Certifications in circularity: Practices and perceptions on ecolabel use by circular economy frontrunners in Finland

Authors Suikkanen, Johanna; Saarinen, Iina; Näyhä, Annukka Abstract The Circular Economy (Pearce and Turner, 1990) is seen as a promising way of operationalizing complex sustainable development issues for business (Kirschherr et al., 2017) by proposing closed-loop, access-and performance, and long life business models (Bocken et al., 2016) The transition to a Circular Economy requires changes [...]

Certifications in circularity: Practices and perceptions on ecolabel use by circular economy frontrunners in Finland2021-09-30T20:01:03+00:00

Social impacts in the transition to Single-Use Plastics’ alternatives in a circular economy system: An international airline case

Authors Ligthart, Tom; Mesa Alvarez, Catalina Abstract The transition to a circular economy exposes the need to rethink the current materials used in most sectors and search for alternatives to increase circularity and environmental performance. With the upcoming Single-Use Plastic (SUP) ban legislation in Europe, an airline company is looking for other options to replace [...]

Social impacts in the transition to Single-Use Plastics’ alternatives in a circular economy system: An international airline case2021-09-30T20:01:02+00:00

UNEP 2020 Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of products and Organizations and their Pilots.

Session WE.2.B || Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products Authors Traverso, Marzia; Benoit-Norris, Catherine; Valdivia, Sonia; Finkbeiner, Matthias; Schaubroeck, Thomas; Berger, Markus; Neugebauer, Sabrina; Arcese, Gabriella; Russo Garrido, Sara; Ekener, Elisabeth; Mankaa, Rose Nangah; Mankaa, Rose Nangah Abstract The first guideline of S-LCA was published in 2009 as a project of UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. [...]

UNEP 2020 Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of products and Organizations and their Pilots.2021-09-30T20:01:02+00:00

Social life cycle assessment of free-floating car sharing: a case study in Berlin

Session WE.2.B || Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products Authors Gompf, Katharina; Traverso, Marzia; Hetterich, Jörg Abstract The main purpose of this S-LCA case study is to analyse social impacts of free-floating car sharing is a holistic way, taking into account positive as well as negative impacts. The use phase plays an important role for [...]

Social life cycle assessment of free-floating car sharing: a case study in Berlin2021-09-30T20:01:01+00:00

Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for the European Building Industry

Session MO.2.E || What Gets Measured, Gets Improved – Impact Assessment and Environmental Labeling Along the Production Chain II Authors Röck, Martin; Hvid Horup Sørensen, Lise; Lynge, Kirsten; Tozan, Buket; Shcack, Rikke; Fields, Maya; Collin, Christine; Le Den, Xavier; Birgisdóttir, Harpa Abstract Introduction: The pressure from human activities are starting to exceed the carrying capacity [...]

Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for the European Building Industry2021-09-30T20:01:00+00:00

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The 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management took place on 5th – 8th September 2021 as a virtual conference. The conference was organized under the following theme: Building a Sustainable Future based on Innovation and Digitalization. In the LCM 2021 media library you will find all the content that was shared during the conference.

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Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP Department Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi)
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Ms. Sandra Kanitz
E-mail: contact@lcm2021.org
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