Life Cycle Assessment | The Green Economy Post: Green Careers, Green Business, Sustainability

Facing the Dirty Truth About Recyclable Plastics

By Yale Environment 360 on August 22, 2011 2 Comments Albatrosses, biodegradablle, bioplastics, cradle to cradle, Daniel Goleman, degradable polyethylene, Eastern Garbage Patch, environmental, environmental footprint, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Science and Technology, EPA, Gregory Norris, Karli James, life cycle assessment, Litter, LSA, Pacific garbage patch, Pitcairn Island, plastic, plastic bags, Plastics Pollution Coalition, pollution, Recyclable, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Styrofoam, sustainability, sustainable supply chain

The recyclable plastic bags you get at the green grocer are not biodegradable. But product life-cycle assessments, which are about to become more prominent in the marketplace, fail to consider whether those bags will break down in landfills or just end up as litter.

Corporate Social Responsibility’s Seven Best Practices: Avoid Greenwashing Through Stakeholder Engagement

By Cecilia Lu on July 6, 2010 4 Comments brand, Cecilia Lu, Clorox Green Work, community involvement, Cone, consumers, corporate social responsibility, corporate social responsibillity, corporate strategy, cradle to cradle, CSR, CSR policy, CSR reporting, CSR strategy, environmental transparency, environmentally responsible, green, Green Business, Green Marketing, green strategy, greenwashing, Kiwano Marketing, life cycle assessment, Lifecycle Assessment, McDonald, Method, Perry Goldschein, product design, SDialogue, Seventh Generation, Sierra Club, SMS, social responsibility, socially responsible, sofia ribeiro, stakeholder engagement, stakeholders, sustainability branding, sustainability communications, sustainability issues mapping, Sustainability Management Systems, sustainability reporting, Sustainable Brands 2010, sustainable transparency, transparency, trust

A look at the seven best practices in corporate social responsibility (CSR). They include: setting measurable goals, stakeholder engagement,sustainability issues mapping, sustainability management systems (SMS), lifecycle assessment,sustainability/CSR reporting, and sustainability branding.

Green Event Spotlight: LCA Sustainable Supply Chain USA 2010

By Naimish Upadhyay on March 9, 2010 2 Comments Cadbury, Carbon Disclosure Project, Chrystina Gastelum, Coleman Bigelow, consumer goods industry, corporate social responsibility, environmental and social impacts, environmental consulting, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, International Carbon Footprinting conference, Jane Thomas, Jay Celorie, Johnson and Johnson, life cycle assessment, retailers, Sherilyn Broderson, stakeholders, sustainability, sustainable supply chain, transparency, William P. Flanagan

LCA Sustainable Supply Chain USA 2010 (‘Measuring and Addressing Environmental & Social Impacts Throughout the Entire Life Cycle and Supply Chain’), the 7th event in the International Carbon Footprinting conference series, will be held on April 28-29 2010 in Chicago. The event will address sustainability and CSR issues pertaining to product life cycle assessment and supply chain with a focus on the consumer products industry sector.