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Transition to Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment: Connections with Social Responsibility Tools
Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (SO-LCA) is a methodology that assesses the social and socioeconomic aspects of a company, or a part of...
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Industry 4.0 real-world testing of dynamic organizational life cycle assessment (O-LCA) of a ceramic tile manufacturer
In manufacturing, Industry 4.0 operating models enable greener technologies. Thanks to digital technologies, environmental sustainability and...
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Blockchain technology and Social Life Cycle Assessment: synergies and implications
PurposeSocial life cycle assessment (S-LCA) allows for quantifying the social aspects related to the life cycle of a product and/or organization...
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A New Approach to Improve Sustainability: The Role of Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA)
When preparing an emissions assessment report, life cycle assessment, originally defined for products, can be extended to organizations under the...
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Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of sustainable bioenergy production: a review
The global expansion of the bioenergy industry raises concerns, emphasizing the need for careful evaluation and sustainable management. To facilitate...
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At the intersection of life cycle assessment and indirect greenhouse gas emissions accounting
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to review the current landscape of the link between life cycle assessment and greenhouse gas accounting. This...
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Electricity accounting in life cycle assessment: the challenge of double counting
PurposeIn grid electricity consumption models, the location-based method uses regional average emission factors to account for environmental impacts....
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Social life cycle assessment in the chocolate industry: A Colombian case study with Luker Chocolate
PurposeChocolate is a widely consumed product and consumers are increasingly interested in its sustainability. However, the lack of scientific...
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Adapting Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methodology to Quantify New Product Design Risks
Numerous uncertainties arising over the total life cycle of a product can adversely affect its expected performance, including sustainability. These...
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Global state of the art of teaching life cycle assessment in higher education
PurposeGlobally, there is an increased demand for education on life cycle assessment (LCA). In response, there has been an increase in course...
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Comprehensive analysis of social subcategories throughout life cycle assessment approach for the textile industry
PurposeWhile the environmental and economic aspects of sustainability have been extensively studied, social sustainability has been largely neglected...
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Methodology for social life cycle impact assessment enhanced with gender aspects applied to electric vehicle Li-ion batteries
PurposeThe objective of this study is to assess the potential social risks and benefits of EV Li-ion batteries by combining the S-LCA framework with...
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A Review on Life Cycle Assessment in Silk Textile Industry
The use of green materials in textile industries is a need for sustainable production. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of silk textile industry is...
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Factors contributing to the relevance and continuity of life cycle assessment networks
PurposeNational LCA networks have been supporting the mainstreaming of LCA practice in around a hundred countries. The purpose of this paper is to...
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Systematic literature review of life cycle sustainability assessment system for residential buildings: using bibliometric analysis 2000–2020
Sustainability Assessment systems are developed and conducted for underpinning decision-making and relevant policies of environment, economic and...
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A holistic sustainability assessment of a university campus using life cycle approach
The sustainability performances of campuses are of importance as it could model the effective sustainable initiatives that could be then applied to...
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Implications of mineral price volatility on the outcome of social life cycle assessment interpretation—a battery material case study
PurposeNew research methods are needed to better understand the progress toward social sustainability goals. Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) is...
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What’s up and where to go in social life cycle impact assessment cause-effect model development?
PurposeThe paper contributes to the S-LCA impact assessment by understanding its maturity level to identify each characterization model’s good...
