Collaborative activity with business partners for improvement of product environmental performance using LCA |
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Authors: | Katsuyuki Nakano Masahiko Hirao |
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Institution: | a Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan b Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry, 2-1 Kajicho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan |
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Abstract: | Collaborative activities with business partners have potential to improve environmental performance of product and life cycle assessment (LCA) is an essential technique to implement eco-design of product and production process. However, collection of LCA data from supply chain is a major issue for LCA practitioners. We propose a Supply Chain Collaboration Model (SCCM), which is a framework for collecting producer-specific LCA data from business partners and for promoting improvement activity of product environmental performance. We demonstrate the practicability of the SCCM using three case studies. In each case study, two or three partner companies organized a product improvement project and carried out process analysis techniques such as LCA and material flow cost accounting (MFCA). As a result, improvement activities from the economical standpoint could provide an incentive for business partners to collect LCA data, and thus the SCCM is an effective framework for eco-design. |
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Keywords: | Life cycle assessment Collaboration Data collection Eco-design Supply chain |
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