Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: • A vast amount of global product chains to be managed – a need to study a selection of these to see how they actually connect to the company’s overall LCM strategy. LCM in practice – initiatives and difficulties The studied company has several environmental initiatives focusing on different environmental aspects and on different parts of the product chain; environment health and safety (internal management systems, policies, regulations), design for environment (internal green design parameters and product development), life cycle thinking (internal integration of environmental concern into business processes), emission strategy (main focus on in-house activities and upstream actors, emission reduction), accountable chain management (supplier focus, codes of conduct, environmental/energy management systems), sustainability product portfolio (customer oriented, portfolio of ‘greener’ products and services), end-ofuse management (remanufacturing, reuse, refurbishment).
Authors: Hanna Lindén, Henrikke Baumann
Institution: Chalmers University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W301100015