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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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The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2022
Purpose Social Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (SO-LCA) is a methodology to evaluate the social and socio-economic aspects of the activities of a whole organisation (or a portion of it) from a life cycle perspective. Although introduced in 2015 and outlined in the Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Organisations 2020, SO ...
Manuela D'Eusanio +2 more
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Purpose Social Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (SO-LCA) is a methodology to evaluate the social and socio-economic aspects of the activities of a whole organisation (or a portion of it) from a life cycle perspective. Although introduced in 2015 and outlined in the Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Organisations 2020, SO ...
Manuela D'Eusanio +2 more
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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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Theory and Practice on Social Life Cycle Assessment
2021The social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) has emerged as a methodological approach aimed at evaluating social and socio-economic aspects of products and organisations, and their potential positive and negative impacts along their life cycle. Through the UNEP-SETAC Guidelines for S-LCA of products, recently revised and improved, and the complementary ...
Alessandra Zamagni +4 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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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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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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Social Impacts in Product Life Cycles - Towards Life Cycle Attribute Assessment
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2006DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2006.04.017 Social impacts in supply chains and product life cycles are of increasing interest to policy makers and stakeholders. Work is underway to develop social impact indicators for LCA, and to identify the social inventory data that will drive impact assessment for this category. Standard LCA practice collects
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