Handbook on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

Edited by Sonia Valdivia and Guido Sonnemann

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This Handbook presents the state-of-the-art of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) practice and provides guidance for its implementation and outlook for future work. Spotlighting sustainability analysts, managers and overall decision-makers from private and public sectors as well as experts in academia, it covers the historical background and current global context for life cycle sustainability assessment, methods and data management advancements. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781800378643
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 An introduction to sustainable development and LCSA , pp 2-16

Fritz Balkau, Alberto Bezama and Guido Sonnemann

Ch 2 Evolution of life cycle thinking as part of the global sustainable consumption and production agenda , pp 17-29

Philip Strothmann and Jim Fava

Ch 3 Sustainability as a megatrend in business , pp 30-40

Agnieszka Kowalska and Joanna Syrda

Ch 4 Showcasing life cycle management , pp 41-51

Pia Wiche and Natalia A. Cano-Londoño

Ch 5 Introduction to the basics of life cycle sustainability assessment focusing on the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative LCSA framework , pp 53-59

Marzia Traverso and Sonia Valdivia

Ch 6 Life cycle assessment , pp 60-76

Noémie Leroy-Parmentier, Pia Wiche and Guido Sonnemann

Ch 7 Life cycle costing , pp 77-88

Erasmo Cadena and Gwenny Thomassen

Ch 8 Social life cycle assessment , pp 89-109

Lindsey Roche, Catherine Benoît-Norris and Sonia Valdivia

Ch 9 The product social impact assessment , pp 110-123

Mark Goedkoop, Ilonka de Beer, Rosan Harmens and Diana Indrane

Ch 10 Commonly agreed life cycle sustainability assessment principles: examples in construction, challenges and feasibility , pp 124-135

Jana Backes, Marzia Traverso and Sonia Valdivia

Ch 11 Defining the goal and scope for life cycle sustainability assessment , pp 136-143

Noémie Leroy-Parmentier, Sonia Valdivia and Guido Sonnemann

Ch 12 Collecting, assessing and using data for LCSA , pp 144-163

Marie Loubert, Claudia Di Noi and Andreas Ciroth

Ch 13 Data for LCSA - state of the art and outlook , pp 164-179

Thomas Sonderegger, Emilia Moreno Ruiz, Till M. Bachmann, Marco Bianchi, Rosan Harmens and Alessandra Zamagni

Ch 14 Life cycle inventory analysis modelling in LCSA: from basic aspects to advanced techniques , pp 180-202

Thomas Schaubroeck and Enrico Benetto

Ch 15 Key performance indicators and benchmarking values , pp 203-212

Jana Backes and Marzia Traverso

Ch 16 Monetization for integration of LCSA results - state of the art and perspectives , pp 213-231

Till M. Bachmann, Rosalie Arendt and Jonathan van der Kamp

Ch 17 Sustainability impacts: multicriteria decision-making and weighting factors , pp 232-251

Maurizio Cellura, Anna Irene De Luca, Nathalie Iofrida and Marina Mistretta

Ch 18 Sustainability product declarations for communicating LCSA results in sustainable procurement , pp 252-260

Sven-Olof Ryding, Claudia Peña and Sonia Valdivia

Ch 19 LCSA: how to carry it out and integrate and communicate its results - illustration with four case studies , pp 262-278

Mike Ashby

Ch 20 Sustainability assessments of chemical products , pp 279-289

Peter Saling

Ch 21 Application of the ten LCSA principles of the Life Cycle Initiative: the perspective of the building sector , pp 290-303

Olubukola Tokede and Anastasia Globa

Ch 22 Life cycle sustainability assessment of emerging mobility technologies: perspective, challenges, and future directions , pp 304-315

Nuri C. Onat and Murat Kucukvar

Ch 23 Life cycle sustainability management in policy frameworks - responsible sourcing , pp 316-326

Lucia Mancini, Andreas Endl and Alexander Graf

Ch 24 Policy implications , pp 327-342

Bernard Mazijn

Ch 25 Towards a future product sustainability footprint , pp 343-356

Mauro Cordella, Hanna Pihkola, Tiina Pajula and Alessandra Zamagni

Ch 26 Mineral resource criticality assessment in LCSA , pp 358-369

Jair Santillán Saldivar, Anish Koyamparambath and Guido Sonnemann

Ch 27 Life cycle sustainability thinking for measuring and assessing circularity towards sustainable procurement , pp 370-377

Claudia Peña, Sven-Olof Ryding, Sigita Židonienė and Jair Santillán Saldivar

Ch 28 Business drivers, barriers and opportunities for mainstreaming LCSA , pp 378-392

Shaniq Pillay and Eric Mieras

Ch 29 LCSA in the regions - state of the art, mainstreaming conditions and upscaling approaches , pp 393-408

Sonia Valdivia, Natalia A. Cano-Londoño, Iveth Rojas and Guido Sonnemann

Ch 30 Handbook on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: take-aways and outlook , pp 409-415

Guido Sonnemann, Sonia Valdivia and Elizabeth Neuhaus

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