
Sustainable Products
Life Cycle Assessment, Risk Management, Supply Chains, Ecodesign
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The book provides an overarching perspective on sustainability from a historical, practical and legal perspective. It offers a holistic understanding of economic and ecologic concepts. Schools for sustainable business models are introduced and discussed. As a broader concept Life Cycle Assessments are discussed and examples for their application are provided with a focus on CO2 Footprints. Ecodesign as measures for reducing Carbon Footprints are introduced both for physical products and for service organizations. From an organizational perspective it is clear that managing the reduction of the sustainability-related impact is a matter that has to involve all stakeholders. Tasks for all involved are given and their contributions are described. As it is crucial to provide evidence for the activities reported audits are described as well methods to transfer information to the appropriate stakeholders. The book is targeted at practitioners and students who want to get to know the subject or need to implement the respective measures in companies.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Chapter 1âHistorical development and basic ideas
- Chapter 2âEconomic concepts in the context of sustainability
- Chapter 3âBusiness and sustainability
- Chapter 4âLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) and footprints
- Chapter 5âCO2 footprint: assessment, calculation, reduction
- Chapter 6âEcodesign
- Chapter 7âLife cycle assessment of an organisation
- Chapter 8âEnergy and material strategy
- Chapter 9âInternal stakeholders
- Chapter 10âAudits
- Chapter 11âReporting, legal requirements and risk assessment
- Chapter 12âInformation and transparency
- Chapter 13âPerspectives
- Index