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Social and environmental life cycle assessment (SELCA)
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 1996Social and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (SELCA) is an analytical tool for profiling and evaluating the interaction between the social and technological systems within the life cycle of given service. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ELCA) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) are undertaken with their own objectives using independent ...
Roland Clift +2 more
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The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2011
[Departement_IRSTEA]Ecotechnologies [TR1_IRSTEA]INSPIRE ; International ...
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Social Life Cycle Assessment: An Introduction
2017An expansion of the LCA framework has been going on through the development of ‘social life cycle assessment’—S-LCA. The methodology, still in its infancy, has the goal of assessing social impacts related to a product’s life cycle. This chapter introduces S-LCA framework area and the related challenges.
Andreas Moltesen +3 more
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Methodologies for social life cycle assessment
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2007Goal, Scope and Background. In recent years several different approaches towards Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) have been developed. The purpose of this review is to compare these approaches in order to highlight methodological differences and general shortcomings.
Jørgensen, Andreas +3 more
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Social Life Cycle Assessment for Industrial Biotechnology
2019This chapter focuses on social assessment methods (known as SLCA) applied to industrial biotechnology (IB), which are part of the "life cycle" approach. IB is a heading for a set of different technologies. The first section presents a review of the literature to provide an analysis of the results and limitations of IB SLCA studies, with the main focus ...
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Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014
Abstract The paper explains and discusses the challenges confronted during the application of the Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) methodology defined by UNEP/SETAC S-LCA guidelines in a case study under the framework of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA).
Julia Martínez-Blanco +6 more
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Abstract The paper explains and discusses the challenges confronted during the application of the Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) methodology defined by UNEP/SETAC S-LCA guidelines in a case study under the framework of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA).
Julia Martínez-Blanco +6 more
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2020
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was born in order to face the need for methods for understanding and addressing environmental protection and the impacts of products. In other words, it was born to provide information to show the effects of an activity on the environment and to identify opportunities for making changes to reduce the ...
TONIOLO SARA +3 more
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was born in order to face the need for methods for understanding and addressing environmental protection and the impacts of products. In other words, it was born to provide information to show the effects of an activity on the environment and to identify opportunities for making changes to reduce the ...
TONIOLO SARA +3 more
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2019
The definition of a Functional Unit (FU) is essential for building and modelling a product system in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A FU is a quantified description of the function of a product that serves as the reference basis for all calculations regarding impact assessment.
Ioannis Arzoumanidis +3 more
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The definition of a Functional Unit (FU) is essential for building and modelling a product system in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A FU is a quantified description of the function of a product that serves as the reference basis for all calculations regarding impact assessment.
Ioannis Arzoumanidis +3 more
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Defining the baseline in social life cycle assessment
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2010Background, aim and scope A relatively broad consensus has formed that the purpose of developing and using the social life cycle assessment (SLCA) is to improve the social conditions for the stakeholders affected by the assessed product’s life cycle.
Andreas Jørgensen +3 more
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Social life cycle assessment: methodological and implementation issues [PDF]
The Annals of the "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava. Fascicle of The Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, 2011 This paper describes the development of the Social Life Cycle Assessment methodology. Introduce the debate about the inclusion of the social criteria in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and presents the actual framework. A second part presents and analyzes recent case studies published. This methodology allows increasing knowledge, providing information for
Sanchez Ramirez P. K., PETTI, Luigia
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