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Energy from waste and the food processing industry [PDF]
, 2012 The provision of a secure, continuous energy supply is becoming an issue for all sectors of society and the foodprocessingindustry as a major energy user must address these issues.
Benoit +27 more
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Resources, 2021 The bioeconomy can be integral to transforming the current economic system into one with reduced environmental and social impacts of material consumption. This work describes a bio-based multi-layer panel that is based on residual coniferous bark.
Aitor Barrio +4 more
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Investigating Life Cycle Cost, Environmental and Social Impacts of a Lithium–Ion Battery Pack
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular TechnologyThis study evaluates the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the life cycle of a battery pack for automotive applications. The analysis employs Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for environmental assessment, Life Cycle Costing (LCC) for economic ...
Antonella Accardo +3 more
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Sustainable FuturesThis review examines the disregarded role of social dimensions in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) within biorefinery implementation, addressing the question: “How can the inclusion of social factors in LCA improve sustainability assessments, and what are the
Joana Ortigueira, Tiago F. Lopes
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Toward an overall analytical framework for the integrated sustainability assessment of the production and supply of raw materials and primary energy carriers [PDF]
, 2015 The sustainable production and supply of raw materials (nonenergy raw materials) and primary energy carriers (energy raw materials) is a core element of many policies. The natural resource base for their production and supply, and the access thereto, are
Blengini, Gian Andrea +5 more
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Imagining Corporate Sustainability as a Public Good Rather than a Corporate Bad [PDF]
, 2014 Corporations have been criticized for their environmental misdeeds for over a century, so it is not surprising that many view corporate approaches to sustainability with skepticism.
Wagner, Wendy E.
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Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 2022 Despite green sugarcane harvesting being promoted in Thailand, with some limitations on the use of harvesting machines, green sugarcane harvesting is practiced manually in many sugarcane fields.
Thiwaporn Thuayjan +3 more
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Evaluating the landscape of social assessment methods:integrating the social dimension in sustainability assessment of product value chains [PDF]
Purpose: We evaluate methodological approaches of different methods that can offer social assessments of product value chains. By analyzing both product-oriented social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) methods and qualitative, organization-, and project ...
Guinée, Jeroen +4 more
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Social impacts and life cycle assessment: proposals for methodological development for SMEs in the European food and drink sector [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for 99 % of companies operating in the European food and drink industry and, often, are part of highly fragmented and complex food chains.
A Jørgensen +13 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Meta‐transcriptome analysis identified FGF19 as a peptide enteroendocrine hormone associated with colorectal cancer prognosis. In vivo xenograft models showed release of FGF19 into the blood at levels that correlated with tumor volumes. Tumoral‐FGF19 altered murine liver metabolism through FGFR4, thereby reducing bile acid synthesis and increasing ...
Jordan M. Beardsley +5 more
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