Title :
Comparative assessment of environmental life-cycle-based tools: An application to particleboard
Author :
Garcia, Rita ; Freire, Fausto
Author_Institution :
Fundacao para a Cienc. e a Tecnol., Portugal
Abstract :
Industry is being pressurized to improve the environmental performance of products and to communicate the environmental information along the supply chain. In order to fulfill those objectives, various environmental life-cycle-based tools can be used, (e.g. ISO-LCA, Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), and “Carbon Footprint”). However, the difference between the tools available is not obvious, nor is it clear if the environmental information obtained from them leads to the same or conflicting results.
Keywords :
air pollution; product life cycle management; supply chain management; wood processing; wood products; ISO-LCA; carbon footprint; comparative assessment; environmental information; environmental life-cycle-based tool; environmental performance; environmental product declaration; particleboard; supply chain; Carbon; Companies; Global warming; IEEE Potentials; ISO standards; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-394-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936915
