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The Life Cycle Management NavigatorLife Cycle Management Navigator

Training Session 6

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Life Cycle Management Navigator5 steps to success!

Overview

1 Identify your main internaltriple bottom line issues

Identify the demands of your external stakeholders

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3 Get an overview on existing tools and select a tool

5 Prepare an action planand make it happen

4 Get more detailed infor-mation on the selected tool

”Triple bottom line weather map“

”Go for it !“”Go for it !“

”Use thetraining material!“

Source: Wuppertal Institute

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorInternal perspective

Step 1

”Triple bottom line weather map“

• Use the “Triple bottom line weather map” to identify and evaluate your company’s main issues along the life cycle.

• Feel free to include further environmental, economic, and social issues.

Good performance

Improvement possibility

Priority for action!

Evaluation mode: Evaluation mode:

1 Identify your main internaltriple bottom line issues

Source: Adapted from Wuppertal Institute

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorInternal perspective

Step 1

Triple bottom line weather map - Excerpt

Source: Kuhndt et al, 2008

Assess the overall triple bottom line issues in your company in just a few minutes

Energy use

Transport

Toxic waste

Employment structure

Health and safety

Cultural diversity

Net sales

Personnel benefits

Business market relationship

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorExternal perspective

Step 2

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Identify the demands of your external stakeholders

2 “Smiles from your stakeholders?”

• For a successful life cycle management it is crucial to adequately consider the concerns of your external stakeholders.

• Use the table “Do you still get a smile from your stakeholders?” to figure out opportunities for improvement.

Good performance

Improvement possibility

Priority for action!

Evaluation mode: Evaluation mode:

Source: Wuppertal Institute

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorExternal perspective

Step 2

Smile from your stakeholder - Excerpt

Do you take the triple bottom line demands of external stakeholders adequately into account?

Do you get a smile from ...?

Contractors and suppliers

Regulatory and legislative bodies

Neighbourhood

Media

Source: Wuppertal Institute

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorTools selection

Step 3

3 Get an overview on existing tools and select one

”Use thetraining material!“

Criteria for evaluation:Criteria for evaluation:

• Use the

Consider-Internal/ external

demands-What you intend to

achieve (measure, communicate, ...)

Have in mind:• Findings of steps 1 & 2• Training material

1. Pre-select the tools that seem appropriate

2. Evaluate these tools

3. Decide on the tool you want to use

Tool Overview

Source: Wuppertal Institute

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorTools overview

Step 3

Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Design

Responsible Supply Chain Management

IntegratedManagement Systems

Performance Evaluation and Environmental Product Declaration

Corporate Reporting

Internalfocus

Stakeholderfocus

Product chainfocus

Life CycleCosting

Mea-sure

Com-muni-cate

Source: Wuppertal Institute

Carbon Footprinting

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorCapacity building

Step 4

4 Get more detailed infor-mation on the selected tool

”Review further references“

Use the “References” and “Further reading” listed

at the end of the description of each tool to find

out sources for further information.

Source: Wuppertal Institute

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorMake it happen!

Step 5

5 Prepare an action plan and make it happen ”Go for it . . . !“

• Work out an action plan.

(see Exercise “Developing an action plan”,

17_EXPR_DAP)

• Follow - as a first step - the guidance given in the

“How”-sections of the training material.

Take action . . . !

Source: Wuppertal Institute

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Life Cycle Management NavigatorBasis for Action Plans

Step 5

Plan

DoCheck

Act

4.

1. Define ambition level

2. Get stuff into the boat

Define improvements

5. Conduct actions to realise improvements

6. Report on these actions

7.

Evaluate

the actions

8.

Brainstorm on basis of your gained experiences

Source: Adapted from UNEP, 2007, Life Cycle Management - A business guide to sustainability

3.Find interests of customers