Mineral resource criticality assessment in LCSA

Jair Santillán Saldivar, Anish Koyamparambath and Guido Sonnemann

Chapter 26 in Handbook on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment, 2024, pp 358-369 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The integration of the concept of mineral resource criticality within the life cycle impact assessment framework results from efforts to address questions on resource availability and accessibility in the context of environmental Life Cycle Assessment and within the overall framework of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). Based on several methodological proposals and reviews, this chapter focuses on methods for product-level supply risk assessment, a group of methods reviewed and suggested by a task force on mineral resources under the UNEP’s Life Cycle Initiative. The chapter takes stock, presents three methods, and discusses conceptual issues. Overall, mineral resource criticality is regarded as relevant for economic life cycle assessment within LCSA, going beyond Life Cycle Costing (LCC).

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
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