will give trust in the communication process. To succeed in this process,
Mrs. Lewandowska once again highlighted education as one of the most powerful
tools to succeed.
4 Conclusion and Future Perspectives
The session demonstrated that life cycle based approaches are being used among
industry to identify where to act in the most efficient way when it comes to sustainability, in particular environmental sustainability. This session only gives a few
perspectives on how the life cycle perspectives are being used for business management and their actions based on this information.
There was a consensus on the need to build a harmonized, scientifically based
framework and methodology to produce life cycle based information one of the
priority being to ensure the public trust. The European Commission works for a
“Single market for green products” by developing guidelines and tools such as the
PEF and OEF, aiming at harmonizing LCA practices, and Lewandowska et al.
showed that eco-labelling is something that consumers pay attention to [8].
Harmonization came up and was discussed many times during the session as a
mean to make a progress on the road towards sustainable businesses. From the
authors’ perspectives, and based on the experience of running the Swedish Life
Cycle Centre, an increasing interest from government agencies to act for a harmonization at the society level has been noticed. This perspective needs to be raised
to create an equal basis to operate within the market. One of the success factors for
harmonization, agreed by the panelists and also identified by the Swedish Life
Cycle Centre, is the important part of working together in cross-industry collaboration and not as an individual industry or organization.
The roles of ISO 14001:2015 and the PEF/OEF process on the market, and their
effects at the societal level were brought up during the session. However, more
discussions are required before finding a consensus on this question.
References
1. International Organization for Standardizations (ISO), ISO 14001:2015 Environmental
management systems—requirements with guideline for use, ISO, 2015.
2. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/index.htm (Accessed 26.09.2017).
3. Van Hoof G, Smith C, Mcaneny J; Desylva J, Informing corporate sustainability strategies with
life cycle assessment: the Procter & Gamble footprint, LCM 2017 Conference, Luxembourg,
2017.
4. Del Grosso M, Simboli A, Cutarella N, Raggi A, Business strategies to improve the
environmental performances: life cycle approaches and tools an Aptar Italia, LCM 017
Conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
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L. Landström and S. Palander
Mrs. Lewandowska once again highlighted education as one of the most powerful
tools to succeed.
4 Conclusion and Future Perspectives
The session demonstrated that life cycle based approaches are being used among
industry to identify where to act in the most efficient way when it comes to sustainability, in particular environmental sustainability. This session only gives a few
perspectives on how the life cycle perspectives are being used for business management and their actions based on this information.
There was a consensus on the need to build a harmonized, scientifically based
framework and methodology to produce life cycle based information one of the
priority being to ensure the public trust. The European Commission works for a
“Single market for green products” by developing guidelines and tools such as the
PEF and OEF, aiming at harmonizing LCA practices, and Lewandowska et al.
showed that eco-labelling is something that consumers pay attention to [8].
Harmonization came up and was discussed many times during the session as a
mean to make a progress on the road towards sustainable businesses. From the
authors’ perspectives, and based on the experience of running the Swedish Life
Cycle Centre, an increasing interest from government agencies to act for a harmonization at the society level has been noticed. This perspective needs to be raised
to create an equal basis to operate within the market. One of the success factors for
harmonization, agreed by the panelists and also identified by the Swedish Life
Cycle Centre, is the important part of working together in cross-industry collaboration and not as an individual industry or organization.
The roles of ISO 14001:2015 and the PEF/OEF process on the market, and their
effects at the societal level were brought up during the session. However, more
discussions are required before finding a consensus on this question.
References
1. International Organization for Standardizations (ISO), ISO 14001:2015 Environmental
management systems—requirements with guideline for use, ISO, 2015.
2. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/index.htm (Accessed 26.09.2017).
3. Van Hoof G, Smith C, Mcaneny J; Desylva J, Informing corporate sustainability strategies with
life cycle assessment: the Procter & Gamble footprint, LCM 2017 Conference, Luxembourg,
2017.
4. Del Grosso M, Simboli A, Cutarella N, Raggi A, Business strategies to improve the
environmental performances: life cycle approaches and tools an Aptar Italia, LCM 017
Conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
160
L. Landström and S. Palander