Implementing life-cycle approaches and tools: experiences and learnings from Aptar Italia

This paper presents and discusses the implementation of life-cycle based approaches and tools during the last years by a world leader company in the dispensing solutions for beauty&home, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage products. The longitudinal study conducted highlights the main benefits achieved, the critical issues faced and the future developments of their strategy. The experience here represented can be a significant example and a stimulus for other companies to develop sustainability plans and can provide theoretical, methodological and practical feedback to the community of scholars in this field of research.