LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany

Lewandowska, Anna; Kurczewski, P.; Kulczycka, Joanna; Joachimiak, Katarzyna; Matuszak‐Flejszman, Alina; Baumann, Henrikke; Ciroth, Andreas

doi:10.1007/s11367-012-0480-1

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“…Although ISO 14040 indicates directly to possible use of LCA in the field of identification and assessment of environmental aspects in Environmental Management Systems, it seems that this application is rarely found in an economic space and, in particular, in a Polish economic space. In some publications relating to this issue [10,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] the LCA technique was shown to have theoretical potential and to be useful in methodology in this respect and to have restrictions resulting from its specific character which do not disqualify its application in the field of identification and assessment of environmental aspects. The presented results constitute a part of a greater project [22,23], however, they have not been published so far and include results of individual interviews conducted with individual companies.…”

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“…In some publications relating to this issue [10,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] the LCA technique was shown to have theoretical potential and to be useful in methodology in this respect and to have restrictions resulting from its specific character which do not disqualify its application in the field of identification and assessment of environmental aspects. The presented results constitute a part of a greater project [22,23], however, they have not been published so far and include results of individual interviews conducted with individual companies. Continuing the research related to use of LCA in Environmental Management Systems, they made an attempt to verify, whether and to what degree, LCA is, in practice, applied during the identification and assessment of environmental aspects.…”

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“…In order to attain the research target, decided to conduct questionnaire interviews with representatives of Polish and Swedish enterprises that comply with the criterion involving the implementation of a certified Environmental Management System in accordance with requirements of the ISO 14001 or EMAS regulation. The research project constitutes a follow-up of a previously undertaken initiative to conduct questionnaire research with the use of CASI technique [22,23]. The selection of a traditional method such as a personal interview, was conditioned upon its strong points in comparison with computer-aided techniques such as, amongst others, direct contact between a surveyor and respondent and the certainty that the right person participates in the survey as well as possibility of explaining all ambiguities to the respondent.…”

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LCA in Environmental Management Systems—Results of Individual Interviews with Selected Enterprises from Poland and Sweden

Joachimiak-Lechman¹

2013

JEP

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analytical tool used for the environmental optimization of products and services within the entirety of its life cycle. ISO 14040 recommends use of the technique in numerous areas of environmental management such as in designing for the environment, eco-labelling, environmental communications and the assessment of the effects of environmental activities. Despite being theoretically feasible, certain applications of the ecological assessment of a life cycle such as the possibility of identification and evaluation of environmental aspects with the use of LCA are, in practice, still new to many environmental managers. With its strong points, the technique seems to be a valuable tool, especially in the context of apparent concepts of Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS). In order to verify the hypothesis, the author decided to verify the level of use of LCA in the area of identification and assessment of environmental aspects in selected organizations. Therefore, questionnaire interviews were conducted with representatives of selected Polish and Swedish enterprises who, at the time of the interview, had certified environmental management systems. The organizations were analyzed with respect to applied methods and techniques used for identification and assessment of environmental aspects as well as the degree of use of LCA both in this respect and in other areas of environmental management. This paper will present the results of this research and conclusions.

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Joachimiak-Lechman¹

2013

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“…Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely known and standardised methodology used to investigate the impact of a product or technology over its lifetime (Muralikrishna and Manickam, 2017). Due to its wide applicability in different technological fields, LCA has become a core topic in the environmental management field to support the choice between different technological options according to their environmental impacts (Lewandowska et al, 2013). By covering and modelling all the activities related to a product or a function, LCA aims to avoid problem shifting (Simonen, 2014).…”

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Alternative seagrass wrack management practices in the circular bioeconomy framework: A life cycle assessment approach

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Ferrara

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Science of The Total Environment

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“…Access to EU funds has allowed significant resources for the financing of investment and ecological activities to accumulate in some countries. Initially, the criteria for the granting of financial assistance were very lax, but over time more and more attention has been paid to the selection of investment projects which fulfil both economic and ecological criteria (Lewandowska et al 2013). Given the importance of public procurement, it is certain that an increased focus on environmental performance in the public sector will have a great impact on business (De Benedetto and Klemeš 2010).…”

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Environmentally friendly pathways for the evaluation of investment projects using life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA)

Kulczycka

Smol

2015

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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Issues related to improvement in the quality of products and to environmental protection in the economic policy of many countries and in the strategies of institutions and international organisations (e.g. European Union) have increased in importance in recent years as a consequence of the increase in environmental awareness of consumers. All these institutions currently recommend a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of planned projects during the decision-making process taking into account both economic and environmental factors. It is, therefore, important to develop methods and tools to assess environmental performance as a support to a proper choice of investment activities. The aim of this paper is to develop algorithms to link the life cycle assessment (LCA) model associated with environmental issues and the life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) model associated with economic factors to permit an integrated assessment of investment projects. The combination of LCA and LCCA results enables the assessment of ongoing or planned investments and should be used as a priority in making strategic decisions. In this paper, three environmentally friendly pathways (algorithms) using LCA-LCCA indicators as a support for decision-making processes were proposed: the first for implementing any environmental investments, the second for modernisation and innovation investments, and the third for new investments.

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LCA as an element in environmental management systems—comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany

Cited by 16 publications

References 22 publications

LCA in Environmental Management Systems—Results of Individual Interviews with Selected Enterprises from Poland and Sweden

LCA in Environmental Management Systems—Results of Individual Interviews with Selected Enterprises from Poland and Sweden

Alternative seagrass wrack management practices in the circular bioeconomy framework: A life cycle assessment approach

Environmentally friendly pathways for the evaluation of investment projects using life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA)

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