A transition for a green economy has encouraged companies to use new tools which promote internal corporate entrepreneurship, increase the competitiveness and achieve sustainable results. This article presented a theoretical discussion of how the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can presents as an entrepreneurial tool for modern business management and green innovation. Studies of LCA were analyzed showing benefits and applications in the areas of strategic planning, production, process of development of products, search and development, social and environmental responsibility, and marketing. As for green innovations, there were analyzed studies of innovations in products, processes and services. The tool assists in making sustainable decisions, fortifies the management of the business processes, the management of operations and the promotion of greener innovations
A Avaliação do Impacto do Ciclo de Vida (AICV) é realizada mediante a associação dos dados do inventário do ciclo de vida (ICV) a categorias de impacto específicas. Este processo pode receber o auxilio de diferentes métodos de avaliação. Porém, os métodos existentes não condizem com as especificidades brasileiras, e isso representa uma das dificuldades encontradas na avaliação do ciclo de vida no Brasil. Deste modo este estudo tem como objetivo, discutir a adoção de múltiplos métodos para AICV nas especificidades brasileiras. Para isso, desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa de caráter exploratório, onde foram abordados conceitos referentes a ACV, métodos para AICV e a adoção de múltiplos métodos de avaliação com intuito de atender as especificidades brasileiras. Nota-se que a possibilidade de comparação dos resultados gerados por métodos diferentes apresenta-se como uma característica predominante, deste modo as incertezas geradas no estudo de ACV podem ser reduzidas adotando-se múltiplos métodos de avaliação. Palavras-chave: Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida (ACV); Avaliação de Impactos do Ciclo de Vida (AICV); Métodos de AICV. 1. Introdução A Análise do Ciclo de Vida (ACV) avalia os aspectos e impactos potencias associados a produtos, processos e serviços mediante a associação dos dados do inventário do ciclo de vida a categorias de impacto específicas, num processo que consiste na Avaliação do Impacto do Ciclo de Vida (AICV).
Many tools are developed and used in order to evaluate the environmental impacts in products and services. One tool that is gaining prominence is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which can analyze environmental aspects and impacts along the life cycle of product. However, not much is known about the patent generation through the use of LCA. In this sense, this paper aims to investigate LCA studies that generated patents through innovation in both products and processes. To reach the proposed objective, three patents basis data were used: WIPO, INPI and EPO. Eleven different patents requested involving LCA applications were found. The LCA and innovation generation need to be more explored, expanding the vision of organizations for this issue. LCA has a great potential to improve the environmental performance of products, processes and services and, at the same time, can assist in innovations generation and in technological development through patents requests.
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