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What are the key issues for sustainable resource management? How do companies operate while maintaining corporate social responsibility? From understanding the need for sustainability, and environmental auditing to learning how organisations integrate health and safety policy. This collection/album explores many of the issues that face modern businesses and gives some insight into how these companies function while adhering to various environmental management systems. This material is taken from Open University course T867: Managing for sustainability
Track 4: What is Life Cycle assessment?
Bernie Thomas discusses how life cycle assessment can be used to quantify the environmental impact of a product.
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Tracks in this podcast:
| Track | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Source planning in waste | Chris Murphy gives a brief overview of the waste industry from his experience. Play now Source planning in waste |
| 2 | Source planning in occupational safety | Joe Taylor explains the significance of planning from a Health and safety perspective. Play now Source planning in occupational safety |
| 3 | What is an environmental audit? | Why is an environmental audit important? Play now What is an environmental audit? |
| 4 | What is Life Cycle assessment? | Bernie Thomas discusses how life cycle assessment can be used to quantify the environmental impact of a product. Play now What is Life Cycle assessment? |
| 5 | Short term developments | Chris Murphy discusses technology in relation to the waste industry. Play now Short term developments |
| 6 | Medium term developments | Martin talks about resource recovery Play now Medium term developments |
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