Responsabilité & Environnement Avril 2012 – English abstracts

Editorial: Pierre COUVEINHES,

Rédacetur en chef des Annales des Mines

Foreword: Alain ROUSSE

A – LCA’s place in sustainable development policies

Analyzing the life cycle: Public authorities’ viewpoint

Life-cycle assessment, a tool or drawback for a firm’s competitiveness?

B – LCA: History, uses and prospects

Eco-efficiency, life-cycle analysis and eco-design: Interrelations, challenges and prospects

Analyzing the life cycle of a product or service: Applications and practices

Environmental labels: Information for both consumers and manufacturers

Applying LCA to complex biotechnical systems: At the frontier of science?

The issues and perils of ecolabels

C – Testimony from stakeholders: The uses and limits of LCA

Appendix: LCA and recycling worn-out products — Attribution of the environmental impacts of up- and downstream life cycles

Appendix: LCA and recycling worn-out products — Attribution of the environmental impacts of up- and downstream life cycles

An original approach to integrating ecodesign in the supply chain: CORINE, a European research projec

Innovative solutions for reducing environmental footprints: Total’s Ecosolutions program

The “Score LCA” research project: Objectives and organization

Life-cycle assessment in firms

Analyzing a product’s life cycle and protecting the environment: LCA’s pertinence and limits — an association’s viewpoint

Twenty years of life-cycle assessment: A user’s experience and thoughts