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come with costs and fail to provide short-term fi nancial incentives. Companies need
to perceive the long-term positive consequence of their sustainability endearment,
which can improve their attractiveness to consumer and increase their competitiveness in the long run.
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Carraro C, Galeotti M (1997) Economic growth, international competitiveness and environmental
protection: R&D nd innovation strategies with WARM model. Energy Econ 19:2–28
Cherian J, Jacob J (2012) Green marketing: a study of consumers’ attitude towards environment
friendly products. Asian Soc Sci. doi: 10.5539/ass.v8n12p117
Deming WE (1952) Elementary principles of the statistical control of quality: a series of lectures,
2nd edn. Nippon Kagaku Gijutsu Remmei, Tokyo, 103
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doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.02.011
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Heidelberg/London/New York
Ginsburg JM, Bloom PN (2004) Choosing the right green marketing strategy. MIT Sloan Manag
Rev 46:79–84
GRI (2013) G4 sustainability reporting guidelines: reporting principles and standard disclosures
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for use
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evaluation – guidelines
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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.
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come with costs and fail to provide short-term fi nancial incentives. Companies need
to perceive the long-term positive consequence of their sustainability endearment,
which can improve their attractiveness to consumer and increase their competitiveness in the long run.
References
3M (2014) Innovation improving lives – sustainability report
BASF (2015) Sustainability. https://www.basf.com/en/company/sustainability/management-andinstruments/our-goals.html . Accessed 10 Mar 2015
Carraro C, Galeotti M (1997) Economic growth, international competitiveness and environmental
protection: R&D nd innovation strategies with WARM model. Energy Econ 19:2–28
Cherian J, Jacob J (2012) Green marketing: a study of consumers’ attitude towards environment
friendly products. Asian Soc Sci. doi: 10.5539/ass.v8n12p117
Deming WE (1952) Elementary principles of the statistical control of quality: a series of lectures,
2nd edn. Nippon Kagaku Gijutsu Remmei, Tokyo, 103
Dinda S (2004) Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis: a survey. Ecol Econ 49:431–455.
doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.02.011
EC (2011) A renewed EU strategy 2011–14 for corporate social responsibility. European
Commission, Brussels
EC (2014) Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and the Council – amending Directive
2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-fi nancial and diversity information by certain large
undertakings and groups
Estein M, Buhovac A (2010) Solving the sustainability implementation challenge. Organ Dyn
39:306–315
Finkbeiner M (2011) Towards life cycle sustainability management. Springer, Dordrecht/
Heidelberg/London/New York
Ginsburg JM, Bloom PN (2004) Choosing the right green marketing strategy. MIT Sloan Manag
Rev 46:79–84
GRI (2013) G4 sustainability reporting guidelines: reporting principles and standard disclosures
ISO (2004) ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems – requirements with guidance
for use
ISO (2008) ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems
ISO (2013) ISO 14031:2013 -Environmental management – environmental performance
evaluation – guidelines
Labuschagne C, Brent AC, van Erck RPG (2005) Assessing the sustainability performances of
industries. J Clean Prod 13:373–385. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2003.10.007
Lacy P, Cooper T, Hayward R, Neuberger L (2010) A new era of sustainability. UN global compactaccenture CEO study 2010. Routledge, London
McDonough EF III (2000) Investigation of factors contributing to the success of cross-functional
teams. J Prod Innov Manage 17:221–235. doi: 10.1016/S0737-6782(00)00041-2
McWilliams A, Siegel D (2001) Corporate social responsibility: a theory of the fi rm perspective.
Acad Manage Rev 26:117–127. doi: 10.2307/259398
Moen R, Norman C (2006) Evolution of the PDCA cycle. Accessed 1 Feb 2015. http://pkpinc.com/
fi les/NA01MoenNormanFullpaper.pdf
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.
4 How to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business?