Les limites de l'ACV. Etude de la soutenabilité d'un biodiesel issu de l'huile de palme brésilienne

Tereza Bicalho

in Economics Thesis from University Paris Dauphine from Paris Dauphine University

Abstract: Life cycle analysis (LCA), as it is currently applied, can lead to biased results. The use of LCA information is particularly sensitive when taken in the context of government regulatory frameworks. Indeed, instead of encouraging companies to reduce their impact on the environment, certifications obtained through LCA studies may produce the opposite effect: as they tend to reward industry averages rather than enterprise-specific results they can destroy all incentive for companies to reduce their environmental impacts. In this thesis we propose an in-depth analysis of management aspects in LCA and discuss how they could contribute to produce good quality LCA studies. For this, a case study was conducted on the sustainability evaluation of a biodiesel produced from Brazilian palm oil within the framework of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). Three main findings emerge from this doctoral work. The first refers to the analysis of the sustainability evaluation required by RED with a particular emphasis on its application to the Brazilian context of palm oil production. The second refers to the concrete answers produced from the biodiesel evaluated, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. The third result concerns the identification of latent needs in terms of LCA data quality assessment

Keywords: Analyse de cycle de vie ACV; Comptabilité environnementale; Émissions de gaz à effet de serre; Qualité des données; Certification; Biocarburants; Life cycle assessment LCA; Environmental accounting; Greenhouse gas emissions; Data quality; Certification; Biofuels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q32 Q34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013 Written 2013
Note: dissertation
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