Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 16 Issue 2

Environmental costs and benefits in life cycle costing

Bengt Steen

From a methodological point of view, life cycle costing (LCC) is well developed with respect to conventional costs. However, when it comes to costs related to environmental…

LCC application in the Polish mining industry

Małgorzata Góralczyk, Joanna Kulczycka

To provide a tool to evaluate the economic and ecological feasibility of new and existing mining projects using a combination of environmental goals expressed in life cycle…

Integrating LCIA and LCM: Evaluating environmental performances for supply chain management in South Africa

Alan C. Brent

Evaluations of environmental performances are of increasing importance for environmental management systems. In the automotive sector of South Africa, suppliers of components lack…

DANTES: a demonstration project for sustainable development

Anastassia Manuilova, Klas Hallberg, Karin Sanne, Johan Widheden, Malin Bogeskär

To present the EU project DANTES (Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability), conducted by Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB, ABB, Stora Enso and Chalmers…

Eco‐efficiency: inside BASF and beyond

Charlene A. Wall‐Markowski, Andreas Kicherer, Rolf Wittlinger

Aims to demonstrate how BASF's eco‐efficiency can be used for sustainable decision making at all levels, from industrial to consumer.

Eco‐intensity analysis as sustainability indicators related to energy and material flow

Koji Amano, Misato Ebihara

Aims to use simple ratios as sustainability indicators to evaluate the environmental intensity in local regions and industrial sectors. These ratios could be compared across…

The contribution of life cycle assessment to global sustainability reporting of organizations

Julia Pflieger, Matthias Fischer, Thilo Kupfer, Peter Eyerer

Aims to investigate the contribution of life cycle assessment to global sustainability reporting of organizations.