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© The Author(s) 2015
G. Sonnemann, M. Margni (eds.), Life Cycle Management,
LCA Compendium – The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment,
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7221-1_7
Chapter 7
Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle
Management in Small and Medium Sized
Enterprises Using a Sector Based
and Regional Approach
Naeem Adibi , Vanessa Pasquet , Aubin Roy , Alice Salamon , Jodie Bricout ,
Catherine Beutin , Quentin Renault , Marie Darul , François Xavier Callens ,
Marc Haquette , Patrick Orlans , Jeanne Meillier , Joanne Boudehenn ,
Sophie Reynaud , Sophie Cabaret , Christophe Bogaert ,
and Christelle Demaretz
Abstract Although Life Cycle Management (LCM) is becoming commonplace in
larger corporations it is far from mainstream. To achieve sustainable production and
consumption patterns, LCM needs to be taken up by whole supply chains that
include small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). From a business perspective,
this represents a competitivity issue, as these SMEs are increasingly under pressure
from clients and legislators to provide more information about the environmental
impacts of their products, and to take responsibility for them both up and down the
value chain. Therefore a sector based and regional approach is needed to foster the
implementation of LCM in SMEs. This has been done in Northern France, where
professional support organizations, including clusters, business federations and
Chambers of Commerce, have come together under the auspices of the [avniR]
N. Adibi (*) • V. Pasquet • A. Roy • A. Salamon • J. Bricout
[avniR] Platform – cd2e, Rue de Bourgogne , Base du 11/19 , 62750 Loos en Gohelle , France
e-mail: n.adibi@cd2e.com
C. Beutin
Aquimer competitivity cluster , 16 rue du Commandant Charcot ,
62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer , France
Q. Renault
Agroe, excellence cluster, Quartier des Trois Parallèles, La Citadelle Avenue
du Mémorial des Fusillés , 62000 Arras , France
M. Darul • F. X. Callens • M. Haquette
cd2e excellence cluster, Rue de Bourgogne , Base du 11/19 , 62750 Loos en Gohelle , France
P. Orlans
CETIM Technical Centre for the Mechanical Industry ,
40 rue Eugène Jacquet , 59708 Marcq-en-Baroeul , France
© The Author(s) 2015
G. Sonnemann, M. Margni (eds.), Life Cycle Management,
LCA Compendium – The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment,
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7221-1_7
Chapter 7
Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle
Management in Small and Medium Sized
Enterprises Using a Sector Based
and Regional Approach
Naeem Adibi , Vanessa Pasquet , Aubin Roy , Alice Salamon , Jodie Bricout ,
Catherine Beutin , Quentin Renault , Marie Darul , François Xavier Callens ,
Marc Haquette , Patrick Orlans , Jeanne Meillier , Joanne Boudehenn ,
Sophie Reynaud , Sophie Cabaret , Christophe Bogaert ,
and Christelle Demaretz
Abstract Although Life Cycle Management (LCM) is becoming commonplace in
larger corporations it is far from mainstream. To achieve sustainable production and
consumption patterns, LCM needs to be taken up by whole supply chains that
include small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). From a business perspective,
this represents a competitivity issue, as these SMEs are increasingly under pressure
from clients and legislators to provide more information about the environmental
impacts of their products, and to take responsibility for them both up and down the
value chain. Therefore a sector based and regional approach is needed to foster the
implementation of LCM in SMEs. This has been done in Northern France, where
professional support organizations, including clusters, business federations and
Chambers of Commerce, have come together under the auspices of the [avniR]
N. Adibi (*) • V. Pasquet • A. Roy • A. Salamon • J. Bricout
[avniR] Platform – cd2e, Rue de Bourgogne , Base du 11/19 , 62750 Loos en Gohelle , France
e-mail: n.adibi@cd2e.com
C. Beutin
Aquimer competitivity cluster , 16 rue du Commandant Charcot ,
62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer , France
Q. Renault
Agroe, excellence cluster, Quartier des Trois Parallèles, La Citadelle Avenue
du Mémorial des Fusillés , 62000 Arras , France
M. Darul • F. X. Callens • M. Haquette
cd2e excellence cluster, Rue de Bourgogne , Base du 11/19 , 62750 Loos en Gohelle , France
P. Orlans
CETIM Technical Centre for the Mechanical Industry ,
40 rue Eugène Jacquet , 59708 Marcq-en-Baroeul , France