POEMS is a new tool designed to bring together traditional environmental management systems and tools oriented to the environmental evaluation of products. The aim of this paper is to present the preliminary results of the Eco-Management for Food Project (PRIN No. 2008TXFBYT) co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research that has the purpose to design and implement a POEMS framework for the agri-food industry in which: 1. the underlying basis is an Integrated Quality and Environmental Management System; 2. product orientation is guaranteed by a simplified methodology of Life Cycle Assessment; 3. the exploiting of environmental performance of products in terms of commercial advantages is obtained with a suitable environmental label.
Product-oriented environmental management system (POEMS): A sustainable management framework for the food industry.
SALOMONE, Roberta;IOPPOLO, GIUSEPPE;SAIJA, Giuseppe;
2011-01-01
Abstract
POEMS is a new tool designed to bring together traditional environmental management systems and tools oriented to the environmental evaluation of products. The aim of this paper is to present the preliminary results of the Eco-Management for Food Project (PRIN No. 2008TXFBYT) co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research that has the purpose to design and implement a POEMS framework for the agri-food industry in which: 1. the underlying basis is an Integrated Quality and Environmental Management System; 2. product orientation is guaranteed by a simplified methodology of Life Cycle Assessment; 3. the exploiting of environmental performance of products in terms of commercial advantages is obtained with a suitable environmental label.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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