Product sustainability indicator
AssigneeThe Wercs, Ltd.
InventorLouis DeSorbo
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Abstract
The system and method of this disclosure calculates an indicator of a product's sustainability (i.e., green-ness) based on an algorithm that considers membership of a component(s) of the product in regulatory lists (grouped by regulatory category), the percentage of the component in the product and weighting factors for the regulatory categories. The algorithm can run the calculation for every component of the product, and for every regulatory category to determine a sustainability indicator for a classification, such as a health related classification, environmental related classification, physical hazard classification, etc.
Claims27
A computer system for calculating a total sustainability indicator for a classification for a product including one or more components, the system comprising:
- a customization module configured to allow a user to:
- define a plurality of regulatory categories,
- select at least one regulatory list to be a member of each regulatory category,
- assign a weighting factor to each regulatory category, and
- sort each regulatory category into a classification;
- and
- a calculating module configured to calculate, using at least one computing device, the sustainability indicator for the classification, wherein the calculating module:
- performs a calculation of an interim sustainability indicator including:
- determining a percentage of a component in the product,
- determining whether the component in the product is a member of any regulatory list in a regulatory category in the classification,
- in response to the component being a member of any regulatory list in the regulatory category in the classification, multiplying the percentage of the component in the product and the weighting factor for the regulatory category in the classification,
- repeating the calculation of an interim sustainability indicator for each regulatory category in the classification, and
- combining the interim sustainability indicators for each regulatory category to determine a total sustainability indicator for the component for the classification;
- repeats the calculation of an interim sustainability indicator for each component in the product to determine a total sustainability indicator for each component for the classification;
- and
- combines the total sustainability indicators for each component to determine a total sustainability indicator for the classification for the product.
A computer system for calculating a sustainability indicator for a product including a component, the system comprising:
- a calculating module configured to calculate, using at least one computing device, the sustainability indicator for the product based on membership of the component in at least one list in a regulatory category.
A method for calculating a sustainability indicator for a product including one or more components, the method comprising:
- defining a plurality of regulatory categories,
- selecting at least one regulatory list to be a member of each regulatory category,
- assigning a weighting factor to each regulatory category,
- sorting each regulatory category into a classification;
- using at least one computing device to calculate a sustainability indicator for the classification for the product, wherein the calculating includes:
- performing a calculation of an interim sustainability indicator including:
- determining a percentage of a component in the product,
- determining whether the component in the product is a member of any regulatory list in a regulatory category in the classification,
- in response to the component being a member of any regulatory list in the regulatory category in the classification, multiplying the percentage of the component in the product and the weighting factor for the regulatory category in the classification,
- repeating the calculation of the interim sustainability indicator for each regulatory category in the classification;
- combining the interim sustainability indicators for each regulatory category to determine a total sustainability indicator for the component for the classification;
- repeating the calculation of an interim sustainability indicator for each component in the product to determine a total sustainability indicator for each component for the classification;
- and
- combining the total sustainability indicators for each component to determine a total sustainability indicator for the classification for the product.
A method for calculating a sustainability indicator for a product including a component, the method comprising:
- calculating the sustainability indicator for the product based on membership of the component in at least one list in a regulatory category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.