Making use of life cycle assessment and environmental product declarations: A survey with practitioners.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) represent important sources of information in applications such as ecodesign and process optimization. However, their use in comparisons and communication is still limited. Therefore, this article aims to understand the use of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Industrial Ecology Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 965 - 976 |
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Oct2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=146409343&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 146409343 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10881980 FL1 jtl: Journal of Industrial Ecology issn: 10881980 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2020 vid: 24 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 146409343 10.1111/jiec.13007 ppf: 965 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Making use of life cycle assessment and environmental product declarations: A survey with practitioners. aug: au: Galindro, Bruno Menezes Welling, Sebastian Bey, Niki Olsen, Stig Irving Soares, Sebastião Roberto Ryding, Sven‐Olof affil: Federal Institute of Science, Technology and Education of Santa Catarina (IFSC), Gaspar, SC,, Brazil Department of Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm,, Sweden Sustainability Division, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark su: Audiences Standardization Product life cycle assessment Process optimization Marketing management Environmental management sug: subj: Audiences Marketing Consulting Services Standardization Product life cycle assessment Process optimization Marketing management Environmental management keyword: benchmarking communication environmental product declarations industrial ecology life cycle assessment (LCA) benchmarking communication environmental product declarations industrial ecology life cycle assessment (LCA) ab: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) represent important sources of information in applications such as ecodesign and process optimization. However, their use in comparisons and communication is still limited. Therefore, this article aims to understand the use of LCA‐ and EPD‐information from the perspective of the practitioners, that is, professionals with experience in dealing with this type of information. A survey was built consisting of two questionnaires and two webinars, with questions related to core themes: frequency and purpose of use, comparability, and advantages and disadvantages for practical use and reliability of different presentation formats. Also, two suggested benchmarking frameworks were presented and discussed, later being commented upon and evaluated. Out of the 55 respondents, 76% stated that they use both LCA‐ and EPD‐information, primarily to fulfill requirements from customers, in environmental management systems and for marketing purposes. It was also stated that they use LCA (73%)‐ and EPD (56%)‐information to make comparisons but presented different responses and there were no established patterns as to the procedures. Methodological limitations and the need for harmonization of Product Category Rules (PCRs) were mentioned as limiting factors for comparisons between studies. Regarding the benchmarking frameworks, both were indicated to be potentially applicable in communication with consumers and between companies. It is concluded that LCA‐ and EPD‐information is used by the practitioners in different applications and that there may be a need to increase standardization efforts of benchmarking procedures in order to improve communication with nonspecialist audiences. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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