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Applying material flow accounting : ecoauditing and resource management at the Kambium Furniture Workshop

  • The European Commission has established the Eco Management and Auditing Scheme (EMAS) to promote and institutionalize corporate environmental management and environmental audits. This article summarizes a study primarily concerned with the execution of an ecoaudit in a medium-sized furniture enterprise according to the rules of EMAS. Material flow accounting was used to assess and analyze the "gate-to-gate" and "cradle-to-grave" environmental impacts related to the firm's products and activities. A resource management strategy was developed that permits the determination of methods for firm-specific material flow management, product management, and ecological product design to improve environmental performance as seen from the vantage pointThe European Commission has established the Eco Management and Auditing Scheme (EMAS) to promote and institutionalize corporate environmental management and environmental audits. This article summarizes a study primarily concerned with the execution of an ecoaudit in a medium-sized furniture enterprise according to the rules of EMAS. Material flow accounting was used to assess and analyze the "gate-to-gate" and "cradle-to-grave" environmental impacts related to the firm's products and activities. A resource management strategy was developed that permits the determination of methods for firm-specific material flow management, product management, and ecological product design to improve environmental performance as seen from the vantage point of resource efficiency.show moreshow less

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Document Type:Peer-Reviewed Article
Author:Christa LiedtkeORCiDGND, Holger Rohn, Michael Kuhndt, Regina Nickel
DOI (citable link):https://doi.org/10.1162/jiec.1998.2.3.131
Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
Source Title (English):Journal of industrial ecology
Volume:2
Issue:3
First Page:131
Last Page:147
Dewey Decimal Classification:600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften
:Abteilung Stoffströme und Strukturwandel