The role of life cycle engineering (LCE) in meeting the sustainable development goals - report from a consultation of LCE experts

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

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Article

Laurent, Alexis¹  Molin, Christine¹  Owsianiak, Mikolaj¹  Fantke, Peter¹  Dewulf, Wim²  Herrmann, Christoph³  Kara, Sami⁴  Hauschild, Michael¹ 

[1] Tech Univ Denmark, DTU Management, Quantitat Sustainabil Assessment Grp, Prod Storvet 424, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Mech Engn Dept, Celestijnenlaan 300, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium

[3] Tech Univ Carolo Wilhelmina Braunschweig, Inst Machine Tools & Prod Technol, Chair Sustainable Mfg & Life Cycle Engn, Braunschweig, Germany

[4] Univ New South Wales, Sch Mech & Mfg Engn, Sustainable Mfg & Life Cycle Engn Res Grp, Sydney, NSW, Australia

关键词: Absolute sustainability;    Interactive session;    Life cycle assessment;    Manufacturing;    SDG;    Sustainable production and consumption;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.129

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Life cycle engineering (LCE) targets product development and manufacturing activities in a life cycle perspective, with the aim to create more sustainable solutions. Coined approximately 30 years ago, it was adopted by the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP, from the French title), which established annual conferences on life cycle engineering to further develop the concept and its operationalisation. With the recent advent of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), engineering is now provided with specific targets to steer societies towards sustainable production and consumption. But how can LCE contribute to meeting the UN SDGs? Here, we report on a consultation process conducted as part of the 25th CIRP LCE conference, organised in Copenhagen, DK, in 2018. Approximately 175 participants reflected on a list of ten pre-identified challenges for implementing the SDG agenda that LCE could help tackle, and were solicited to propose solutions. A total of 118 solutions were proposed, and the main messages and recommendations are summarised and reported in the paper. Overall, they voice the need for stronger action from academia (e.g. research needs related to addressing trade-offs across SDGs), business and governments (e.g. transparent and harmonised reporting on sustainability performances, internalisation of external costs) and society at large (e.g. consumer behaviour, role of education). (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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