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| Author: | Pesonen, H.-L. |
| Title: | Environmental management of value chains: promoting life-cycle thinking in industrial networks |
| Journal: | Greener Management International
2001 : SPRING, 33, p. 45-58 |
| Index terms: | Environmental economics Networks Life cycles Metals industry Value theory Finland |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Companies are facing increasing demand concerning the environmental performance of their products. Life-cycle thinking forces network co-operation.. Ideas about how network dynamics could be helpful in finding new solutions to the problems of environmental management in the value chain context are introduced. The case of environmental management system development process in a Finnish metal industry network illustrates the topic. In the INCENIA project, special attention was paid to the training of the staff and, second, to the improvement of the communication system between main contractors and suppliers. |
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