Correlation between Environmental Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Management System

• Autorzy: Anna Lewandowska , Katarzyna Joachimiak , Robert Lewicki

Warianty tytułu

Środowiskowa ocena cyklu życia (LCA) i system zarządzania środowiskowego (EMS) - korelacje i aplikacje

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of the environmental management's techniques. There are numerous potential applications of LCA, including, but not limited to, development and improvement of products, strategic planning, green marketing, eco-labeling or environmental communications. As compared to the other applications, a rarely discussed area of application of LCA includes identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems. In this paper we discuss the theoretical and practical possibilities for LCA's usage in EMS, especially in the context of Product Oriented EMS (POEMS). Additionally, the results of the surveys conducted among selected organizations with EMS are also presented. (original abstract)

Środowiskowa ocena cyklu życia (LCA) jest jedną z technik zarządzania środowiskowego. Istnieje wiele obszarów zastosowań dla LCA, do których zaliczyć można przykładowo: rozwój i doskonalenie wyrobów, planowanie strategiczne, marketing ekologiczny, ekoznakowanie oraz komunikowanie informacji środowiskowej. W porównaniu do wymienionych powyżej stosunkowo rzadko dyskutowanym obszarem zastosowania LCA jest identyfikowanie i ocena aspektów środowiskowych w systemach zarządzania środowiskowego. W niniejszym artykule poddano ten temat dyskusji, szczególnie w kontekście tzw. systemu zarządzania środowiskowego zorientowanego na wyroby (POEMS). Dodatkowo zaprezentowano wyniki badań ankietowych dotyczących stosowania LCA wśród analizowanych organizacji z wdrożonymi SZŚ. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Life cycles; Environmental management; Management techniques; Product life cycle; Strategic planning; Questionnaire survey; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

PL

Cykl życia; Zarządzanie środowiskiem; Techniki zarządzania; Cykl życia produktu; Planowanie strategiczne; Badania ankietowe; Ocena cyklu życia

• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe / Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
• Rocznik: 2011
• Numer: nr 216
• Strony: 54--65

Twórcy

autor

Anna Lewandowska

• Poznań University of Economics, Poland

autor

Katarzyna Joachimiak

• Poznań University of Economics, Poland

autor

Robert Lewicki

• Poznań University of Economics, Poland

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