Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

LOOKING BACK AT THE FRENCH ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTING EXPERIMENTATION: HOW INNOVATIVE LCA WEB TOOLS CAN FACILITATE THE INTEGRATION OF LIFECYCLE APPROACHES IN RETAILERS’ DECISION MAKING
I. Radtke, J. Payet

Last modified: 2013-06-27

Abstract


Since 2010, the French government has initiated the experimentation for environmental footprinting of mass market products. The majority of retailers encountered real difficulties in the collection of primary data and all were facing the incompleteness of databases. Also, the use of external LCA consultants represented the largest share of the budget. With the overall purpose of facilitating the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for companies, Cycleco developed innovative software allowing non-experts to carry out sector specific LCA for purposes of eco-design and/or environmental footprint labeling. This paper illustrates the methods in which such LCA Web tools can facilitate the integration of LCA in retailer’s decision making and supply chain management by facilitating networking within and amongst companies.

Keywords


Environmental footprinting; supply chain; textile

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