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Manual on Product-Oriented Environmental Work

Contents

Introduction to the series
     
Preface
     
Summary
    
Part 1: The Process
    
1 Introduction
1.1 Why incorporate the product dimension in your environmental work?
1.2 The life cycle approach
1.3 How to use the manual
     
2 The Companies
2.1 The six companies
2.2 Targeted action produces results
2.2.1 Brdr. Hartmann A/S
2.2.2 Grundfos
      
3 Status and Overview
3.1 Life cycle overview
3.1.1 Selection of product
3.1.2 Overview of life cycle and environmental impacts
3.1.3 Time required for start-up and overview
3.2 Possible action areas
3.2.1 Documentation
3.2.2 Possibilities for environmental improvements
3.2.3 Consider your position in the product chain
3.2.4 Conclusion concerning possibilities
3.3 Mapping external expectations concerning your products
3.3.1 Analysis of stakeholders
3.3.2 Customers
3.3.3 Suppliers
3.3.4 Local and national authorities
3.3.5 Consumer and environmental organisations
3.4 Assessment of external expectations
3.4.1 Assess the expectations in relation to the product's function
3.4.2 Overview of product requirements
3.4.3 Overview of other matters
3.4.4 General assessment
3.4.5 Threats and potentials
3.5 Internal potentials
3.5.1 Internal needs and wishes
3.5.2 Knowledge within the organisation
3.5.3 Conclusion concerning potentials within the organisation
3.6 Strategy for continuation of the work
3.6.1 Initiation of project(s)
3.6.2 Integrated strategy for your product-oriented work
      
4 The Product-oriented Approach in Practice
4.1 The product-oriented approach is based on dialogue cooperation and environmental improvements in the product chain
4.1.1 Dialogue and cooperation with the customers
4.1.2 Dialogue and cooperation with your suppliers
4.1.3 Dialogue and cooperation with the transport suppliers
4.2 How does one work with the product dimension in the different departments in the company?
4.2.1 The management must be actively involved
4.2.2 The changing role of the environmental department
4.2.3 Product development
4.2.4 Production
4.2.5 Procurement
4.2.6 Sales and marketing
4.2.7 Installation and after-sales care
4.2.8 Logistics
       
5 Product Orientation in the Environmental Management System
5.1 Assumptions and purpose
5.2 How do you implement the product-oriented approach?
5.2.1 From company-oriented to product-oriented
5.3 Aspects to which you must pay particular attention
5.4 Review of environmental impacts
5.4.1 Environmental review
5.4.2 Environmental aspects outside the company
5.4.3 Environmental aspects within the company
5.4.4 Responsibility
5.4.5 What data must be included?
5.5 Evaluation, prioritisation, continual improvements
5.5.1 Evaluation and prioritisation
5.5.2 Continual improvement
5.6 Statutory requirements and other requirements
5.6.1 Statutory requirements and other requirements
5.6.2 Monitoring the situation
5.7 How might your environmental policy, targets and action plans look?
5.7.1 Objectives, targets and action plans
5.8 How do you organise the work on productoriented environmental action?
5.8.1 Organisation and allocation of responsibilities
5.8.2 Need for training and checklists
5.9 How should communication be organised and handled?
5.9.1 In-house communication
5.9.2 External communication/dialogue
5.10 The management's review
5.11 The other elements in the environmental management system
      
6 References and Supplementary Literature
     
Part B: Tools
     
1 Overview of a product's life cycle
1.1 Designation of the product
1.2 Preparation of list of materials and substances
1.3 Preparation of flow diagrams/process tree
1.3.1 Level 1
1.3.2 Level 2
1.3.3 Level 3
1.4 Data collection
1.4.1 Where to find data
1.4.2 Lifetime
1.4.3 Breaking down flows
1.5 Completing a MECO form
1.6 Further work
     
2 Eco-labels
2.1 The criteria document is the basis
2.2 The Eco-label Secretariat manages the scheme
2.3 The process of obtaining an eco-label
2.3.1 Criteria document and guide to applying for an eco-label
2.3.2 Is your product included?
2.3.3 What criteria must be fulfilled?
2.3.4 Evaluate the requirements
2.3.5 Objective and action plan
2.3.6 Product modification
2.3.7 Documentation
2.3.8 Application
2.3.9 Submission
2.3.10 The market's reaction
2.3.11 Continual development
2.4 Continued work
      
3 Green Buying Guides
3.1 How can manufacturers use them?
3.1.1 How can you prepare yourselves?
     
4 Environmental product declarations
4.1 About environmental product declarations
4.1.1 Environmental product declarations in other countries
4.1.2 The situation in Denmark
4.2 Good advice on preparing Type II declarations
4.2.1 The expectations
4.2.2 The target group
4.2.3 Formulation of the environmental product declaration
4.2.4 Data collection and documentation
4.2.5 Guide on environmental marketing
4.2.6 From environmental product declaration to product improvements
4.2.7 Supplying environmental product declarations
      
Annex 1. Introduction to life cycle assessments
1.1 What is an LCA?
1.1.1 The goal in connection with productoriented environmental work
1.1.2 Use
1.1.3 Limitations
1.2 Standardisation of the work
1.2.1 ISO 14040
1.2.2 ISO 14041
1.2.3 ISO 14042
1.2.4 ISO 14043
1.3 The phases in LCA
1.3.1 Goal and scope definition
1.3.2 Inventory
1.3.3 Assessment
1.3.4 Interpretation
1.4 PC tools
1.4.1 The Danish EPA's LCV tool
1.4.2 Other tools
     
Annex 2. Action areas and improvement potentials
      
Annex 3. Vocabulary

 

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