The reliability of input-output and lifecycle-based data for estimation of corporate carbon emissions: a comparative study of carbon footprints in the automotive sector

Session MO.3.E || Life Cycle Metrics in Sustainable Finance and Business Authors Popescu, Ioana-Stefania; Chion, Laurent; Gibon, Thomas; Hitaj, Claudia; Benetto, Enrico Abstract Regulators increasingly demand investors to assess indirect (scope 3) greenhouse gas emissions attributable to investee companies. However, where reported, data is inconsistent, and, where estimated, it cannot be relied upon due to [...]

The reliability of input-output and lifecycle-based data for estimation of corporate carbon emissions: a comparative study of carbon footprints in the automotive sector2021-09-30T20:00:56+00:00

Life-LCA: The first case study of the life cycle impacts of a human being

Session TU.1.B || Future Sustainable Lifestyles – Individual Choices Authors Bossek, David; Görmer, Marcel; Bach, Vanessa; Finkbeiner, Matthias Abstract Besides politics and companies, changes in a human being's consumption pattern can make a significant contribution to sustainable development, as addressed in SDG 17. To make these changes tangible, the Life-LCA method - which adapts LCA [...]

Life-LCA: The first case study of the life cycle impacts of a human being2021-09-30T20:00:56+00:00

Life cycle sustainability assessment of a residential building project in northeast China

Session WE.2.A || Life Cycle Sustainability in Construction and Renovation of Buildings II Authors Dong, Yahong; Liu, Peng Abstract Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) is an effective instrument evolved from life cycle assessment (LCA). LCSA can evaluate not only the environmental impacts, but also economic and social impacts. Buildings have significant impacts to environment, economy [...]

Life cycle sustainability assessment of a residential building project in northeast China2021-09-30T20:00:56+00:00

Circularity of consumer electronics within Life Cycle (GAP) Analysis

Session TU.3.E || Circular Economy and Circular Society in LCM Authors Dieterle, Michael; Lätsch, Corinna; Nioac de Salles, Ana Claudia Abstract Life cycle gap analysis is a specific technique to interpret product LCA results with circular economy principles in order to identify potentials for further improvement. The basic idea of the LCGA methodology is to [...]

Circularity of consumer electronics within Life Cycle (GAP) Analysis2021-09-30T20:00:56+00:00

Adequate Framework, Process, Method, Data and Communication for consistent and successful Decarbonization over the Supply chain.

Session TU.2.C || The Role of Industry in Sustainable Supply Chains Authors Baitz, Martin; Bos, Ulrike; Kupferschmid, Stefan; Premer, Stefan; Partl, Hannes Abstract The concept of Decarbonization is picked up by industry, but also still a differently used vogue term. Searching the Internet results in connections to concepts like e.g., Low carbon economy, Circular economy, [...]

Adequate Framework, Process, Method, Data and Communication for consistent and successful Decarbonization over the Supply chain.2021-09-30T20:00:56+00:00

About

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.

Contact

Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP Department Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi)
Wankelstr. 5 | 70563 Stuttgart | Germany
Ms. Sandra Kanitz
E-mail: contact@lcm2021.org
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