Social Life Cycle Assessment—The Implementation in Different Sectors
A special issue of Resources (ISSN 2079-9276).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2020) | Viewed by 48794
Special Issue Editors
Interests: life cycle assessment; sustainability assessment in building; life cycle sustainability assessment; sustainable finance; circular economy
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Dear Colleagues,
We call for papers covering the “Social Life Cycle Assessment—The Implementations in Different Sectors” on the scientific background (ontology, epistemology), methods and models (inventory and pathways), tools, data, and case studies.
The social impact generated by a product along its life cycle has gathered a huge interest in the last decade. In several sectors (such as electronic, textile, automotive), the interest of media on the social supply chain risks has been risen. On one hand, several methods, approaches, and tools, as well as databases, have been developed to support companies and NGOs in identifying the social risk along the supply chain. On the other hand, these approaches trace the risks, but they can not measure the added value nor the negative social impact generated by a product along its life cycle. Indeed, in countries or region where bad (working) conditions for workers occur, a company which invests in its human resources and supports its employees should receive a positive reputation, or at least it should have the opportunity to get a major visibility in the market among consumers.
A methodology to measure the social performance is the social life cycle assessment of products (S-LCA). The first guidelines were published by UNEP in 2009 and are now under revision. The last decades have seen a proliferation of several implementations in several sectors but an harmonized methodology has not yet been reached.
The main goal of this special issue is to define the current state of the art of S-LCA and social impact assessment methodologies implemented in different sectors towards a more sustainable way of production.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marzia Traverso
Dr.-Ing. Sabrina Neugebauer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Social impact
- Social life cycle assessment
- Social risk assessment
- Social impact pathways
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