Life Cycle Management Capability Maturity Model (LCM-CMM): Building Capacity for Sustainable Value Chains presentation given at LCM 2015 in Bordeaux. Provides background and an update on the LCM-CMM project, including the pilot testing phase currently underway.

1. A joint organisation
of UNEP & SETAC"
Life Cycle Management Capability
Maturity Model (LCM-CMM)
Building Capacity for
Sustainable Value Chains
"
International Life Cycle Partnership !
To bring science-based life cycle approaches
into practice worldwide!
!

2. SUSTAINABLE VALUE CHAINS"
Local concerns,
development priorities
Global
logic
of
markets
vs.
Local
logic
of
sustainability
Global Issues, international
standards, certifications, reporting

3. Capability Framework Promotes
Balanced Improvement Efforts
"
Better Decisions
➜ Use of diverse sources of
information,
➜ Sensitivity to boundary definition
and interconnections,
➜ Systemic view of problem,
➜ Causal analysis to promote
innovative solutions,
➜ Inclusive process to resolve
conflicts and build support, and
➜ Open communications to build
trust and collaboration.
3"
Capability
(Learning)
Performance
(Accountability)
Heroic
efforts
Underutilized
Investments
Focused
Results

4. Continual Improvement
Incremental Learning"
Capability
Scope
Business
case
Adap%ve
Society
Capital
preserva%on;
sustainable
prosperity
Effec%ve
Value
chain
Top
line
growth
-­‐
Innova%ve
products,
new
markets
Efficient
Company
Process
efficiency;
improved
margins
Qualified
Facility/
Process
Risk
avoidance;
license
to
operate
Logical sequence of improvements based on
experiences of global leaders to speed learning

5. Pilot Projects"
Pilot
Cty
Outcomes
Freudenberg
SA
Sustainability
criteria
used
to
create
supplier
scorecard,
built
into
contracts
RUCID
UG
Established
energy
monitoring
procedures;
project
plan
for
anaerobic
digester
and
higher
efficiency
stove
NEHSU
Foods
CM
Began
implementa%on
of
Food
safety
mgmt.
system;
iden%fied
KPIs
for
supply
chain
and
defined
requirements
for
management
informa%on
system
SDA,
Bogota
CO
Eleven
companies
developed
improvement
plans;
five
projects
completed
within
%me
frame
of
pilot
study
Ediouro
Grafica
BR
Book
prin%ng
waste
reduced
41%,
stapled
magazine
waste
36
%
and
glued
magazine
waste
32
%
Finca
Mountain
PE
Implementa%on
plan
in
place,
started
on
motor
management
system
Polygenta
Technologies
IN
Baseline
LCA
completed,
Improved
data
systems
to
measure
environmental
parameters
India
Glycols
IN
Baseline
LCA
completed,
developed
LCM
manual
and
merged
with
Integrated
Management
System
(IMS)