Environmental Value Chain Analysis: a tool for product definition in Eco Design

Author

Ishii, Kos ; Stevels, Ab

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

184

Lastpage

190

Abstract

This paper proposes the method of Environmental Value Chain Analysis (EVCA) that aids the product definition stage of Eco Design. Key elements of EVCA include: (1) the mainstream flow and stakeholders impact, (2) the internal value chain, and (3) the issue correlation matrix. EVCA helped to transform Philips Consumer Electronics from an environmentally defensive organization in 1994 into a proactive one at present. The Green TV project (1996) and the current Eco Vision program serve as illustrative examples of EVCA. The analysis enables us to formulate the lessons to be learned from the past and also in which way current programs can be further enhanced

Keywords

consumer electronics; environmental factors; product development; Eco Design; Eco Vision program; Environmental Value Chain Analysis; Green TV project; Philips Consumer Electronics; environmentally defensive organization; environmentally proactive organization; internal value chain; issue correlation matrix; mainstream flow impact; product definition; product definition stage; stakeholders impact; Companies; Consumer electronics; Costs; Energy consumption; Laboratories; Manufacturing processes; Mechanical engineering; Packaging; Raw materials; TV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2000. ISEE 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5962-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2000.857646

Filename

857646