Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH OF SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCT IN THE AUTOMOBILE SECTOR: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS
Marzia Traverso, Volkmar Wagner, Ben Trouvay, Juliane Kluge, Ferdinand Geckeler, Stefan Brattig

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract


Environmental and social sustainability along the entire value chain, product responsibility in all areas as well as a clear commitment to resource efficiency are an integral part of the BMW Group’s strategy. Already in the strategic & planning stage, sustainability performance of BMW Group´s vehicles is assessed by life cycle assessment approach (ISO14040/44). The results are used to support decision-making process and to define improvements in the life cycle of each designed vehicle. However, there is a rising requirement to also consider social and economic criteria in addition the environmental ones within the framework of sustainability assessment. The sustainability assessment approach for vehicles produced by the BMW Group is presented here with strengths and challenges of the theoretical and practical approach.

Keywords


first; life cycle assessment; sustainability; conventional vehicle; electrical vehicle

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