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Bridging gaps in biorefineries: The unexplored role of social dimension in life cycle assessment research

open access: yesSustainable Futures
This 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
doaj   +1 more source

The Social Footprint of Hydrogen Production - A Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) of Alkaline Water Electrolysis

open access: yesEnergy Procedia, 2017
Abstract The United Nations (UN) published in 2015 “seventeen Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets to delineate an urgent shift of the world to a sustainable and resilient path. The UN confirms also its three dimensional sustainability concept.
Schlör Holger   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Toward an overall analytical framework for the integrated sustainability assessment of the production and supply of raw materials and primary energy carriers [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Imagining Corporate Sustainability as a Public Good Rather than a Corporate Bad [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.
core   +1 more source

Social Life Cycle Assessment of Green and Burnt Manual Sugarcane Harvesting in the Northeastern Thailand

open access: yesEnvironment 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
doaj   +1 more source

Additional file 5 of Social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA) of residential rooftop solar panels using challenge-derived framework

open access: yes, 2022
Additional file 5. Data quality assessment criteria based on the SIA Handbook [58] and the Pedigree matrix method [62].
Bonilla-Alicea, Ricardo J.   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Evaluating the landscape of social assessment methods:integrating the social dimension in sustainability assessment of product value chains [PDF]

open access: yes
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
core   +3 more sources

Social impacts and life cycle assessment: proposals for methodological development for SMEs in the European food and drink sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +3 more sources

Colorectal cancer‐derived FGF19 is a metabolically active serum biomarker that exerts enteroendocrine effects on mouse liver

open access: yesMolecular 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
wiley   +1 more source

Additional file 3 of Social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA) of residential rooftop solar panels using challenge-derived framework

open access: yes, 2022
Additional file 3. S-LCA capstone report rubric for qualitative assessment.
Bonilla-Alicea, Ricardo J.   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

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