Life Cycle Management (LCA Compendium – The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment)

This book provides insight into the Life Cycle Management (LCM) concept and the progress in its implementation. LCM is a management concept applied in industrial and service sectors to improve products and services, while enhancing the overall sustainability performance of business and its value chains. In this regard, LCM is an opportunity to differentiate through sustainability performance on the market place, working with all departments of a company such as research and development, procurement and marketing, and to enhance the collaboration with stakeholders along a company’s value chain. LCM is used beyond short-term business success and aims at long-term achievements by minimizing environmental and socio-economic burden, while maximizing economic and social value. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Life Cycle Management....Pages 3-6 Life Cycle Management: Implementing Sustainability in Business Practice....Pages 7-21 Life Cycle Management as a Way to Operationalize Sustainability Within Organizations....Pages 23-33 How to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business?....Pages 35-50 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Tool for Exercising Due Diligence in Life Cycle Management....Pages 51-63 Life Cycle Management: Labelling, Declarations and Certifications at the Product Level – Different Approaches....Pages 65-77 Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle Management in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Using a Sector Based and Regional Approach....Pages 79-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 From Projects to Processes to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business....Pages 93-104 How to Make the Life Cycle Assessment Team a Business Partner....Pages 105-115 Sustainability Improvements and Life Cycle Approaches in Industry Partnerships....Pages 117-127 Sustainable Value Creation with Life Cycle Management....Pages 129-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Hotspots Analysis: Providing the Focus for Action....Pages 149-167 From Sustainable Production to Sustainable Consumption....Pages 169-193 Life Cycle Management Responsibilities and Procedures in the Value Chain....Pages 195-212 Policy Options for Life Cycle Assessment Deployment in Legislation....Pages 213-224 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Taking Life Cycle Management Mainstream: Integration in Corporate Finance and Accounting....Pages 227-238 Building Organizational Capability for Life Cycle Management....Pages 239-256 Promoting Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Management Within Business in Brazil....Pages 257-261 Mainstreaming Life Cycle Sustainability Management in Rapidly Growing and Emerging Economies Through Capacity-Building....Pages 263-277 Communication and Collaboration as Essential Elements for Mainstreaming Life Cycle Management....Pages 279-291 Front Matter....Pages 293-293 Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of Life Cycle Management in the Electricity Sector....Pages 295-306 Life Cycle Management Applied to Urban Fabric Planning....Pages 307-317 Implementing Life Cycle Engineering in Automotive Development as a Helpful Management Tool to Support Design for Environment....Pages 319-329 Managing Life Cycle Sustainability Aspects in the Automotive Industry....Pages 331-339 Life Cycle Management as a Way to Operationalize the Creating Shared Value Concept in the Food and Beverage Industry: A Case Study....Pages 341-348 Back Matter....Pages 349-353