The Environmental Impact of Organizations: A Pilot Test from the Packaging Industry Based on Organizational Life Cycle Assessment
| Autor: | Andrea Raggi, Michela Rimano, Raffaella Taddeo, Alberto Simboli, Michele Del Grosso |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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organizational life cycle assessment
O-LCA ISO/TS 14072 corporate sustainability environmental impact assessment plastic packaging industry Process management Organizational life cycle Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Packaging industry Production (economics) Environmental impact assessment GE1-350 Plastic packaging Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Test (assessment) Environmental sciences Corporate sustainability Pilot test Business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11402, p 11402 (2021) Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 20; Pages: 11402 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | This article presents and discusses a pilot test concerning the environmental impacts assessment of organizations. The study was conducted in a production site of a world leading group in the plastic packaging industry. The purpose was to deepen the knowledge of the methodologies currently available and also of the benefits and the difficulties related to their practical implementation. The analysis was conducted in the period 2018–2019, in line with ISO 14044 and ISO/TS 14072 standards and therefore inspired by the organizational life cycle assessment (O-LCA) procedures and standards. The O-LCA test application has proved useful in detecting a number of environmental hotspots usually not detected by other life cycle based approaches, on which the organization should focus to undertake improvement actions, both internal and external (e.g., the category “employees commuting”). The experience gained in the production site under study also led to the replication of the assessment approach to other facilities around the world and for informing corporate sustainability reporting activities (e.g., Global Reporting Initiative and Carbon Disclosure Project reporting standards). Such results can provide methodological and practical insights to both scholars and practitioners in that field of activities. |
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