Green Six Sigma

Preface

Background

While sailing on a Princess Cruise a few years back I had the privilege to listen to a lecture by Mary Robinson, previously President of Ireland and also UN High Commissioner of Human Rights. She spoke for half an hour on how to avoid climate change disaster. The idea of writing a book to address these issues was conceived then in my mind. Before Mrs Robinson's lecture I was also influenced by the ‘Blue Planet II’ documentary on plastics pollution by David Attenborough and the movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ by Al Gore. Then, on the eve of COP26 in Glasgow there were climate-related disasters in Western Europe, North America, China and South Asia. I decided that it was now the time to write a book on climate change so that I can look into the eyes of my grandchildren and say that I have tried to do my bit.

I am not an environmental scientist but have some expertise in Six Sigma applications in achieving operations excellence in organisations. My research revealed that there were many publications on climate change and also on Six Sigma and its hybrids (e.g. Lean Six Sigma) but there was no bridge between the two. Thus, the concept of Green Six Sigma, which is basically the adaptation of Lean Six Sigma for climate change initiatives, was developed.

About This Book

There are 12 chapters in this book. Three chapters are devoted to the concept of Green Six Sigma with its tools and techniques. The other nine chapters deal with the causes of climate change and ...