Sven Lundie
Dr. Sven Lundie is Adjunct Associate Professor at School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of UNSW Sydney (Australia) and Adjunct Professor at the School of Business, Economics and Social Science of University of Hamburg. He received his PhD degree at the Leuphana University Lüneburg with a research focus on decision making in LCA under consideration of societal values. Sven is Industrial Engineer by training (TH Karlsruhe, Germany). Sven´s research interests are in science-based target setting and sustainable innovation.
Since 01|2017 he is the Business Unit Leader for Sustainability and Innovation Management at Deutsche Fertighaus Holding. He is in charge of the companies´ and product transition towards a higher level of sustainability. One key aspect of this journey is the alignment with the 2° carbon reduction target. As a management consultant Sven has a passion for facilitation and coaching and the transition towards sustainability and sustainable innovation in the corporate environment. Sven is Member of the Board of the activeplus alliance. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Integrated Carbon Matrix Project of the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living, Australia.
From 2005 till 2016 Sven was working as a Principal Sustainability Strategy Consultant for thinkstep AG and as a Senior Manager for Metaplan GmbH. Prior to that (1999-2005), he worked as an Associate Professor for Sustainable Water Management | UNSW Sydney (Australia) and as a Senior Researcher | Center for Environmental Science at Leiden University (the Netherlands; 1996-1998).
Research Interest
- Science-based Target Setting
- Sustainable Innovation
- Sustainable Business Modells
- Sustainable Products
- Applied Strategic Sustainability Management
Lectures/Courses taught
- Sustainability Management in Business Practice
- Business and the Natural Environment
- Sustainability Strategies
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Carbon Footprint
- Water Footprint
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
Lundie, S., Wiedmann, T., Welzel, M., Busch, T (2018) Analysing Hotspots of Global Supply Chains – A Generic Application of a Multi-Regional-Input-Output-Model to a Company in the Wind Energy Sector. Submitted to: Journal of Cleaner Production
Alvarez-Gaitan, J. P., Short, M. D., Lundie, S., Stuetz, R. (2016) Towards a comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory for biosolids. Water Research, 96, 299-307
Gollnow, S., Lundie, S., McLaren, J., van Buuren, N., Moore, A., Thylmann, D., Rehl, T. & Christie, K. (2014) Carbon footprint of dairy production in Australian. International Dairy Journal, vol37(1), 31-38
Rowley, H., Peters, G., Lundie, S. & Moore, S. (2012) Aggregating sustainability indicators: Beyond the weighted sum. Journal of Environmental Management, 111 (2012) 24-33
Lenzen, M. & Lundie, S. (2012) Constructing enterprise input-output tables – a case study of New Zealand dairy products. Journal of Economic Structures, vol 1, 1:6
Rowley H., Lundie S. & Peters G. (2009) A hybrid LCA model for comparison with conventional methodologies in Australia. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 14(6) 508-516
Peters, G., Sack, F., Lenzen, M., Lundie, S. & Gallego, B. (2008) Towards a deeper and broader ecological footprint. Engineering Sustainability, vol 161, pp. 31 – 37
Lai, E., Lundie, S. & Ashbolt, N., (2008) Review of multi-criteria decision aid for integrated sustainability assessment of urban water systems. Urban Water Journal, vol 5(4), pp. 315 – 327
Peters, G. & Lundie, S. (2008) Life Cycle Assessment of Biosolids Processing Options. Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol 5(2) 103-121
Lai, E., Lundie, S. & Ashbolt, N. (2007) A new approach to aid urban water management decision making using trade-off sacrifice modelled by fuzzy logic. Water Science and Technology, vol 56 (8), pp. 11 – 20
Peters, G., Sack, F., Lenzen, M., Lundie, S. & Gallego, B. (2007) A new ecological footprint calculation for the Australian water industry: regionalisation and inclusion of downstream impacts. Journal of Applied Input-Output Analysis, vol 11&12, pp. 73 – 90
Lundie, S., Huijbregts, M., Rowley, H., Mohr, N. & Feitz, A. (2007) Australian characterisation factors and normalisation figures for human toxicity and ecotoxicity. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol 15(8-9), pp. 819 – 832
Lundie, S., Dwyer, L. & Forsyth, P. (2007) Environmental-economic measures of tourism yield. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol 15(5), pp. 503 – 519
Feitz, A., Lundie, S., Dennien, G., Morain, M. & Jones, M. (2007) Generation of an industry-specific physico-chemical allocation matrix - Application in the dairy industry and implications for systems analysis. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol 12(2), pp. 109 – 117
Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Fredline, L., Deery, M., Jago, L. & Lundie, S. (2007) Yield measures for special-interest Australian inbound tourism markets. Tourism Economics, vol 13(3), pp.421 – 440
Tangsubkul, N., Parameshwaran, K., Lundie, S., Fane, A. & Waite, D. (2006) Environmental life cycle assessment of microfiltration process. Journal of Membrane Science, 284(1-2), 214-226
Wood, R., Lenzen, M., Dey, C. & Lundie, S. (2006) A comparative study of some environmental impacts of conventional and organic farming in Australia. Agricultural Systems, vol 89(2-3), pp. 324 – 348
Lundie S., Peters G., Ashbolt N., Lai E. & Livingston, D. (2006) A sustainability framework for the Australian water industry. Water, 33(7) 83-88
Lundie, S. & Peters, G. (2005) Life cycle assessment of food waste management options. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol 13(3), pp. 275 – 286
Tangsubkul, N., Beavis, P., Moore, S., Lundie, S. & Waite, D. (2005) Life cycle assessment of water recycling technology. Water Resources Management, vol 19(5), pp. 521 – 537
