A review of the theory and practice of life-cycle assessment in the car manufacturing industry

This paper reports on a literature-based survey of the theory and practise of life-cycle assessment (LCA) in the car manufacturing industry. Three levels of investigation were conducted, ranging from a broad industry scan, to a focus on four exemplary practitioners of LCA: DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen, Volvo and BMW who becomes the subject of a detailed scan. Only 4 of the 21 companies surveyed in the broad scan are practising LCA. A greater proportion of car manufacturers must practise LCA if the industry hopes to achieve the UNEP challenge of enhancing car life-cycle ecoefficieny.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Environmental and Geographical Science

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Handler, Rich

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hill, Richard

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10606

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10606