Table of Contents: Life Cycle Management.

Life Cycle Management.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sonnemann, Guido.
Other Authors:	Margni, Manuele.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2015.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	LCA Compendium - the Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment Series
Subjects:	Electronic books.
Online Access:	Click to View

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.

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