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This industry guideline demonstrates the strategic value that can be gained in the business sector, as a result of adopting a Life Cycle Management (LCM) approach and includes South African business case studies that have adopted and implemented elements of LCM.
The LCM toolkit comprises the following tools that can be used to effectively inform best practice decision-making and align South African corporate citizens with international standards and provide a roadmap to achieving national and global sustainable development goals through:
- Integrated Management System
- Life Cycle Assessment / Footprinting
- Life Cycle Design
- Life Cycle Costing
- Environmental Product Declaration
- Corporate Sustainability Reporting
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
The Life Cycle Capability Maturity Model was the evaluation system used to identify the impact of the case study businesses on the life cycle of the respective products or services.