Life Cycle Management.

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Superior document:LCA Compendium - the Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment Series
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages)
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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.