management performance. Therefore, it is concluded that food manufacturing companies should continuously invest in and focus on ESG management to secure a competitive advantage in the market and achieve sustainable growth.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.106-118
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• 2021

지구 환경문제가 국제적인 문제로 부상하면서 국제사회는 글로벌 이슈(기후 변화, 빈곤퇴치, 인권 등)를 해결하기 위해 지속가능발전이라는 새로운 패러다임을 제시하며, 17개의 지속가능발전목표(SDGs)를 실행하고자 다양한 조직적 노력을 시도하며 통합해오고 있다. 최근 파리기후협정과 SDGs 달성에 필요한 재원을 마련하고자 지속가능한 금융의 투자가 확대되며 비재무적 요소인 환경·사회·지배구조가 기업의 미래 경쟁우위와 수익성을 결정하는 중요한 무형자산이 되어, 국내외 기관 투자자와 자산운용사들은 ESG 성과를 기반으로 투자를 확대하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 기업의 사회적 책임활동과 ESG 성과 정보 공개를 요구하는 국제적 기준과 이니셔티브를 도출하고, 건설기업의 ESG 활동 및 성과 수준을 분석하고자 한다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 건설산업이 코로사19 사태, 탄소 중립, 중대 재해 발생 등으로 당면한 위기를 극복할 수 있도록 ESG 생태계를 구축하고, 무형자산 측정 및 관리를 위한 플랫폼 개발의 기본 자료로 활용되어 녹색 금융이 주는 비지니스 기회와 일자리 창출 등 사회적 가치 실현에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.1625-1629
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• 2009

The new paradigm called 'Low Carbon Green Growth' involved in reducing greenhouse gas is on the rise as a critical issue worldwide. The essential of Kyoto protocol issued in 1997 is to achieve the sustainable economic growth environments by converting existing production system to eco-friendly one. The protocol imposes the liability to reduce greenhouse gas to the countries joined to it. The paradigm is directly involved in the energy consumption and environmental pollution caused by construction activities. Value Engineering which are mainly applied in the design phase in practice is a measure to improve the value of a constructed facility by analyzing and/or appraising the functions and costs of it. However, an appropriate method which assesses eco-friendliness of constructed facility has not been propose by researchers. This paper proposes a method which assesses the performance involved in eco-friendliness of constructed facility using Value Engineering (VE) in the design phase. The method estimates the environmental cost relative to the amounts of energy consumption and environmental pollution occurred over the entire project life cycle. The database called "Life Cycle Inventory DB", which stores information about the amounts of environmental pollution, is used. The algorithm which retrieves the amounts of environmental pollutions from the DB and converts them into environmental costs is developed. The algorithm is implemented into a system which quantifies the eco-friendliness of constructed facility in the design phase using VE.