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Life cycle related sustainability solutions are able to increase sales, improve the
brand and reduce costs and risks, if these are integrated in business processes to do
sustainable supply chain and product management of long-term and short term
aspects of innovation and mitigation (Fig. 8.2 ).
Companies can rather freely decide where to start their journey and if they solve
the topic in-house or with external support. However a suitable and smart IT and
database solution is in any case indispensable.
References
Baitz M, Osumi M, Yukiyoshi H, Florin H (2012a) Symbiosis of science and application – LCA as
business case. Ecobalance conference, Yokohama
Baitz M, Albrecht S, Brauner E, Broadben C, Castellan G, Conrath P, Fava J, Finkbeiner M,
Fischer M, Fullana i Palmer P, Krinke S, Leroy C, Loebel C, McKeown P, Mersiowsky I,
Möginger B, Pfaadt M, Rebitzer G, Rother E, Ruhland K, Schanssema A, Tikana L (2012b)
LCA’s theory and practice: like ebony and ivory living in perfect harmony? Int J Life Cycle
Assess. doi: 10.1007/s11367-012-0476-x
Baitz M, Osumi M, Yukiyoshi H, Florin H (2014) Life cycle based sustainability solutions: how
successful companies turn sustainability solutions into company benefi t and business value.
Ecobalance conference, Tsukuba
Fig. 8.2 Business value of sustainability
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Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Life cycle related sustainability solutions are able to increase sales, improve the
brand and reduce costs and risks, if these are integrated in business processes to do
sustainable supply chain and product management of long-term and short term
aspects of innovation and mitigation (Fig. 8.2 ).
Companies can rather freely decide where to start their journey and if they solve
the topic in-house or with external support. However a suitable and smart IT and
database solution is in any case indispensable.
References
Baitz M, Osumi M, Yukiyoshi H, Florin H (2012a) Symbiosis of science and application – LCA as
business case. Ecobalance conference, Yokohama
Baitz M, Albrecht S, Brauner E, Broadben C, Castellan G, Conrath P, Fava J, Finkbeiner M,
Fischer M, Fullana i Palmer P, Krinke S, Leroy C, Loebel C, McKeown P, Mersiowsky I,
Möginger B, Pfaadt M, Rebitzer G, Rother E, Ruhland K, Schanssema A, Tikana L (2012b)
LCA’s theory and practice: like ebony and ivory living in perfect harmony? Int J Life Cycle
Assess. doi: 10.1007/s11367-012-0476-x
Baitz M, Osumi M, Yukiyoshi H, Florin H (2014) Life cycle based sustainability solutions: how
successful companies turn sustainability solutions into company benefi t and business value.
Ecobalance conference, Tsukuba
Fig. 8.2 Business value of sustainability
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
8 From Projects to Processes to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business