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Decarbonization in the sports industry: a case study of energy efficiency initiatives
| Resumo: | This dissertation was developed as the final part of the Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Minho. This project is the result of a curricular internship at Decathlon, a multinational in the sports retail sector, which sells sporting goods from a wide range of sectors. The focus of this work was to encourage the decarbonization of production, taking into consideration the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and improved energy efficiency, in the company’s panel of suppliers. In recent years, concern about climate change has crossed all generations and sectors, given the urgency and severity of the issue. In particular, companies, as the main parties responsible for this issue, have come under increasing pressure to promote sustainable changes in order to avoid compromising the lives of future generations and to remain competitive in the market. In this way, reducing greenhouse gas emissions has to be one of the priorities for companies today. To begin with, suppliers were audited on the CO2 emission reduction actions they had committed to when signing the SBTs. Here it was possible to identify the percentages of actions that had already been com pleted, those that were in progress and those that had not yet been started. That said, the energy efficiency maturity level of Decathlon’s supplier panel was ascertained through a survey. Analysis of the supplier panel surveys made it possible to determine the most common problems and, by studying and investi gating this topic, to propose some practices that could improve the energy efficiency maturity of most of them. Initially, actions were suggested for the entire supplier panel and, later, more specific actions according to the type of supplier process. It was also possible to carry out a more detailed analysis of Decathlon supplier B, which manufactures bicycles. Here too, the biggest problems were analyzed in detail and specific improvements were proposed. |
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| Autores principais: | Carneiro, Maria Margarida Pinto Coelho Silva |
| Assunto: | Decarbonization of production Energy efficiency Improvement proposals Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Descarbonização da produção Eficiência energética Propostas de melhoria |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | This dissertation was developed as the final part of the Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Minho. This project is the result of a curricular internship at Decathlon, a multinational in the sports retail sector, which sells sporting goods from a wide range of sectors. The focus of this work was to encourage the decarbonization of production, taking into consideration the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and improved energy efficiency, in the company’s panel of suppliers. In recent years, concern about climate change has crossed all generations and sectors, given the urgency and severity of the issue. In particular, companies, as the main parties responsible for this issue, have come under increasing pressure to promote sustainable changes in order to avoid compromising the lives of future generations and to remain competitive in the market. In this way, reducing greenhouse gas emissions has to be one of the priorities for companies today. To begin with, suppliers were audited on the CO2 emission reduction actions they had committed to when signing the SBTs. Here it was possible to identify the percentages of actions that had already been com pleted, those that were in progress and those that had not yet been started. That said, the energy efficiency maturity level of Decathlon’s supplier panel was ascertained through a survey. Analysis of the supplier panel surveys made it possible to determine the most common problems and, by studying and investi gating this topic, to propose some practices that could improve the energy efficiency maturity of most of them. Initially, actions were suggested for the entire supplier panel and, later, more specific actions according to the type of supplier process. It was also possible to carry out a more detailed analysis of Decathlon supplier B, which manufactures bicycles. Here too, the biggest problems were analyzed in detail and specific improvements were proposed. |
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