How to measure social impacts? A socio-eco-efficiency analysis by the SEEBALANCE® method

Daniela Kolsch, Peter Saling, Andreas Kicherer, Anahi Grosse-Sommer and Isabell Schmidt

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2008, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: BASF has, in cooperation with Karlsruhe University, Jena University and the Oko-Institut e.V. (Germany), developed a socio-eco-efficiency analysis – the so-called SEEBALANCE®. The objective was the integration of quantified social indicators into the BASF eco-efficiency analysis. Many life cycle analyses do not include an assessment of social impacts and effects. However, in order to arrive at a comprehensive assessment of products or processes, it is necessary to include all three dimensions of sustainability. The objective was to develop a tool, comparable to the BASF eco-efficiency analysis, which is simple to use by LCA-experts and easy-to-understand for people without any prior experience in the field.

Keywords: decision making tools; eco-efficiency portfolio; ecology fingerprint; LCA; life cycle assessment; LCM; life cycle management; SEEcube; SEEBALANCE; social fingerprint; social life cycle assessment; socio-eco-efficiency; sustainable development; social impact; sustainability; social indicators; eco-efficiency analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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