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An understanding of your organization’s environmental impacts, even at a high level, will help concentrate efforts on where environmental performance can be
improved the most. When applying a life cycle perspective, the following examples of activities, aspects, impacts, level of control or influence, risks and
opportunities and actions; can be used to develop your own life cycle analysis.
Life-Cycle
Activity Aspects Impacts Control or Influence Risks Opportunities Operation Control
Stage
Possible considerations Examples of actions
Example risks to the Example opportunities
Life cycle stage Example activity Example aspect(s) Example impact(s) for control or including operational
organisation for the organization
influence? control or influence
Review resource
Material/component
Filtration of heavy Control type of Unavailability of raw Securing a source of scarcity vulnerability
processing. Human toxicity,
metals, fuel material used. materials and parts strategically important of supply chain.
Supply chain Oil refining, smelting, landfill use, climate
combustion, waste Limited influence of due to depletion of materials to ensure Suppliers/contractors
grinding, washing, change, air quality
generation suppliers’ processes natural resources business continuity to be ISO 14001
pelletizing
certified
Improved stock
No control or control and ordering
Cost of part increases
Material waste, energy influence over design (reduce occurrence of
Resource depletion, Product unavailable Reduced cost of part redundant stock)
consumption, air or supplier’s
landfill use, air quality, due to non- due to more efficient
Supply chain Part supplier emissions, water manufacturing Reduce quantity of
water quality, climate methods. compliance with logistics/manufacturin
emissions, water fasteners required
change chemical substance g methods
consumption Can influence through through design
legislation
supplier selection R&D into alternative
methods
Life-Cycle
Activity Aspects Impacts Control or Influence Risks Opportunities Operation Control
Stage
Possible considerations Examples of actions
Example risks to the Example opportunities
Life cycle stage Example activity Example aspect(s) Example impact(s) for control or including operational
organisation for the organization
influence? control or influence
Design control is
dependent on
ownership of design Inefficiencies make Reduce resource costs
Waste metal and Use of resources and authority Reduce errors and
Manufacturing organization’s product Improve production Fabrication
energy use climate change scrappage
Control over uncompetitive efficiencies
manufacturing
methods
No control (unless
Reduction in virgin Increased revenue
undertaking activity) Redesign parts to
End-of-life resource use and Difficult to recycle from being able to
Disassembly Recycling of metal Influence through allow separation of
treatment contribution to composite materials offer innovative
design and materials
climate change recycling approach
information
Life-Cycle
Activity Aspects Impacts Control or Influence Risks Opportunities Operation Control
Stage
Possible considerations Examples of actions
Example risks to the Example opportunities
Life cycle stage Example activity Example aspect(s) Example impact(s) for control or including operational
organisation for the organization
influence? control or influence
Conclusions
Recommendations