Less than a year

Between 1 and 5 yearsBetween 5 and 10 years

More than 10 years

Not awareof LCA benefits

43%Aware

of LCA benefits

57%

The team

CSR and R&D are the biggest sponsors

LCA team reports to...

We score by making sustainability fact-based

Benefits of LCA

What it takes to make a champion win

Success factors for LCA departments

How fit are we?

Most companies have over 5 years of experience

Trophies you can win

Areas of LCA Empowerment for business integration

Sustainability department

Research & development

Product development

Marketing

Other

Supply Chain

Operations

35%

34%

11%

7%

6%

4%

2%

R&D

CSR

23%

20%

11%

0%

57%

55%

52%

36%

24%

4

0

1

23

Establishment of internal communication channels

Intrapreneur who pushes LCA activities

Committed topmanagement

Involvement of other technical departments

A long-term commitment to

the environment

Development of internal know‐how

Becoming an intrapreneur

for LCA

Achieving long-term

commmitment to sustainability

goals

Linking LCA to KPIs

Sources: Paolo Frankl, 'Life Cycle Assessment as a Management Tool in A Handbook of Industrial Ecology' (2002), edited by Robert U. Ayres and Leslie W. Ayres. Diana Aragon, Eric Mieras, 'State of the art of LCA in business' (2014), PRé Consultants

Setting up shared langauge

with business stakeholders

Developing new LCA business

applications

State of LCA in Business 2015

Most top Managers are your supporters

3 people in a team on average

Scientific footing

Informed decision-making

Customer communication

Brand enhancement

Risk management

Higher efficiency

Lower costs

Increased revenues

Little or no benefit

LCA

13%41% 25%

21%

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