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The Agri-food Product’s Life Cycle: The Technological Dimension Role from an Open Innovation Perspective
The literature analysis allowed us to group the main schools of thought on life cycle models into three categories: the marketing dimension...
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Transition of the procurement process to Paris-compatible buildings: consideration of environmental life cycle costing in tendering and awarding
PurposeThe greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by the construction industry account for an enormous share of total global CO 2 emissions. The...
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Analyzing the impact of organizational culture on social sustainability: a perspective of the construction industry
This study aims to analyze how organizational culture can affect social sustainability indicators. Through an extensive review of the literature with...
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Challenges of organizational LCA: lessons learned from road testing the guidance on organizational life cycle assessment
PurposeThe novelty of the O-LCA method and the existing differences with the established product LCA practice, as well as the unique structure each...
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Adaptation of Environmental Assessment to PSS Specificities: Heating Appliance Case Study
This article presents a method for evaluating the environmental benefits of implementing Product-Service Systems (PSSs) and Smart PSS with...
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Life cycle management in bakeries: a proposed roadmap towards sustainability
PurposeSome commercial/industrial sectors have increased their interest in sustainability, in some cases changing their business focus, from a...
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Step-by-step social life cycle assessment framework: a participatory approach for the identification and prioritization of impact subcategories applied to mobility scenarios
PurposeInvestigating potential social and socio-economic impacts should play a key role for the development of sustainable mobility alternatives....
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Life-LCA: the first case study of the life cycle impacts of a human being
PurposeBesides politics and the private sector, changes in the consumption pattern of individuals can significantly contribute to sustainable...
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The Bioeconomy in emerging economies: a study of the critical success factors based on Life Cycle Assessment and Delphi and Fuzzy-Delphi methods
PurposeThe aim of this research was to identify and analyze the critical success factors for Bioeconomy development in Brazil, considering Life Cycle...
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Evaluating the energy use, economic and environmental sustainability for smoked fish production from life cycle assessment point of view (case study: Guilan Province, Iran)
The purpose of this study is to determine energy use patterns, evaluating the environmental impacts and economic evaluation of smoked fish production...
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Implementing the guidelines for social life cycle assessment: past, present, and future
PurposeThis paper takes a critical review of the UNEP/SETAC (
2009 ) Guidelines for social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) of products. This paper,...
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How does corporate organizational identity, environmental project complexity and environmental project effort matter for project success?
The challenge of achieving success in environmental projects persists for many organizations, and the reasons behind it are unclear. This study is...
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Life Cycle Inventory Data and Databases
Life cycle inventory (LCI) databases are commonly used in life cycle assessment (LCA) studies. They enable modern, larger case studies, make data...
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UM3-LCE3-ISN: a methodology for multi-level life cycle environmental and economic evaluation of industrial symbiosis networks
PurposeLife cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) are state-of-the-art methods used to holistically measure the environmental and...
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A Sustainability Assessment Framework for the Australian Food Industry: Integrating Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Circular Economy
Integrating life cycle techniques and modelling with other approaches to evaluate the eco-efficiency and sustainability of industries and entire...
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Greening the manufacturing firms: do green supply chain management and organizational citizenship behavior influence firm performance?
The spontaneous organizational citizenship behavior towards environment (OCBE) of employees in the workplace is crucial to businesses’ green...
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Social impacts of large-scale hydropower project in Myanmar: a social life cycle assessment of Shweli hydropower dam 1
PurposeHydropower is currently the primary renewable energy source for Myanmar. However, hydropower projects can cause direct and indirect...
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Introduction to Life Cycle Engineering and Management (LCEM)
Do you know what a product Life Cycle is and how it can help sustainability? Well, before we talk about Life Cycle, let's define some important...
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Capability of social life cycle assessment for analyzing the artisanal small-scale gold mining sector—case study in the Amazonian rainforest in Brazil
PurposeGold extraction in the Amazonian rainforest is accompanied by ecological threats and social grievances, but at the same time, the artisanal...
