270
2.6 Mainstreaming Conditions in Selected Countries
While Thailand ranks the highest score (with a total of 9) and has very favourable
conditions for mainstreaming, the respondents argue that the market is still under
development. With 22 LC practitioners per 10 million inhabitants, it is plausible that
Thailand needs more capacity and experts to be able to cover the demand in more
public policy areas and the private sector.
The conditions for mainstreaming LCSM in China, Mexico and Brazil, with
scores of 7 or 8, are suffi cient, but the fact that the market for LCA professionals
is still relatively small suggests that the demand may need to be boosted by
encouraging a strong uptake of LCSM within more industrial sectors and by
enforcing current legislations or regulations. Expanding the number of LCA
professionals per 10 million inhabitants in these countries, which rank below
Thailand, is an urgent need in order to be able to grow with the market. This can
be achieved, for instance, by having more universities provide education on LCA
in natural science and engineering programs and on LCM in business schools
and economic faculties.
Table 19.2 Mainstreaming status in selected rapidly growing and emerging countries (a–d.1)
showing the number of LCA practitioners per 10 million inhabitants and gender distribution in life
cycle networks
Country
# of LCA practitioners
per 10 Mio inhabitants
Proportion of
women (%)
Mainstreaming conditions
(Total = a + b + c + d.1) [0–9]
Thailand
22
56
9
China
7
42
8
Mexico
11
37
7
Brazil
4
31
7
Malaysia
10
40
6
South Africa
6
35
6
Argentina
10
73
5
Peru
7
39
5
Chile
18
38
5
Colombia
12
44
5
India
2
23
5
Turkey
4
24
4
Egypt
1
13
2
Indonesia
0.3
13
2
Philippines
nr
nr
1
The Russian
Federation
nr
nr
0
Morocco
nr
nr
0
Saudi Arabia
nr
nr
0
nr not representative. No more than three persons have been identifi ed in that country; hence, the
result cannot be considered representative
S. Valdivia et al.
2.6 Mainstreaming Conditions in Selected Countries
While Thailand ranks the highest score (with a total of 9) and has very favourable
conditions for mainstreaming, the respondents argue that the market is still under
development. With 22 LC practitioners per 10 million inhabitants, it is plausible that
Thailand needs more capacity and experts to be able to cover the demand in more
public policy areas and the private sector.
The conditions for mainstreaming LCSM in China, Mexico and Brazil, with
scores of 7 or 8, are suffi cient, but the fact that the market for LCA professionals
is still relatively small suggests that the demand may need to be boosted by
encouraging a strong uptake of LCSM within more industrial sectors and by
enforcing current legislations or regulations. Expanding the number of LCA
professionals per 10 million inhabitants in these countries, which rank below
Thailand, is an urgent need in order to be able to grow with the market. This can
be achieved, for instance, by having more universities provide education on LCA
in natural science and engineering programs and on LCM in business schools
and economic faculties.
Table 19.2 Mainstreaming status in selected rapidly growing and emerging countries (a–d.1)
showing the number of LCA practitioners per 10 million inhabitants and gender distribution in life
cycle networks
Country
# of LCA practitioners
per 10 Mio inhabitants
Proportion of
women (%)
Mainstreaming conditions
(Total = a + b + c + d.1) [0–9]
Thailand
22
56
9
China
7
42
8
Mexico
11
37
7
Brazil
4
31
7
Malaysia
10
40
6
South Africa
6
35
6
Argentina
10
73
5
Peru
7
39
5
Chile
18
38
5
Colombia
12
44
5
India
2
23
5
Turkey
4
24
4
Egypt
1
13
2
Indonesia
0.3
13
2
Philippines
nr
nr
1
The Russian
Federation
nr
nr
0
Morocco
nr
nr
0
Saudi Arabia
nr
nr
0
nr not representative. No more than three persons have been identifi ed in that country; hence, the
result cannot be considered representative
S. Valdivia et al.