| POEMS: a case study of an Italian wine-producing firm. | |
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PMID: 16845555 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Over the last decade, researchers paid much attention to concepts such as Design for Environment, Extended Producer Responsibility, Responsible Chain Management, and Eco-design. Many management tools and standards (such as EMAS, ISO 14001, LCA, EPD, Ecolabel) have been developed to support companies in the evaluation and management of their environmental performance and to pursue continual environmental improvement. The more recent development of the aforesaid fields looks at interorganizational environmental management. Such an approach can complement the more traditional intraorganizational corporate environmental management approaches and tools. A typical example of this new trend is the Product Oriented Environmental Management System (POEMS), which represents the natural evolution of the above-mentioned tools, combining the features of EMS, EPD and Ecolabel. Although the structure of the POEMS is still not standardized, many experimental applications have yet been carried out in Europe. In developing a POEMS, a company needs to determine all of the environmental impacts caused at all life-cycle stages of the product and, ideally, to reduce all of them through a continual commitment. The aim of the present study was to perform a survey of the developed POEMS models and to analyze their peculiarities and drawbacks in the application to Small and Medium Enterprises. A case study regarding an Italian winery company is presented. The study analyzes the structure and the activities of the examined firm, in order to estimate direct and indirect environmental impacts following a life-cycle approach. The chosen functional unit is a 0.75-L bottle of red wine. The article also suggests some solutions to improve the environmental performances of the firm's products. |
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Authors:
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Fulvio Ardente; Giorgio Beccali; Maurizio Cellura; Antonino Marvuglia |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Environmental management Volume: 38 ISSN: 0364-152X ISO Abbreviation: Environ Manage Publication Date: 2006 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-07-28 Completed Date: 2007-02-06 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7703893 Medline TA: Environ Manage Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 350-64 Citation Subset: IM |
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Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed AMbientali (DREAM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy. |
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Carbon Dioxide Environment Fermentation Food Industry / standards* Italy Product Labeling / standards Wine* |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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124-38-9/Carbon Dioxide |
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