Fredrik Lyrstedt Case

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2.2.1: An Empirical Review of study by Fredrik Lyrstedt, on Measuring Eco-efficiency by a LCC/LCA Ratio; An Evaluation of its Applicability. A case study at ABB. 2005
The work reviewed the concept of eco-efficiency as established by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and described it as a continuous process of change in order to decrease environmental impacts in such a way that it would enhance the value of products or services.
It attempted to measure and evaluates the applicability of eco-efficiency concept with the aim of putting the eco-efficiency interpretations made by Steen (2004) into practice. The work stated two life cycle approaches towards the measurement of calculation of eco-efficiency the LCC and …show more content…

The costs categories and the principles for measuring needs to be carefully agreed upon before the assessment starts, the functional unit is typically expressed in one unit of the product. In the environmental LCC, the product or system studied are generally less complex and is described by a functional unit in accordance with ISO14040; e.g. 1m2 of floor. In contrast to the business LCC it is not used for tender decisions or controlling reasons; the method is typically applied for investigating the economic and environmental impacts caused by a product or system. The costs estimations are more simplistic than in business LCC and the prices of the product or system is usually a way of describing its costs. In the environmental LCC, a LCA is normally used for steering and may be broaden to also include costs. The societal LCC covers both the internal and external costs, further it deals with costs from more than one perspective e.g. different stakeholders i.e. industrials, peoples and authorities view. This type of LCC is closly related to the conventional LCC rather then the environmental …show more content…

The paper highlighted the several direct environmental problems and other associated issues identified to be directly connected to exploration activities. Some of the problems that were identified included a large scale of environmental pollution and degradation of agricultural lands which was seen as an income to the host community. The paper advocated for oil spills management plan, control, and clean-up of

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