Indicators in social life cycle assessment: a review of frameworks, theories, and empirical experience

M Kühnen, R Hahn - Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Industrial ecology (IE) and life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) are increasingly
important in research, regulation, and corporate practice. However, the assessment of the …

Socially responsible sourcing: reviewing the literature and its use of theory

M Zorzini, LC Hendry, FA Huq… - International Journal of …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to determine the state-of-the-art in socially
responsible sourcing (SRS) research, leading to an agenda for further work; and to evaluate …

Social sustainability and supply chain management: Methods and tools

M D'Eusanio, A Zamagni, L Petti - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, organisations need to be socially responsible by assessing their social impacts
and/or performances and those of their supply chain actors in order to achieve competitive …

Application challenges for the social Life Cycle Assessment of fertilizers within life cycle sustainability assessment

J Martínez-Blanco, A Lehmann, P Muñoz… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2014 - Elsevier
The paper explains and discusses the challenges confronted during the application of the
Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) methodology defined by UNEP/SETAC S-LCA …

The role of manufacturing in affecting the social dimension of sustainability

JW Sutherland, JS Richter, MJ Hutchins, D Dornfeld… - CIRP Annals, 2016 - Elsevier
Manufacturing affects all three dimensions of sustainability: economy, environment, and
society. This paper addresses the last of these dimensions. It explores social impacts …

Social life cycle assessment of biodiesel production at three levels: a literature review and development needs

C Macombe, P Leskinen, P Feschet… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2013 - Elsevier
Assessment of social impacts of products and services has gained increasing interest in
society. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool developed to estimate the impacts of products …

Social life cycle assessment revisited

R Wu, D Yang, J Chen - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
To promote the development of Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA), we conducted a
comprehensive review of recently developed frameworks, methods, and characterization …

Impact assessment in SLCA: sorting the sLCIA methods according to their outcomes

J Parent, C Cucuzzella, JP Revéret - The international journal of life cycle …, 2010 - Springer
Background, aims, and scope Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) is a tool assessing the
social aspects of products and services. This article is a step forward from the Guidelines …

A literature review of type I SLCA—making the logic underlying methodological choices explicit

S Russo Garrido, J Parent, L Beaulieu… - The International Journal …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The Social Life Cycle Assessment guidelines (UNEP-SETAC 2009)
distinguish two different SLCA approaches, type I and type II. Few comprehensive and …

Social life cycle assessment of concrete bridge decks exposed to aggressive environments

IJ Navarro, V Yepes, JV Martí - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2018 - Elsevier
Sustainable design of structures includes environmental and economic aspects; social
aspects throughout the life cycle of the structure, however, are not always adequately …