Higg Product Tools Higg MSI Silicone, fossil fuel based

Silicone, fossil fuel based

12.0

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Description

Average of about 2000 products. The inventory has been calculated as a weighted mean of two production facilities which produce both a range of different products. Technology represents integrated chemical processing facilities with 150 different factories, e.g. electric furnace, silane distillation, hydrolysis, storage tanks, etc.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 3.7
Eutrophication 2.0
Water Scarcity 2.1
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 4.2
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Silicone product {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, S. Includes 10% loss of raw material to account for yield losses. Also includes 1000km inbound shipping distance to account for shipment of raw materials.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: ecoinvent 3.3
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2011
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
benchmarkimpactblend components
Silicone plastic
31
Plastics
Silicone rubber
29
Rubbers/Elastomers

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Good 10% to 20% 2
Time Representativeness Good Data are not older than 6 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 2
Geographical Representativeness Good The processes included in the dataset are well representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 2
Technological Representativeness Good The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset 2
Average 2