scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment as a tool of modern ecological education

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Adrianna Dybikowska ◽  
Leszek Kazmierczak-Piwko
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Ecological Education ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Management Processes

The article presents the issues of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) use in contemporary ecological education, in relation to the problem of sustainable development. Based on the analysis of the literature, legal norms and strategic documents, the theoretical aspects of LCA as a tool used in numerous areas and environmental management processes were discussed and the significance of its use in the process of shaping ecological awareness of both the whole society and enterprises was demonstrated. The role of using computer programs based on LCA technology (such as SimaPro) in the teaching process at the higher education level was also emphasised.   Keywords: Environmental awareness, ecological education, sustainable development, LCA, life cycle assessment.

scholarly journals Achieving Sustainable Development through Environment Accounting from the Global Perspective: Evidence from Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Tapos Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Environmental Disclosure

The study visualizes the link between environment accounting & triple bottom line, quantitative environmental reporting & standard method, voluntary environmental disclosure & legal requirement, size of company & volume of environmental disclosure, material flow analysis & life cycle assessment to achieve sustainable development in Bangladeshi corporation. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate the role of these factors to achieve sustainable development in Bangladeshi corporation. To investigate the role of these factors, ten factors that significantly contribute to achieve sustainable development were determined. A set of closed-minded questionnaire was developed on the basis of these factors to collect the data from employees & employers. Questionnaire was administered by using statistical tools such as matrix, cross tabulation & Paired Samples Tests as a data collection tool and analyses. Research finding shows that sustainability of corporation was associated with the performance of economic, social, and environment. Other factors like quantitative environmental reporting, standard method, voluntary environmental disclosure, legal requirement, size of the company, volume of environmental disclosure, material flow analysis & life cycle assessment were found that they worked as a complement to enhance the performance of economic, social, and environment to achieve sustainable development in Bangladeshi corporation.

scholarly journals Achieving Sustainable Development through Environment Accounting from the Global Perspective: Evidence from Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapos Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Environmental Disclosure

The study visualizes the link between environment accounting & triple bottom line, quantitative environmental reporting & standard method, voluntary environmental disclosure & legal requirement, size of company & volume of environmental disclosure, material flow analysis & life cycle assessment to achieve sustainable development in Bangladeshi corporation. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate the role of these factors to achieve sustainable development in Bangladeshi corporation. To investigate the role of these factors, ten factors that significantly contribute to achieve sustainable development were determined. A set of closed-minded questionnaire was developed on the basis of these factors to collect the data from employees & employers. Questionnaire was administered by using statistical tools such as matrix, cross tabulation & Paired Samples Tests as a data collection tool and analyses. Research finding shows that sustainability of corporation was associated with the performance of economic, social, and environment. Other factors like quantitative environmental reporting, standard method, voluntary environmental disclosure, legal requirement, size of the company, volume of environmental disclosure, material flow analysis & life cycle assessment were found that they worked as a complement to enhance the performance of economic, social, and environment to achieve sustainable development in Bangladeshi corporation.

Penilaian Kitar Hayat (LCA) Dan Alat Pengurusan Alam Sekitar

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Hamzah Sharaai ◽  
Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri ◽  
Saidah Md Said
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Sufficient Data ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Development Life Cycle ◽  
Management Approaches

Penilaian Kitar Hayat (LCA) merupakan salah satu alat pengurusan alam sekitar. Terdapat beberapa alat pengurusan alam sekitar lain yang mirip dengan LCA yang menimbulkan kekeliruan di kalangan pengamalnya. Bagi merungkaikan permasalahan tersebut, satu analisis terhadap setiap alat dihuraikan berdasarkan 3 aspek, iaitu umum, kontekstual dan kaedah. Hasil analisis ini mendapati LCA diguna pakai dalam beberapa alat pengurusan bagi mencapai matlamat pendekatan tersebut. LCA dan alat pengurusan alam sekitar yang lain juga diperlukan bagi mencapai kelestarian alam sekitar. Data yang komprehensif dan mencukupi amat perlu bagi semua alat pengurusan alam sekitar agar objektif setiap alat tercapai. Kata kunci: Pembangunan mapan; penilaian kitar hayat (LCA); pendekatan pengurusan alam sekitar; alat-alat pengurusan alam sekitar Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is part of environmental management tools. Other tools have similarity with the LCA that cause confusion to practitioners. An analysis has been carried out to overcome this matter. The analysis is described based on three aspects: general, contextual and method. The analysis show that LCA is used in several management tools to achieve the goal of the approaches. LCA and other environmental management approaches are also essential for sustainable environment. The comprehensive and sufficient data are necessary to all environment management tools in order to ensure the objective from each tools are achieved. Key words: Sustainable development; life cycle assessment (LCA); environmental management approaches; environmental management tools

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