Past and future of Social Life Cycle Assessment: Historical evolution and research trends

DAR Huarachi, CM Piekarski, FN Puglieri… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Social Life Cycle Assessment is presented as a powerful tool for sustainable
development, thus, related publications had an important increase along time. This paper …

Sustainability-oriented research and innovation in 'farm to fork'value chains

A Riccaboni, E Neri, F Trovarelli, RM Pulselli - Current Opinion in Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Innovation is classified based on value chain actors.•Farmers, food processors,
retailers, advisory services act as innovation providers.•Consumers, policy makers and …

A customized multi-cycle model for measuring the sustainability of circular pathways in agri-food supply chains

T Stillitano, G Falcone, N Iofrida, E Spada… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circular economy (CE) is claimed to be a promising pathway to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), but a reliable metric is needed to validate closed-loop …

Implementing the guidelines for social life cycle assessment: past, present, and future

O Tokede, M Traverso - The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2020 - Springer
Purpose This paper takes a critical review of the UNEP/SETAC (2009) Guidelines for social
life cycle assessment (S-LCA) of products. This paper, therefore, poses the question: how …

The count of what counts in the agri-food Social Life Cycle Assessment

BM Tragnone, M D'Eusanio, L Petti - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Life cycle-based methodologies are gaining increasing consensus as a tool to support the
transition towards sustainable production and consumption patterns. Despite its potential …

Social life cycle assessments: a review on past development, advances and methodological challenges

L Pollok, S Spierling, HJ Endres, U Grote - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Society's interest in social impacts of products, services and organizational behaviors is
rapidly growing. While life cycle assessments to evaluate environmental stressors have …

Different paths in social life cycle impact assessment (S-LCIA)—a classification of type II impact pathway approaches

S Sureau, S Neugebauer, WMJ Achten - The international journal of life …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose In social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), we can distinguish two main types of
impact assessment (LCIA): type I can be seen as a reporting approach with the use of …

Analysis of human well-being as the area of protection in social life cycle assessment

M Lindkvist, E Ekener - The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) has been developed for almost two decades
for assessing the social impacts of product life cycles. Only a limited amount of research …

Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains

NT Blackstone, K Battaglia, E Rodríguez-Huerta… - Nature Food, 2024 - nature.com
The social dimension of sustainable diets, which addresses the impacts of food value chains
on people, animals and communities, is under-represented in the food systems field. We …

An assessment of social sustainability of sugarcane and cassava cultivation in Thailand

J Prasara-A, SH Gheewala - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021 - Elsevier
Sugarcane and cassava are major economic crops in Thailand. They are usually grown in
similar geographical conditions, so they effectively compete for the same land. This paper …