Life Cycle Management.

• Superior document: LCA Compendium - the Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment Series
• Author: Sonnemann, Guido.
• TeilnehmendeR: Margni, Manuele.
• Place / Publishing House: Dordrecht : : Springer Netherlands,, 2015.; ©2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: LCA Compendium - the Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Introducing Life Cycle Management -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Life Cycle Management -- 1 The Business Context -- 2 The Role of Life Cycle Management -- 3 Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 2: Life Cycle Management: Implementing Sustainability in Business Practice -- 1 Life Cycle Management and Life Cycle Sustainability Management: A Clarification of Terms -- 2 Life Cycle Management: Concepts and Definition -- 3 Systems and Tools for Life Cycle Management -- 4 Organizational Challenges -- 5 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 3: Life Cycle Management as a Way to Operationalize Sustainability Within Organizations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Value Creation and Life Cycle Management -- 2.1 Defining the Strategy of Sustainable Value Creation -- 2.1.1 The Liberté Case Study -- 2.2 Sustainability Value Creation Framework -- 3 Paths to Operationalize Sustainability Through Life Cycle Management in a Company: Illustrated Applications -- 3.1 Sustainability as a Motivation Generator -- 3.1.1 What Leading Companies Are Saying About Sustainability Value Creation Through Employees Engagement? -- 3.2 Sustainable Supply Chain to Reduce Risks -- 3.2.1 What Leading Companies Are Saying About Sustainability Value Creation Through Risk Avoidance? -- Nestlé Example -- Michelin Example -- 3.3 Sustainability to Increase Brand Perception -- 3.3.1 What Leading Companies Are Saying About Sustainability Value Creation Through Brand Perception and Positioning -- Natura Example -- 4 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 4: How to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Implementation of Life Cycle Sustainability Management -- 2.1 Plan -- 2.1.1 Policy Setting -- 2.1.2 Establish a Team for Life Cycle Management Initiatives.

2.1.3 Review the Sustainability Status and Set Objectives and Targets -- 2.2 Do -- 2.2.1 Put the Plan into Practice -- 2.2.2 Communicating the Life Cycle Management Initiatives Efforts and Results -- 2.3 Check -- 2.4 Act -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 5: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Tool for Exercising Due Diligence in Life Cycle Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Taking Up Social Responsibility in the Value Chain -- 2.1 About Social Responsibility of Organizations -- 2.1.1 Historical Context -- 2.1.2 International Standards -- 2.2 Linking with Management -- 2.3 About "Due Diligence" -- 2.4 Due Diligence: Assessment Through LCSA? -- 2.4.1 The Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts -- 2.4.2 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -- 2.5 Implementation and Follow Up of Due Diligence Through LCM? -- 3 Outlook -- References -- Chapter 6: Life Cycle Management: Labelling, Declarations and Certifications at the Product Level - Different Approaches -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview on Different Approaches -- 3 Some Exemplary Information Transmission Approaches -- 3.1 Qualitative Approaches -- 3.1.1 Eco-Labels -- 3.1.2 Social Labels and Standards -- 3.1.3 Certificates of Conformity -- 3.2 Self-Declared Environmental Claims -- 3.3 Quantitative Declarations -- 3.3.1 Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) -- 3.3.2 Product Footprint -- 3.3.3 Material Composition -- 4 Selection of Approaches -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle Management in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Using a Sector Based and Regional Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context for the Study -- 3 Approach -- 3.1 Benchmark -- 3.1.1 Structure of the Sector -- 3.1.2 Organization of the Sector -- 3.1.3 Product, Organization and Process Oriented Vision -- 3.2 Sector Maturity Assessment -- 3.3 Needs Identification.

3.4 Action Plan -- 3.5 Implementation -- 4 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Part II: Advancing the Implementation of Life Cycle Management in Business Practice -- Chapter 8: From Projects to Processes to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business -- 1 A Brief History of Life Cycle Approaches -- 1.1 From Pioneers to Industry Standards -- 1.2 From Trial to Maturity -- 2 From Project to Process -- 2.1 Screening to Identify Pathway -- 2.2 Scoping to Grow Project Phase -- 2.3 Scaling to Prepare Process Phase -- 3 From Process Integration to Sustainable Supply Chain and Product Management -- References -- Chapter 9: How to Make the Life Cycle Assessment Team a Business Partner -- 1 Introduction: 20 Years of Life Cycle Assessment, Have We Understood the User Needs? -- 2 Understanding Major Product Sustainability Trends -- 2.1 Understanding "Alternatives" to Life Cycle Assessment -- 2.2 The Risk of Ignoring These Trends -- 3 Understanding the LCA Community Itself -- 3.1 The Overarching Message -- 4 What's Next: How to Tackle This Chasm? -- 4.1 Become a Champion for Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.2 Long-Term Management Commitment to Sustainability -- 4.3 Shared Language -- 4.4 Link Life Cycle Assessment with Business Objectives -- 4.5 Jointly Explore New Applications -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Sustainability Improvements and Life Cycle Approaches in Industry Partnerships -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Industry and Associations Initiatives -- 2.1 Together for Sustainability (TfS) -- 2.2 Life Cycle Inventory Data Platforms of Associations -- 2.3 Steering Product Portfolio to Foster Sustainable Solutions -- 3 Examples of Assessments and Applications -- 3.1 Using Plastics Europe LCI Information -- 3.2 Evaluating Product Sustainability, a Contribution from CEFIC.

