Organization Life-Cycle Assessment (OLCA): Methodological Issues and Case Studies in the Beverage-Packaging Sector

Manzardo, Alessandro; Loss, Andrea; Mazzi, Anna; Scipioni, Antonio

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-913-4_3

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“…the methodologies allow to have a complete view of the system under investigation, to identify all the hotspots and with what priority to act on them. In turn, the complete vision of the organization allows to avoid burden shifting that can occur when analyzing only a part of the activities of an organization (Manzardo et al 2016(Manzardo et al , 2018b; ii. the methodologies lead to a closer collaboration with the other actors in the value chain, potentiating the relationships, the quantity and the quality of the data collected as well as the extent of environmental performance improvements (Jungbluth et al 2016;Resta et al 2016;Lo-Iacono-Ferreira et al 2017;Neppach et al 2017;Forin et al 2018;Martinez et al 2018aMartinez et al , 2018b); iii.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…No further articles were identified. In total, 20 journal articles, 4 technical/official documents (European Commission 2013; ISO 2014; UNEP/SETAC 2015, 2017), and 2 book chapters (Manzardo et al 2016;Martínez-Blanco et al 2016) were found. Therefore, it was possible to solve manually duplication problems and analyze all of them.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the relatively short time frame covered by the research, a significant number of contributions dealing with the study of the two methodologies emerged: 20 scientific articles, 4 technical/official documents (European Commission 2013; ISO 2014; UNEP/SETAC 2015, 2017), and 2 book chapters (Manzardo et al 2016;Martínez-Blanco et al 2016) were identified. They have different aims (presentation, methodological development, analysis of case studies, comparison), but none of them has yet carried out an exhaustive picture of the first outcomes.…”

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“…Climate change revealed to be at the center of attention and concerns. The first initiative to apply the life cycle approach at the organizational level was, in fact, the protocol on greenhouse gases (Manzardo et al 2016). Moreover, some other initiatives that have tried to investigate the application of the assessment methodology of products/processes-especially based on life cycle assessment in broader contexts, such as organizations, must be recognized (e.g., Finkbeiner et al 1998;Pflieger et al 2005;Cluzel et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Life Cycle Approaches for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Organizations: Defining the State of the Art

Rimano¹,

Taddeo

Raggi

2019

Administrative Sciences

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Organizations play a key role in reducing anthropogenic pressure on the natural environment. The first step towards improving their sustainability performances is the implementation of methodologies that take into consideration multiple environmental impact categories, as well as the entire value chain. The attention of scholars and practitioners was initially addressed to the analysis of products and processes, yet in a few cases in which they were addressed, the approaches used for organizations had a limited scope and range of use. Only in recent years have they been framed in a life cycle perspective. This article analyzes two recent life cycle-based methodologies that have their focus on the organization, namely Organization Environmental Footprint (OEF) and Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA). The goal is to define the state of the art of their methodological and current application developments and consider the relevance that these methodologies can have, both in terms of internal and external commitment (e.g., for the supply chain actors) and of reporting and communication requirements. The research was carried out starting from scientific databases, integrating technical legislation and secondary literature. The results obtained allowed tracing the first evolutionary trends, identifying the main authors and scientific journals and highlighting the relevant issues according to the researchers. A content and bibliometric analysis was performed that included all the contributions published so far. Projects and case studies that practically applied the two methodologies were also identified and analyzed. Finally, the main differences between the two methodologies were highlighted and future developments were hypothesized.

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2019

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“…), and the food sector (Manzardo et al. ). The suitability of these studies was achieved by the application of different environmental impacts, which offered important guidance for decision makers to help industrial sectors in fulfilling environmental targets, such as preventing pollution and reducing resource consumption.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Organization Environmental Footprint through Input‐Output Analysis: A Case Study in the Construction Sector

Martínez

Arroyo²,

Marín

et al. 2018

J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary The implementation of global sustainability has gained worldwide attention in recent years. The Organization Environmental Footprint, which encompasses 14 impact categories, is a multicriteria measure of the environmental performance of goods and services provided by an organization from a life cycle perspective. In this article, the focus is on quantifying the Organization Environmental Footprint of a construction company in Spain. By applying an environmentally extended input‐output approach, its total footprint and impacts along the supply chain from two consecutive years were calculated. The results show that the environmental impacts from the second year of implementation were significantly higher than those from the first year. The impact category climate change was found to have experienced the greatest increase from one year to the other, with a 31% increase. This work provides an overview of 14 environmental impact categories of the company assessed, as well as recommendations for the implementation of this indicator in companies and public procurement. This approach could pave the way to shape organizations’ action plans and meet the European environmental challenges.

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Biodegradability of Biopolymers

Nayak,

Dutta

2024

Agro‐Waste Derived Biopolymers and Biocomposites

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Organization Life-Cycle Assessment (OLCA): Methodological Issues and Case Studies in the Beverage-Packaging Sector

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Life Cycle Approaches for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Organizations: Defining the State of the Art

Life Cycle Approaches for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Organizations: Defining the State of the Art

Organization Environmental Footprint through Input‐Output Analysis: A Case Study in the Construction Sector

Biodegradability of Biopolymers

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