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  • Headwaters at the Comal Education and Nature Center Project

    Headwaters at the Comal Education and Nature Center Project

    “This report contains a forecast of the economic, social, and environmental outcomes expected from the Phase II expansion of the Headwaters at the Comal Education Center in New Braunfels, Texas. New Braunfels is a city of over 90,000 residents in Comal County, slightly north of the San Antonio Metropolitan Area in Texas. A great amount of analysis was done prior to embarking on the development of the site and that work is not repeated or reproduced herein. We reference other work as appropriate to support our assumptions and conclusions, but this report is focused on determining the environmental, economic, and social benefits created as a result of planned work.

    Ultimately, the longterm development of the site will encompass many phases covering a number of years. This specific report focuses on value created to date from Phase I relative to preCenter conditions and predicts benefits to be created by the planned Phase II intended to commence in 2022. In large part, the phasing is for financing and planning purposes. For the purpose of this analysis and to determine baseline, the “project” is the center and preproject conditions were the vacant maintenance facility and lot. Value created is based on a start year of the first year operating with a completed Phase II, defined as Year One. Future phases will be evaluated when appropriate and this report updated accordingly.”

  • Supplier Guidance Project for the Implementation of ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Social Return on Investment (SROI) Report

    Supplier Guidance Project for the Implementation of ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Social Return on Investment (SROI) Report

    Major manufacturers worldwide are beginning to take the green management of supply chains more seriously. ASE hopes to gradually promote carbon management measures to suppliers by assisting suppliers with the implementation of ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) management systems. This will allow suppliers to monitor their energy use and carbon emissions, and further lower their operating cost and improve their business reputation. In 2018, ASE and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Industrial Sustainable Development Center (ISDC) jointly carried out the guidance project for the implementation of ISO 14064-1 GHG Inventory by 10 suppliers, in hopes of further developing a green supply chain.This study adopts the SROI methodology to review project data from May 3, 2018 to April 12, 2019 from the perspective of stakeholders. After engaging stakeholders, we found that the project’s main impact is improving the business reputation of suppliers that received guidance, and strengthening the energy conservation and carbon reduction concepts of the organization and employees. This changes the company’s procurement decisions and individual purchase choices in daily life to further increase environmental benefits.