Resource hub

Information on Life Cycle Management and tools

• Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society
• Sustainability Victoria's Design for Environment
• International Standards Organization's Life Cycle Guidelines (ISO 14040)
• United Nations' Environment Program Life Cycle Initiative Home Page
• "Ecocycle" Environment Canada's newsletter on Life Cycle Management
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is a nonprofit, worldwide professional society comprised of individuals and institutions with a special interest group on LCA
• From life cycle assessment to life cycle thinking
• What is "life cycle"?

Life cycle approaches in action

• Life Cycle Management at Toyota
• Life cycle in action at BlueScope Steel
• Life Cycle Management at Nokia
• Life Cycle Management at BASF
• GreenBiz Leaders - featuring hundreds of examples of how companies of all sizes and sectors align environmental responsibility with business success as judged by independent agencies and organisations
• MDBC Transforming Industry: Cradle to Cradle design

Research Papers

• The Balancing Act - A triple bottom line assessment of the Australian Economy
• Millennium Ecosystems Assessment report, with input from 1360 scientists in 95 countries and prepared by academics, non-government organisations, businesses and United Nations agencies, on demand for food, fresh water, timber, fibre and fuel and the impact on ecosystems.
• Report from "The Age" - To see businesses fight to stay afloat, just add water