Life Cycle Management from Global to Local | 2026
Authors: Marson A.; Manzardo A.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-17987-6_12
Journal: Life Cycle Management from Global to Local
Year: 2026
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
Document Type: Book chapter
Open Access: All Open Access; Gold Open Access
Cited by: 0
The escalating climate crisis necessitates robust corporate decarbonization, yet businesses often struggle with the complexities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission forecasting and evaluating mitigation strategies. This paper introduces a novel matrix-based computational model designed to simplify these challenges, enabling companies to simulate future emissions trajectories and assess the combined impacts of various reduction initiatives. The model systematically structures the GHG inventory, projects emissions under Business-as-Usual scenarios by accounting for internal growth and evolving external factors, and quantifies the effects of decarbonization actions described through activity data modifications. A steel manufacturing case study demonstrates its practical application. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2026.
Forecasting; Greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Low emission; Based modelling; Case-studies; Computational modelling; Corporates; Decarbonisation; Greenhouse gas emissions; matrix; Mitigation strategy; Steel manufacturing; Strategy evaluations; Decarbonization