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The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Published in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 1/2011

01-01-2011 | EDITORIAL • SOCIETAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Nations in social LCA

Author: Tomas Ekvall

Published in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | Issue 1/2011

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Social life cycle assessment (SLCA) aims to assess the social aspects of products along their life cycle. The UNEP/SETAC guide to SLCA (Benoît and Mazijn 2009) focuses on the social performance of the unit processes in the life cycle and on the production sites and companies to which these unit processes belong. The role and performance of the company is also the focus of the social sustainability indicators previously suggested by Labuschange and Brent (2006), in the framework for SLCA presented by Dreyer et al. (2006), and in the social indicators proposed by Hutchins and Sutherland (2008). Schmidt et al. (2004) and Hunkeler (2006) focus on the socioeconomic benefits of the income generated through the product life cycle. …
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Literature
Benoît C, Mazijn B (eds) (2009) Guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Dreyer LC, Hauschild MZ, Schierbeck J (2006) A framework for social life cycle impact assessment. Int J Life Cycle Assess 11(2):88–97CrossRef
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Metadata
Title
Nations in social LCA
Author
Tomas Ekvall
Publication date
01-01-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0948-3349
Electronic ISSN: 1614-7502
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-010-0235-9

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