1. Promoting Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Management Within Business in Brazil
- Author
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Maria da Graça C.B. Popi, Maria Luisa Nerys, Luiz Gustavo Ortega, Felipe Duarte, Marina Santa Rosa Rocha, and Yuki Hamilton Onda Kabe
- Subjects
Sustainable development ,Value (ethics) ,Government ,Product life-cycle management ,Process (engineering) ,Business networking ,Business ,Marketing ,Representativeness heuristic ,Life-cycle assessment - Abstract
The development of life cycle assessment in Brazil began in 1994. Business companies were involved in this process by the government, and in this way life cycle management developed. To support and disseminate LCA and LCM, a group of nine companies created the Brazilian Business Network for LCA in 2013. In 2014, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development became the coordinator of the Network. Despite the many challenges in promoting the theme in Brazil, the Network is advancing and benefits from the representativeness of large companies and their power to push governments, peers and their value chains.
- Published
- 2015