Businesses have a responsibility to shareholders and other stakeholders. By establishing a
direct link between sustainability and shareholder value, businesses can successfully …

Markets are increasingly demanding more sustainable products and services, as well as
more information about the environmental qualities of the products and services they use. To …

Environmental management practices in most business organizations from the early 1990s
were characterized by their focus on internal operations, cost savings, and compliance and …

Organizations have been interested in Life Cycle Assessment in order to better understand
the trade-offs associated between different approaches to producing their products and …

Today's business climate demands signifcant shzfts in how organizations deliver products
and services to customers. Firms in many industrial sectors are effectively using …

This chapter proposes a value creation framework to operationalize sustainability within
organizations through an improved link between life cycle management tools and business …

Life cycle management is a business management concept applied in industrial and service
sectors to improve products and services, while enhancing the overall sustainability …

The concept of sustainability is critical for businesses and individuals to understand and
apply. Although there are many ways to define sustainability, at The Dow Chemical …

The sustainable value framework was developed to help firms link the challenges of global
sustainability to the creation of shareholder value. The resulting Sustainability Portfolio …

This chapter discusses how business can implement life cycle sustainability assessment into
their management strategies. Life cycle management is a management approach that …