3.3 Sustainability Improvements Support with Eco-Efficiency Studies: Pavement Preservation Technology for Asphalt Roads -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: Sustainable Value Creation with Life Cycle Management -- 1 Introduction and Objective -- 2 Background and Literature Review -- 2.1 Context of Corporations and Products -- 2.2 Opportunities for Sustainable Value Creation -- 2.3 Business Functions/Activities -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Description of Sustainable Value Framework for Chemical Industry -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Case Study of Spun-Dyed Modal Fibers from Lenzing AG -- 4.1.1 Context and Drivers of Spun-Dyed Modal Fabrics -- 4.1.2 Results of the Spun-Dyed Fabrics LCA Study -- 4.1.3 Business Decisions Supported by LCA -- 4.1.4 Stakeholders' Responses and Sustainable Value Creation -- 4.2 Case Study of Vitamin C Business Development by Royal DSM NV -- 4.2.1 Context and Drivers of Vitamin C -- 4.2.2 Results of the Vitamin C LCA Study -- 4.2.3 Business Decisions Supported by LCA -- 4.2.4 Stakeholders' Responses and Sustainable Value Creation -- 4.3 Implementation Procedure for Business Value Creation Based on Life Cycle Assessment in Companies -- 4.4 Limitations of the Suggested Approach and Life Cycle Management -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Life Cycle Management as Part of Sustainable Consumption and Production Strategies and Policies -- Chapter 12: Hotspots Analysis: Providing the Focus for Action -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Is Hotspots Analysis? -- 2.1 Typical Steps to Conduct Hotspots Analysis -- 2.2 Approaches of Hotspots Analysis -- 3 Applications/Use of Hotspots Analysis -- 3.1 Scale of Application -- 3.2 Attributes -- 3.3 Commonalities and Differences Among Methodologies -- 3.4 Case Studies -- 3.4.1 Association of Home Appliances Manufacturers (AHAM).

3.4.2 Global Protocol for Community Scaled Greenhouse Gases Emission Inventories (GPC) -- 3.4.3 WRAP's Product Sustainability Forum (PSF) -- 3.4.4 Other Attributes -- 4 Other Tools Used to Identify Sustainability Impacts -- 4.1 Hotspots Analysis Versus Other Tools -- 5 Key Observations -- 5.1 Audience and Application -- 5.2 Beyond LCA -- 5.3 Commonalities -- 5.4 Ease of Use -- 5.5 Gaps -- 6 Challenges and Next Steps -- References -- Chapter 13: From Sustainable Production to Sustainable Consumption -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Secondary Consequences of Consumption Decisions -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Changes in Available Household Resources and Consumption Constraints -- 2.2.1 Available Income -- 2.2.2 Time -- 2.2.3 Space -- 2.2.4 Food Calories, Drink Intake -- 2.2.5 Skills and Information -- 2.2.6 Access to Products -- 2.2.7 Interchange Ability of Household Resources -- 2.3 Use of Freed Household Resources -- 2.3.1 Overview -- 2.3.2 More of the Same Product -- 2.3.3 More of the Same Function or Need Fulfilment -- 2.3.4 Marginal Shift to Mix of Less Well Fulfilled Needs -- 2.3.5 General Increase of Average Consumption -- 2.4 Cross Category Effects -- 2.5 Mental Secondary Consequences -- 2.6 Higher Order Consequences of Economic Transactions -- 2.7 Towards a New Measure of the Environmental Life Cycle Performance of Products from Consumption Perspective -- 2.8 Happiness or Harm Due to Need (Over-) Fulfilment -- 3 Sustainable Consumption on Different Levels -- 3.1 Product Level: From Functional Unit to Needs Fulfilment -- 3.2 Person or Household Level: Sustainable Lifestyles -- 3.3 National Level: From Territorial Inventory to Including Burdens of Imported and Exported Products -- 3.4 Global Level: The Sum of All Consumption Versus the Planetary Boundaries -- 4 Actors in Sustainable Consumption and Their Possible Roles -- 4.1 Companies: Sustainable Products.

4.2 Citizen: Sustainable Consumption Decisions and Lifestyles.