Life Cycle Management a Business Guide to Sustainability Training Session April 2007 7th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production, 2007
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Life Cycle Management Training Outline
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Introduction to LCM – This Session!
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Tools – Second Session
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Exercising – Third Session Roundtable discussion Fourth Session
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Life Cycle Thinking
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More sustainable
Sustainable development
…without compromising the
“meets the needs of the
ability of future generations to
present …
meet their own needs.”
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Environmental Social Economic – The Triple Bottom Line
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The Life Cycle – An Example
Worldwatch Institute, Worldwatch Paper 166: Purchasing Power: Harnessing Institutional Procurement for People and the Planet, July 2003, www.worldwatch.org
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Life Cycle Management is…
… the application of life cycle thinking to business practices, with the aim to systematically manage the life cycle of an organisation’s products and services … the systematic management of product and material life cycles, to promote production and consumption patterns that are more sustainable than the ones we have today …a flexible integrated, management framework of concepts, techniques and procedures to address environmental, economic, and social aspect of products, procedures and organisations adapted from Background Report UNEP Guide to LCM – A bridge to Sustainable Products Feb 2006 7
Where does LCM apply in the organisation?
Management Product development
Distribution Life Cycle Management Sales & Marketing
Procurement Production
adapted from Background Report UNEP Guide to LCM – A bridge to Sustainable Products Feb 2006 8
Who is Active in Life Cycle Thinking Today?
DAIMLERCHRYSLER
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Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass?
Strategies & Concepts
Systems & Processes Programmes
Life Cycle Management
Data Information & Models
Tools & Techniques 10
Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass? Dematerialization
Strategies & Concepts
source: Intier, Five Winds International, National Resources Canada
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Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass? Dematerialization
Strategies & Concepts
Cleaner Production
- Is an environmental strategy - Can be applied to processes, products and services - Can increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment
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Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass? Dematerialization
Strategies & Concepts
Cleaner Production
Industrial Ecology Industrial Ecosystems Balancing Production and Natural Capacity Dematerialization
Policy Alignment Improved energy use patterns emulate metabolic Pathways 13
Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass? Dematerialization
Strategies & Concepts
Cleaner Production
Industrial Ecology
Eco-efficiency
“Creating more value with less impact” (WBCSD)
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Integrated and Environmental Management Systems
Systems & Processes
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Integrated and Environmental Management Systems
Systems & Processes
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
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What Does LCM Encompass? Integrated and Environmental Management Systems
Systems & Processes
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
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What Does LCM Encompass? Integrated and Environmental Management Systems
Systems & Processes
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
Classic Responsibility
INPUTS Final Product
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What Does LCM Encompass? Integrated and Environmental Management Systems
Systems & Processes
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
Waste
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Use INPUTS Final Product
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Integrated and Environmental Management Systems
Systems & Processes
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
By using a variety of tools it is possible to develop a policy that addresses the system wide impacts of products or processes
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What Does LCM Encompass? Integrated and Environmental Management Systems
Systems & Processes
Certification
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
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Design for Sustainability (DfS)
What Does LCM Encompass?
The systematic integration of environmental, social and economic considerations into product and process design.
Programmes
•Internal Drivers •External Drivers
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Design for Sustainability (DfS) Supply Chain Management
• Procurement policies, and
Programmes
procedures, are a common, and effective, gate by which life cycle management can develop in a firm • Working with suppliers and supply chain issues is rapidly increasing as an important strategic consideration
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Design for Sustainability (DfS) Supply Chain Management
Public Green Procurement
Programmes • The best value for money considerations such as, price, quality, availability, functionality, etc.; • Considers the entire Life Cycle of products; • Social aspects: effects on issues such as poverty eradication, international equity in the distribution of resources, labour conditions, human rights.
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Design for Sustainability (DfS) Supply Chain Management
Public Green Procurement
Programmes Stakeholder Engagement
“… Value creation for everyone involved in enterprise is fundamental to creating common purpose and addressing the complex issues facing the planet.” - The Stakeholder Engagement Manual
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Design for Sustainability (DfS) Supply Chain Management
Public Green Procurement
Programmes Stakeholder Engagement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) • Integration of social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders
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What Does LCM Encompass?
Design for Sustainability (DfE) Supply Chain Management
Public Green Procurement
Programmes Stakeholder Engagement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communication • Any manner of information sharing with stakeholders, generally through one-way, non-iterative processes, i.e. Corporate Sustainability Reporting 27
Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass?
Analytical • Input – Output Analysis • Material Intensity
Tools & Techniques
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Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass?
Analytical
Procedural • Audits • Checklists
Tools & Techniques
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Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass?
Analytical
Procedural
Tools & Techniques Supportive • Standards • Voluntary Agreements
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Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass? Data: Databases, Data Warehousing, Controlling
Data Information & Models
Best Practice: Best Practice Benchmarks, References, etc.
Models: Fate, Dose-Response, etc.
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Session 2: LCM Tools What Does LCM Encompass?
LCM is the systematically application of one of several tools 32
LCM in My Organisation
Strategies & Concepts
EcoEfficiency
Systems & Processes Programmes Certification
Life Cycle
Communication
Management Best Practice Benchmarks
Data Information & Models
Supportive, ISO standards on product eco-labeling
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LCM in Her Organisation Systems & Processes
Strategies & Concepts
Programmes Extended Producer Responsibility
Dematerialization
Life Cycle Management
Databases
Data Information & Models
Design for Environment Analytical, LCA
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LCM in His Organisation
Strategies & Concepts
Industrial Ecology
Systems & Processes Integrated Management Systems
Programmes
(i.e. ISO 14000, EMAS, EFQM)
Life Cycle Management
Supply Chain Management Procedural, Supplier Audits
Data Information & Models
Benchmark supplier management best practices
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LCM In Context – An Example
Worldwatch Institute, Worldwatch Paper 166: Purchasing Power: Harnessing Institutional Procurement for People and the Planet, July 2003, www.worldwatch.org
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LCM In Context – An Example
• Groups of 4 persons • Briefly describe the life cycle of your cloth (where it comes from, which materials are used, etc.)
Geoffrey Gaudreault, NPR
• Briefly propose which LCM tools you would apply and which social/environmental impacts would be addressed 37
Roundtable Discussion
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Are you ready to implement Life Cycle Thinking?
Why Wait? Thank you…
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