From: Shirish Sangle
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Dear Dr. Rita Schenck,

Thanks for your encouraging words on the paper "Maximizing Benefits of EMS
through LCA". Yes! the integration of lCA and EMS would provide a useful
guidance to industry monitor, measure and improve  its environmental
performance across the production-consumption chain. Moreover, the same can
be used to measure stakeholder satisfaction so that industry can prioritize
its environmental isses.

with regards,

Dr. Shirish Sangle
Assistant Professor
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Vihar Lake, Powai
Mumbai-400 087, INDIA
Tel: +91-22-8573371
Fax: 857 3251

www.nitie.edu



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Rita Schenck wrote:
I was tremendously impressed by the ideas expressed in this paper-- it seems
to be that the obvious benefit of the LCA inside the EMS is to provide a
science-based, and environmental performance based discipline to
environmental management and therefore a clear method of communication of
environmental goals and improvements both inside and outside the company.
Just as some companies have begun to measure global warming potential across
all operations, one could measure other LCA impact categories in the same
way. This allows all operations to demonstrate their environmental status
transparently-- without disclosing any company-sensitive information to the
public or one competitors.

Rita Schenck
Institute for Environmental Research and Education
P.O. Box 2449
17917 Vashon Hwy SW
Vashon, WA 98070
206-463-7430
206-279-1570 (f)
http://www.iere.org