LCM 2013 – the 6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management – was hosted by the Swedish Life Cycle Center (CPM). The conference was arranged in Gothenburg August 25-28, 2013.

The Life Cycle Management (LCM) conference series is established as one of the leading conference series worldwide in the field of environmental, economical and social sustainability. The unique feature of LCM is practical solutions for the implementation of life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision-making. The international LCM conference is arranged every second year for decision-makers from science, industry, NGOs and public bodies.

About Life Cycle Management

The management of life cycles implies a new logic for governance, focusing specifically on the flow of material instead of a single nation or company. Furthermore, it is not enough to understand the physical material flows and the physical relationships in the life cycle. The actors managing the physical flow and the organizational relationships between them must also be understood.

In order to achieve life cycle action on the material flows that constitute the production and consumption of the world, many different scientific perspectives must be considered.