Strategy and Value Oriented Life Cycle Assessment : The case of Samsung Techwin Co.

Corporations are asked to strategically cope with global environmental changes using LCA or eco-design practices. RoHS, EuP and other EU directives are booming up environmental concerns and facilitating environmental management of green procurement and environmental risk management among Korean companies. We have tried to develop a LCA based management framework enhancing product competitiveness by proactively comply with global regulations and integrating environment into a product strategy. The purpose of paper is to introduce the new approach of LCA towards a product and corporate strategy or value creation, which is named as LCA2ValueTM. The Samsung Techwin Co. adopted this initiative in 2004