Critical mineral sustainable supply: Challenges and governance

S Dou, D Xu, Y Zhu, R Keenan - Futures, 2023 - Elsevier
Critical minerals are essential for the functioning of modern technologies and economies
and at risk of disruption to their supply chains. Global economic and technological changes …

[HTML][HTML] Lignin derived carbon fiber and nanofiber: Manufacturing and applications

R Yadav, O Zabihi, S Fakhrhoseini, HA Nazarloo… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Concerns over unsustainable technology-driven economies, environmental threats, and the
continuous reduction of petroleum feedstocks have stimulated research in green …

Disruption risks to material supply chains in the electronics sector

S Althaf, CW Babbitt - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Electronic products are an essential part of modern society, but their importance has
perhaps never been as palpable as when the COVID-19 pandemic forced almost every …

A systematic review of life cycle sustainability assessment: Current state, methodological challenges, and implementation issues

D Costa, P Quinteiro, AC Dias - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) is a tool to assess sustainability from a life
cycle perspective, which has been receiving increased attention over the years. This work …

Systems thinking for life cycle sustainability assessment: A review of recent developments, applications, and future perspectives

NC Onat, M Kucukvar, A Halog, S Cloutier - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Tracking the environmental impacts of production, use, and disposal of products (eg, goods,
and services) have been an important issue in the global economy. Although Life Cycle …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods

T Sonderegger, M Berger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The safeguard subject of the Area of Protection “natural Resources,” particularly
regarding mineral resources, has long been debated. Consequently, a variety of life cycle …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment: part II–recommendations on application-dependent use of existing methods and on future method development …

M Berger, T Sonderegger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Assessing impacts of abiotic resource use has been a topic of persistent debate
among life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) method developers and a source of confusion …

Life cycle sustainability assessment: Lessons learned from case studies

C Alejandrino, I Mercante, MD Bovea - Environmental Impact Assessment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although methodological development of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is
still under discussion, an increasing number of case studies have been published in recent …

Supply risks of lithium-ion battery materials: An entire supply chain estimation

X Sun, H Hao, P Hartmann, Z Liu, F Zhao - Materials Today Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion batteries, as the essential technology for global energy transition, require the
combined support of several metallic resources and the complicated supply chains that …

Supply risk evolution of raw materials for batteries and fossil fuels for selected OECD countries (2000–2018)

A Koyamparambath, J Santillán-Saldivar, B McLellan… - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels are the dominant form of storable energy, but their share in the global energy
supply is slowly diminishing due to climate mitigation policies. Alternative energy production …