Part I: Introducing Life Cycle Management -- Introduction: Life Cycle Management -- Life Cycle Management: Implementing Sustainability in Business Practice -- Life Cycle Management as a Way to Operationalize Sustainability Within Organizations -- How to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business? -- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Tool for Exercising due Diligence in Life Cycle Management -- Life Cycle Management: Labeling, Declarations and Certifications at the Product Level -Different Approaches -- Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle Management in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Using a Sector Based and Regional Approach -- Part II: Advancing the Implementation of Life Cycle Management in Business Practice -- From Projects to Processes to Implement Life Cycle Management in Business -- How to Make the LCA Team a Business Partner -- Sustainability Improvements and Life Cycle Approaches in Industry Partnerships -- Sustainable Value Creation with Life Cycle Management -- Part III: Life Cycle Management as Part of Sustainable Consumption and Production Strategies and Policies -- Hotspots Analysis: Providing the Focus for Action -- From Sustainable Production to Sustainable Consumption.-Life Cycle Management Responsibilities and Procedures in the Value Chain -- Policy Options for Life Cycle Assessment Deployment in Legislation -- Part IV: Mainstreaming and Capacity Building on Life Cycle Management -- Taking Life Cycle Management Mainstream: Integration in Corporate Finance and Accounting -- Building Organizational Capability for Life Cycle Management -- Promoting Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Management Within Business in Brazil -- Mainstreaming Life Cycle Sustainability Management in Rapidly Growing and Emerging Economies Through Capacity-building.-Communication and Collaboration as Essential Elements for Mainstreaming Life Cycle Management.-Part V: Implementation and Case Studies of Life Cycle Management in Different Business and Industry Sector -- Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of Life Cycle Management in the Electricity Sector -- Life Cycle Management Applied to Urban Fabric Planning -- Implementing Life Cycle Engineering in Automotive Development as a Helpful Management Tool to Support Design for Environment -- Managing Life cycle Sustainability Aspects in the Automotive Industry -- Life Cycle Management as a Way to Operationalize the Creating Shared Value Concept in the Food and Beverage Industry: A Case Study.