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Steven B. Young, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Associate Professor
Co-director, Environment and Business Undergraduate Program
Contact Information:
Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 38419
Office: EV3 - 4243
Email: sb.young(at)uwaterloo.ca
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Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1996
M.A.Sc. University of Toronto, 1989
B.A.Sc. (with Distinction) Cooperative Programme, University of Alberta, 1987
Boards:
2011- Audit Review Committee, Conflict Free Smelter Program, Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
and Global e-Sustainability Initiative
2010- Editorial Board, Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management (GHGMM)
2009- Board of Directors of the non-profit Sustainable Waterloo Region.
Biographical Statement:
Steven B. Young researches sustainable materials management (SMM), life-cycle assessment (LCA) and enterprise carbon management. His interests relate to corporate social responsibility (CSR), standards and assurance, industrial supply-chains, and approaches to assess sustainability of products and material systems.
Since the early 1990s he has been researching and developing sustainability assessment approaches; evaluating the environmental performance of products, projects and technologies; and providing strategic advice to business organisations. Dr Young has founded two management consulting companies, and has consulted to a wide range of government agencies, international associations, and multinational corporations. He was an author for the international ISO 14000 environmental management standards.
At University of Waterloo, Dr. Young is co-director of the undergraduate Environment and Business program—the top-ranked undergraduate degree in Canada that integrates sustainability into a business education. He was the founding and interim director of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) from 2009-10, and led the design of the novel Master of Environment and Business (MEB) degree— launched in 2010.
Dr. Young sits on the Board of Directors of the non-profit Sustainable Waterloo Region. A Professional Engineer, and he holds degrees from University of Alberta and University of Toronto. He has travelled widely in both the north the Global South, and actively enjoys nature with his family. He has published in popular and academic journals on research in corporate responsibility, life-cycle assessment, carbon footprinting, GHG management, and sustainable materials management.
Dr. Young’s home department is SEED but he is cross-appointed in ERS. He advises students in SEED, ERS and Chemical Engineering. Funded opportunities for several graduate students are available 2011-2014.
Current Research Projects:
- LCA of bio-based materials and novel bio-products including improved life cycle assessment methods, indicators for agri-food systems, and databases on agricultural and biomass feedstocks. The overall BioNIB project includes a network of partners from farms, to materials, to manufacturing, to final uses in automotive and other sectors.
- Conflict minerals and responsible sourcing in supply-chains of metals from mines to brand-name electronics. Multiple partners and disciplines converge, including business, CSR, mining and metallurgy, governance, international development and sustainability assessment.
- Life cycle assessment of materials in mobility: LCA of lithium and other battery materials for use in electric vehicles (EV). Product category rules (PCR) for materials (aluminum and steel) in automotive vehicle lightweighting.
- Enterprise carbon management, especially measurement, reporting and verification of GHGs; including LCA, product carbon footprints, and business carbon strategies.
Selected Publications and Presentations:
- Young, S. B. and Abbott, C. (forthcoming 2012). Developing Compatible Emissions Inventories and Accounting Systems. Chapter 10 in Designing Integration: Regional Cooperation on Climate Change Law & Policy in North America, eds. Neil Craik, Isabel Studer, Debora VanNijnatten. University of Toronto Press, (approx. 39 pages).
- Young S, Dias G (2011). LCM of metals supply to electronics: tracking and tracing "conflict minerals". Presentation at LCM 2011 - Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management, August 28-31, Berlin. Session LCM in the Electronics and ICT Sectors, available at http://www.lcm2011.org/papers.html (12 pages).
- Sayan, B., Young, S. B. (2011). Database for Life Cycle Assessment in the LCA Community. International Society for Industrial Ecology - ISIE 2011, Berkeley. June 7, 2011.
- Young, S. B. (2011). Carbon Footprinting of Products, Carbon Offset Projects and Life Cycle Assessment: The same but different? International Society for Industrial Ecology - ISIE 2011, Berkeley. June 8, 2011.
- Young, S. B., Sayan, B. (2011). Gauging Attitudes and Subjective Norms about New Approaches Relating to Data in the Life Cycle Assessment Community. International Society for Industrial Ecology - ISIE 2011, Berkeley. June 7, 2011.
- Young, S.B. (2011). Tools and methods for carbon footprinting. Supply-chain Carbon Footprint Workshop. International Society for Industrial Ecology. June 6, 2011, Berkeley, California. [invited]
- Young, S. B. (2011). “Lessons Learned from GHG Measurement and Reporting of Technologies.” Greenhouse Gas Strategies in a Changing Climate Conference. Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA). November 16-17, 2011. San Francisco, CA. Extended abstract, available at http://events.awma.org/ghg2011/ghg2011.html (6 pages).
- Young, S. B. (2011). “Greenhouse Gas Mitigation from Waste Materials Recycling.” Greenhouse Gas Strategies in a Changing Climate Conference. Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA). November 16-17, 2011. San Francisco, CA. Extended abstract, available at http://events.awma.org/ghg2011/ghg2011.html (6 pages).
- Zapico, Jorge Luis; Sayan, Bianca; Bonanni, Leonardo; Turpeinen, Marko; Young, Steven (2011). Footprinted.org: experiences from using linked open data for environmental impact information. EnviroInfo 2011: Innovations in Sharing Environmental Observation and Information. October 5-7, 2011, Ispra, Italy. (9 pages).
- MacRae, R., Cuddeford, V., Young, S.B. (under review). The food system and climate change: an exploration of emerging strategies to reduce GHG emissions in Canada.
- Dubreuil, A., Young, S. B., Atherton, J., & Gloria, T. P. (2010). Metals recycling maps and allocation procedures in life cycle assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 15(6), 621-634. doi: 10.1007/s11367-010-0174-5.
- Young, S.B., Fonseca, A., Dias, G. (2010). Principles for responsible metals supply to electronics. Social Responsibility Journal, 6(1), 126-142. doi: 10.1108/17471111011024595.
- Young, S.B., Dias, G., Fonseca, A., O'Keefe, M.S. (2008). Social and Environmental Responsibility in Metals Supply to the Electronic Industry. Washington: Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC); and Brussels: Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI).
- Bushi, L., Dias, G.M., Young, S.B., Ominski, K., Tenuta, M., Monreal, C. (2006). Life cycle analysis of management practices to improve productivity of forage-based beef production systems. SETAC 27th Annual Meeting, Life cycle thinking applied to forestry, agricultural, mining, fisheries and petroleum products session, Montreal, QC, Canada, November 5-9, 2006.
- Young, S.B., Brady K., Fava J., Saur K. (2001). Eco-efficiency and Materials. Ottawa: International Council on Metals and the Environment. ISBN 1-895720-34-6.
Courses:
- ENBUS 202: Environmental Management Systems
- ENBUS 308: Advanced Environmental AuditingENBUS 621: Enterprise Carbon Management – new 2012
- ERS 675: reading course on life cycle assessment
Past Teaching:
- ENBUS 102: Introduction to Environment and Business (at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, China)
- ENBUS 402 A/B: advisor to 4th year projects
- ENBUS 601: module on enterprise carbon management
