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Alternative Scenarios for Managing the Environmental Performance of a Service Sector Company

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This article presents a scenario analysis for a life‐cycle model of service sector companies. The model is based on six case companies and it is applied to test the influence of 32 management scenarios. The scenarios simulate feasible options for environmental management measures in companies, and the life‐cycle assessment method is used to model their relevance in terms of the total environmental impact of the company. The study found that the bulk of tested scenarios had only a minor influence on the total environmental impact of the company. Some individual management scenarios, though, turned out to have a major influence on the organization's environmental performance. The scenarios with greatest influence were those related to the procurement of electricity, building energy consumption, commuting vehicle mix, space usage efficiency, and refurbishment periods of the building. All of these management scenarios had an influence of more than 10% on the environmental impact of the model organization.

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  • Seppo Junnila, 2006. "Alternative Scenarios for Managing the Environmental Performance of a Service Sector Company," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 10(4), pages 113-131, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:inecol:v:10:y:2006:i:4:p:113-131
    DOI: 10.1162/jiec.2006.10.4.113
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