Technical Sustainability Management and Life Cycle Thinking Schmidt, Wulf-Peter. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XIX, 274 p. 60 illus., 23 illus. in color. online resource. The book is intended as a primary resource for Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), all professionals with interest in sustainability as well as sustainability courses at CBS International Business School and other universities. It starts by reviewing the challenges of sustainability (environmental, social, economic, and governance). The basics of life cycle thinking are explained, looking at Life Cycle Assessment/LCA, Life Cycle Costing/LCC, Social LCAs, and Life Cycle Management. These are applied to sustainable strategy development, sustainable product development, sustainable supply chain management and logistics, sustainable production, sustainable consumption, circular economy, sustainable digitalization, sustainable finance, sustainable employee relations, sustainable advocacy, law and policymaking, etc.—to show how each person in each profession and role can act sustainably and how to democratize sustainability. Introduction – The global Challenge -- Fundamentals - Holistic Life Cycle Thinking -- Typical life cycle performance differences -- Sustainable Strategy Development and Planning -- Sustainable Product Development -- Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Purchase -- Sustainable Goods Transportation -- Sustainable Production -- Sustainable Consumption and Use -- Sustainable End-of-Life Operations -- Sustainable Digitalization -- Sustainable employee relations -- Sustainable Stakeholder relations -- Sustainable Finance -- Sustainable Policy Making, Judiciary and Advocacy -- Sustainable Actions by Everybody -- Bibliography. by Wulf-Peter Schmidt. Sustainability Environmental economics Environmental management Social structure Equality Chemical engineering Environmental engineering Business Management science Sustainability Environmental Economics Environmental Management Social Structure Environmental Process Engineering Business and Management GE196 9783031636240 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63624-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63624-0 240810 20251030112843.0 978-3-031-63624-0