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Green GDP Indicator with Application to Life Cycle of Sugar Industry in Thailand

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  • Ekkaporn Nawapanan

    (Research Unit for Energy, Economic and Ecological Management, Science and Technology Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
    The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand)

  • Ratchayuda Kongboon

    (Research Unit for Energy, Economic and Ecological Management, Science and Technology Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand)

  • Sate Sampattagul

    (Research Unit for Energy, Economic and Ecological Management, Science and Technology Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
    Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop new indicators that reflect economic growth by taking into account the impact on the environment and natural resources as well. The indicator calculated by subtracting environmental cost from the “Gross Domestic Product (GDP)” and is used in the assessment of the GDP by taking into consideration the cost of natural resources and the environment, called “green GDP”. This study uses Life Cycle Assessment, which is a technique used to assess the environmental impact of sugar industry from raw materials, distribution, production, and waste management. The system boundary for the life cycle inventory are cultivation, planting, transportation and sugar production. The results of the green GDP and GDP is difference about 6–12% due to the depletion cost resulting from the use of natural resources between 9.0–9.52 $/ton of sugar production and the degradation cost caused by the airborne emission and waterborne emission between 37–57 $/ton of sugar production. The quantity of Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) generated from the sugar production process is the main causing the environmental cost about 55%. In order to solve environmental causes, the policy making as Circular Economy Strategies can be used to meet the sustainable development in the future.

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  • Ekkaporn Nawapanan & Ratchayuda Kongboon & Sate Sampattagul, 2022. "Green GDP Indicator with Application to Life Cycle of Sugar Industry in Thailand," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-17, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:918-:d:724620
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