"Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management" by Matthias Finkbeiner (Repost)

This book explores scientific and practical solutions to incorporating life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision making.

There are several sections addressing methodological topics such as Life Cycle Sustainability Management (LCSM) approaches, methods and tools, while more application-oriented sections deal with the implementation of these approaches in relevant industrial sectors including agriculture and food, packaging, energy, electronics and ICT, and mobility.

Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Part I: LCSM Approaches
1. Integrating Sustainability Considerations into Product Development: A Practical Tool for Prioritising Social Sustainability Indicators and Experiences from Real Case Application
2. A Life Cycle Stakeholder Management Framework for Enhanced Collaboration Between Stakeholders with Competing Interests
3. Stakeholder Consultation: What do Decision Makers in Public Policy and Industry Want to Know Regarding Abiotic Resource Use?
4. Life Cycle Management Capability: An Alternative Approach to Sustainability Assessment
5. The Sustainability Consortium: A Stakeholder Approach to Improve Consumer Product Sustainability
6. ASocial Hotspot Database for Acquiring Greater Visibility in Product Supply Chains: Overview and Application to Orange Juice
Part II: LCM Methods and tools
7. A Novel Weighting Method in LCIAand its Application in Chinese Policy Context
8. The Usefulness of an Actor's Perspective in LCA
9. Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives or arine Ecosystems
10. Visual Accounting
11. International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook: Review Schemes for Life Cycle Assessment
12. Time and Life Cycle Assessment: How to Take Time into Account in the Inventory Step?
13. A Method of Prospective Technological Assessment of Nanotechnological Techniques
14. State of the Art Study - How is Environmental Performance Measured for Buildings/Constructions?
Part III: Water Footprint
15. Comparison of Water Footprint for Industrial Products in Japan. China and USA
16. Assessment of the Water Footprint of Wheat in Mexico
17. Water Footprints in Four Selected Breweries in Nigeria
18. Development and Application of a Water Footprint Metric for Agricultural Products and the Food Industry
19. LCA Characterisation of Freshwater Use on Human Health and Through Compensation
Part IV: LCM of Processes and Oganisations
20. Howto Measure and Manage the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Impact of a Global Multinational Company
21. Best Practice Application of LCM by Retailers to Improve Product Supply Chain Sustainability
22. Life Cycle Management Approach to the Design of Large-Scale Resorts
23. Greening Events: Waste Reduction Through the Integration of Life Cycle Management into Event Organisation at ESCi
24. Challenges for LCAs of Complex Systems: The Case of a Large-Scale Precious Metal Refinery Plant
25. Life Cycle Inventory of Pine and Eucalyptus Cellulose Production in Chile: Effect of Process Modifications
26. Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Solid Waste Management System of Delhi
27. LCM of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Emerging Neighbourhoods in Colombia
Part V: LCM in the Agriculture and Food Sectors
28. Environmental Profiles of Farm Types in Switzerland Based on LCA
29. The Use of Models to Account for the Variability of Agricultural Data
30. Modular Extrapolation Approach for Crop LCA MEXALCA: Global Warming Potential of Different Crops and its Relationship to the Yield
31. Regional Assessment of Waste Flow Eco-Synergy in Food Production: Using Compost and Polluted Ground Water in Mediterranean Horticulture Crops
32. Assessing Management Influence on Environmental Impacts Under Uncertainty: A Case Study of Paddy Rice Production in Japan
33. Assessing Environmental Sustainability of Different Apple Supply Chains in Northern Italy
34. The Effect of C02 Information Labelling for the Pork Produced with Feed Made from Food Residuals
Part VI: LCM in the Packaging Sector
35. Role of Packaging in LCA of Food Products
36. Packaging Legislation and Unintended Consequences: A Case Study on the Necessity of Life Cycle Management
37. Carbon Footprint of Beverage Packaging in the United Kingdom
38. Enhanced Resource Efficiency with Packaging Steel
39. Damage Assessment Model for Freshwater Consumption and a Case Study on PET Bottle Production Applied New Technology for Water Footprint Reduction
Part VII: LCM in the Energy Sector
40. Sustainability Assessment of Biomass Utilisation in East Asian Countries
41. Life Cycle Inventory of Physic Nut Biodiesel: Comparison Between the Manual and Mechanised Agricultural Production Systems Practiced in Brazil
42. Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae Oil: Effect of Algae Species and Cultivation System
43. Modelling the Inventory of Hydropower Plants
44. Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emission and Stock of Domestic Wood Resources using Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment
45. Analysis on Correlation Relationship Between Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emission and Life Cycle Cost of Electricity Generation System for Energy Resources
46. Development and Application of a LCA Model for Coal Conversion Products (Coal to Y)
Part VIII: LCM in the Electronics and ICT Sectors
47. European LCA Standardisation of ICT: Equipment. Networks, and Services
48. Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Assessment of a Dell OptiPlex 780 Desktop - Results and Recommendations
49. State of the Art in Life Cycle Assessment of Laptops and Remaining Challenges on the Component Level: The Case of Integrated Circuits
50. The Concept of Monitoring of LCM Results Based on Refrigerators Case Study
51. Life Cycle Management of F-Gas-Free Refrigeration Technology: The Case of F-Gases-Free Frozen Dessert Equipment
Part IX: LCM in the Mobility Sector
52. Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Electric Vehicle Concepts
53. A Consistency Analysis of LCA Based Communication and Stakeholders Needs to Improve the Dialogue on New Electric Vehicle
54. Design for Environment and Environmental Certificate at Mercedes-Benz Cars
55. Implementing Life Cycle Engineering Efficiently into Automotive Industry Processes
56. Environmental Product Declaration of a Commuter Train