Purpose : This study analyzed the environmental impacts of e-trade based on the national e-trade system(uTradeHub).
Research design, data, methodology : The study analyzed the environmental impacts of e-trade with the life cycle assessment(LCA) of IS...
Purpose : This study analyzed the environmental impacts of e-trade based on the national e-trade system(uTradeHub).
Research design, data, methodology : The study analyzed the environmental impacts of e-trade with the life cycle assessment(LCA) of ISO 14040s for the quantitative effect analysis of its environmental impacts. In the analysis, the cases of traditional trade were compared with those of e-trade.
Results : Traditional trade turned out to have very high environmental impacts across the environmental impact categories compared with e-trade.
Conclusions : Traditional trade, in fact, had environmental impacts that were minimum 140 times and maximum 480 times higher than those of e-trade. There were maximum 2.4 times differences among the six scenarios of e-trade that were created based on the duration of computer use and the printing of documents. Second, the eight areas of
trade work stipulated in the Electronic Trade Facilitation Act were analyzed to cut down greenhouse gases by 77,792 tons per years compared with traditional trade.