Developing socio-economic indicators for overall life cycle sustainability assessment of retail sector – case of Colruyt Group

Session WE.2.B || Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products Authors Adibi, Naeem; Van Hemelryck, Steven; McHardy, Cara; Voorend, Wannes Abstract Industry, policymakers and consumers are incorporating environmental and social well-being as part of their practices. Life cycle assessment is a widely used method to assess the environmental impacts of processes, products and services. Meanwhile, social [...]

Developing socio-economic indicators for overall life cycle sustainability assessment of retail sector – case of Colruyt Group2021-09-30T20:01:04+00:00

The vision of the «2000-Watt Society» and its instruments

Session MO.1.C || Achieving Sustainability Goals on the Regional, National and International Level Authors Kellenberger, Daniel; Lucio, Susanna Abstract Swiss Energy Strategy stipulates that the average (final) energy consumption per capita and year should be reduced by 43% by 2035 compared to the level in 2000. With the ratification of the Paris climate agreement, Switzerland [...]

The vision of the «2000-Watt Society» and its instruments2021-09-30T20:01:04+00:00

Experimentation, development and systematic integration of an ecodesign process within a large retail company – case of Colruyt Group

Session WE.1.D || Sustainability of Business Models and Innovations Authors McHardy, Cara; Van Hemelryck, Steven; Adibi, Naeem; Voorend, Wannes Abstract Ecodesign is a holistic design method which brings stakeholders, experts and decision makers together in a brainstorming process focused on addressing potential environmental, social and economic impacts of a project, process or product in (re)development. [...]

Experimentation, development and systematic integration of an ecodesign process within a large retail company – case of Colruyt Group2021-09-30T20:01:04+00:00

LCAs of different powertrains as basis for decarbonisation

Session MO.2.B || Decarbonized Mobility Along the Value Chain Authors Schüler, Maximilian; Gernuks, Marko; Plaga, Benjamin; Hentschel, Jan Abstract Since 2018 Volkswagen is committed to the Paris Climate Agreement and aims to be net carbon neutral by 2050. Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) have long been a part of Volkswagen’s environmental activities. With the shift towards [...]

LCAs of different powertrains as basis for decarbonisation2021-09-30T20:01:04+00:00

Development of new LCA based benchmarks for certification of buildings

Session MO.2.E || What Gets Measured, Gets Improved – Impact Assessment and Environmental Labeling Along the Production Chain II Authors Braune, Anna; Quante, Kathrin Abstract The construction of new buildings and major renovations are responsible for a large share of global GHG emissions. At the same time, the demand for new spaces to live and [...]

Development of new LCA based benchmarks for certification of buildings2021-09-30T20:01:04+00:00

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The 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management took place on 5th – 8th September 2021 as a virtual conference. The conference was organized under the following theme: Building a Sustainable Future based on Innovation and Digitalization. In the LCM 2021 media library you will find all the content that was shared during the conference.

Contact

Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP Department Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi)
Wankelstr. 5 | 70563 Stuttgart | Germany
Ms. Sandra Kanitz
E-mail: contact@lcm2021.org
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