Lundie, S., Peters, G. & Beavis, P. (2005) Quantitative systems analysis as a strategic planning approach for metropolitan water service providers. Water Science and Technology, vol 52(9), pp. 11 – 20
Lundie, S., Peters, G. & Beavis, P. (2004) Life cycle assessment for sustainable metropolitan water systems planning. Environmental Science & Technology, vol 38(13), pp. 3465 – 3473
Beavis, P. & Lundie, S. (2003) Integrated environmental assessment of tertiary and residuals treatment - LCA in the wastewater industry. Water Science and Technology, vol 47(7-8), pp. 109 – 116
Lenzen, M., Lundie, S., Bransgrove, G., Charet, L. & Sack, F. (2003) Assessing the ecological footprint of a large metropolitan water supplier - lessons for water management and planning towards sustainability. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 46(1), 113-141
Huijbregts, M., Lundie, S., McKone, T. & Van de Meent, D. (2003) Geographical scenario uncertainty in generic fate and exposure factors of toxic pollutants for life-cycle impact assessment. Chemosphere 51(6), 501 –508
Feitz, A. & Lundie, S. (2002) Soil salination: A local life assessment impact category. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol 7(4), pp. 244 – 249
Peters, G. & Lundie, S. (2002) Life cycle assessment of biosolids processing options. Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol 5(2), pp. 103 – 121
Grant, T., James, K. & Lundie, S. (2001) ALCAS: Australian LCA Society. New LCA Group to Promote Life Cycle Assessment in Australia. International Journal of LCA, vol 6 (6) 323-324
Peereboom, E., Kleijn, R., Lemkowitz, S. & Lundie, S. (1999) Influence of Inventory Data Sets on Life Cycle Assessment Results: A Case Study on PVC. Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 2(3), pp. 109 – 130
Lundie, S. & Huppes, G. (1999) Environmental Assessment of Products: The Ranges of Societal Preferences Method. International Journal of LCA, vol. 4 (1), 7 – 15
Lundie, S. (1998) A different key role of participation in LCA. milieu - tijdschrift voor Milieukunde, vol(13) 109-110
Books & book chapters
Lundie, S., Ashbolt, N., Livingston, D., Lai, E., Kärrman, E., Blaikie, J. & Anderson, J. (2008) Methodology for evaluating the overall sustainability of urban water systems. Sustainability Framework. Water Services Association of Australia. ISBN 1920760253
Lundie, S., Peters, G. & Ashbolt, N. (2008) A review comparing the WSAA Sustainability Framework to the Gold Coast Waterfuture process. Sustainability Framework. WSAA Occasional Paper No.17. February. Water Services Association of Australia. ISBN 1920760253
Lundie, S. & Lenzen, M. (2008) Quantitative Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung ohne Systemgrenzen. Internetgestützte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung, eds Isenmann R., Gomez M., Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin
Ciroth, A., Lundie, S. & Huppes, G. (2007) Inventory methods in LCA - Towards Consistency and Improvement. VDM Verlag. ISBN 9783836486217
Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Fredline, L., Jago, L., Deery, M. & Lundie, S. (2006) Concepts of tourism yield and their measurement, 1, CRC Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd, Australia
Lundie, S. (1999) Ökobilanzierung und Entscheidungstheorie – Praxisorientierte Produktbewertung unter Berücksichtigung gesellschaftlicher Werthaltungen. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin
Behrendt, S., Kreibich, R., Lundie, S., Pfitzner, R. & Scharp, M. (1997) Ökobilanzierung komplexer Elektronikprodukte - Innovationen und Umweltentlastungspotentiale durch Lebenszyklusanalyse. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin
Lundie, S. (1997) Softwareunterstützte Ökobilanzierung von komplexen Produkten am Beispiel von Fernsehgeräten. Schmidt, M., Häuslein, A.: Ökobilanzierung mit Computerunterstützung - Produktbilanzen und betriebliche Bilanzen mit dem Programm Umberto, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin
Publications for governmental organisations
UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. 2015. Guidance on Organizational life cycle assessment. United Nations Environment Programme. ISBN: 978-92-807-3453-9
European Commission. 2012a. Life cycle indicators framework: development of life cycle based macro-level monitoring indicators for resources, products and waste for the EU-27. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability. ISBN 978-92-79-25937-1
European Commission. 2012b. Life cycle indicators for resources: development of life cycle based macro-level monitoring indicators for resources, products and waste for the EU-27. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability. ISBN 978-92-79-26423-8
European Commission. 2012c. Life cycle indicators basket-of-products: development of life cycle based macro-level monitoring indicators for resources, products and waste for the EU-27. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability. ISBN 978-92-79-26424-5
European Commission. 2012d. Life cycle indicators for waste management: development of life cycle based macro-level monitoring indicators for resources, products and waste for the EU-27. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability. ISBN 978-92-79-26457-3
Lundie, S., Peters, G., Ashbolt, N., Lai, E. & Livingston, D. (2007) The role of assessment tools in a sustainability framework for the Australian water industry. Proceedings of Ozwater 2007, 4-8 March, Sydney, 8 pages, ISBN 978 0 908255 67 2
König, B., Diehl, K., Kuntosch, A. & Lundie, S. (2014) Can action research support sustainable innovation pathways? Conference: XXVth Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, 29. July - 1. August 2013, At Florence, Italy, Volume: Rural resilience and vulnerability: The rural as locus of solidarity and conflict in times of crisis (eProceeding)
