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Social Life Cycle Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In this chapter, after a brief literature review, the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) technology is introduced, including fundamental terminologies, steps for Implementing an S-LCA, and seven major assessment methods. A case study is presented to illustrate how the procedure and relevant assessment methods are applied in the S-LCA of a company ...
Wu, Y, Su, D
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Social Life Cycle Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) is a relatively new discipline and it is an expanding field of research. After an initial period characterized by the application of the SLCA Guidelines of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, now practitioners are going through an in-depth and critical analysis.
Zamagni, Alessandra   +4 more
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Social Life Cycle Assessment Revisited [PDF]

open access: yesSustainability, 2014
To promote the development of Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA), we conducted a comprehensive review of recently developed frameworks, methods, and characterization models for impact assessment for future method developers and SLCA practitioners. Two previous reviews served as our foundations for this review.
Ruqun Wu, Dan Yang, Jiquan Chen
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D6.6 – Social Life Cycle Assessment

open access: yes, 2021
The aim of this work is to combine value chain analysis with the UNEP/SETAC methodology for Social Life Cycle Analysis (S-LCA) and the Hotspot Analysis Tool for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and perform a social and socio-economic LCA for a set of biobased value chains selected within the Magic project.
Singh, Singh, Areekul
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Social Life Cycle Assessment: State of the art and challenges for supporting product policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Well-being is considered one of the main development goals of modern society. Assessing what could improve well-being and what may undermine it is a key element in public policies, looking at social benefit and impacts.
DEWULF Jo   +4 more
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Sustainability Performance of an Italian Textile Product

open access: yesEconomies, 2018
Companies are more and more interested in the improvement of sustainability performance of products, services and processes. For this reason, appropriate and suitable assessment tools supporting the transition to a green economy are highly necessary ...
Paola Lenzo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ontology based social life cycle assessment for product development

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Social life cycle assessment is an important method to assess products’ social impacts throughout their life cycles. There are already some indicators and software to assist conducting social life cycle assessment.
Zhen Shang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life cycle sustainability assessment approaches for manufacturing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Sustainability assessments considering the three dimensions environment, economy, and society are needed to evaluate manufacturing processes and products with regard to their sustainability performance.
Chang, Ya-Ju   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Review of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Potential for Its Adoption at an Automotive Company [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of this paper is to guide the next steps of a PhD thesis through a structured review of the state of the art and implementation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), and to identify challenges and potentials for its adoption at an ...
Finkbeiner, Matthias   +2 more
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From life cycle talking to taking action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Introduction - The biannual Life Cycle Management conference series aims to create a platform for users and developers of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and related tools to share their experiences. A key concern of the LCM community has been to move beyond
Blottnitz, H., von   +2 more
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