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| Title: | The politics of LCA in business |
| Authors: | Mohd Nasir Hassan
Muhamad Awang
Zulina Zakaria |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) |
| Citation: | Proceedings of the 2000 3rd National Seminar on ISO 14000 Series of Environmental Management Standards for Palm Oil and Related Industries: Selangor (Malaysia), 10 Aug 2000, p. 122-140 |
| Abstract: | One of the current challenges faced by industries especially those in less-developed countries is to cope with increasing pressures on international issues which could affect their competitiveness in the international market. One of the biggest challenges is related to environment or 'green marketing'. Firms are increasingly under pressure to carry-out business in sustainable way through waste minimization and pollution prevention. Industries are faced with new consumer's requirements and expectations from purely price deterministic mechanisms to other variables especially the increasing demands for " environmentally friendly products". Industries cannot continue treating the symptoms of environmental problemsthe "end-of-pipe" management approach. Instead, a more comprehensive means to reduce pollution is believed by many to be through prevention, by attacking the source of pollution at every stage of the product "life-cycle" from raw material extraction to transportation, manufacturing, product use, recycling and disposal. The challenge faced by industries in not only to create "sustainable business" or "economically sustainable" but also "environmentally sustainable". Environmental sustainability involves producing goods that could have minimal environmental impacts including minimal consumption of energy, pollution on land, air and water, and loss of amenity. Today's corporate environmental strategies should include life-cycle assessment (LCA), design for environment (DfE) and environmentally conscious design and manufacturing (ECDM) as their decision-making tools. Life cycle assessment is an emerging environmental management tool that attempts to predict the overall environmental impact of a product, service or function. Although LCA is technical in nature, it's applications have indirect implications on international trade such as competitiveness of products and possible technical barrier in terms of eco-label. This paper highlights the importance of LCA in product development and process and it's implications on international trade. The importance of Malaysian industries in incorporating environmental aspects in product developments and processes through proper life-cycle approach is highlighted. This paper focuses the political and economic implications of LCA on businesses in developing countries like Malaysia. |
| License: | http://www.oceandocs.org/license |
| URI: | http://agris.upm.edu.my:8080/dspace/handle/0/6545 |
| ISBN: | 967-961-087X |
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