Digital & verified sustainability information – Are we really there yet?

Session TU.3.B || Life Cycle Data Supporting Supply Chain Management Authors Rehberger, Max; Duque Ciceri, Natalia Abstract With resource efficiency and carbon neutrality gaining importance for many stakeholders while value chains for most products are getting more complex and specific, new paths must be entered to fulfill both sustainability and economic criteria. Key drivers are [...]

Digital & verified sustainability information – Are we really there yet?2021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

A tool to determine the optimal environmental lifetime of circular products

Session TU.2.E || Tools, Metrics and Labels for a Circular Economy Authors Hummen, Torsten; Desing, Harald Abstract A longer product use requires fewer resources and causes less environmental impact. While this assumption may seem intuitive, longevity is not per se environmentally beneficial. Imagine a product that causes significant impacts during its service life and loses [...]

A tool to determine the optimal environmental lifetime of circular products2021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

Social Life Cycle Assessment for informal settings: the experience from the recycling system of Cuenca, Ecuador

Session WE.2.B || Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products Authors Cabrera, Fanny; Pacheco, Gustavo; Vanegas, Paúl; Sucozhañay, Dolores Abstract The transition towards a circular economy, which has emerged as a promising approach to achieve sustainable development, may cause significant social impacts on vulnerable groups. However, assessing social impacts remains a challenge. Social Life Cycle Assessment [...]

Social Life Cycle Assessment for informal settings: the experience from the recycling system of Cuenca, Ecuador2021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

Sustainability and Future Trajectories: How is Prospectivity Integrated into Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Energy Technologies in Practice?

Session MO.3.B || Prospective Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Energy Technologies Authors Brand, Urte; Gomez Trillos, Juan Camilo; Lütkehaus, Hauke; Papantoni, Veatriki; Tippe, Mareike; Pade, Christian; Oswald, Matthias; Vogt, Thomas Abstract This contribution is intended to serve as an impulse presentation for the session "Prospective Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Energy Technologies", which we are [...]

Sustainability and Future Trajectories: How is Prospectivity Integrated into Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Energy Technologies in Practice?2021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

Four-eyes principle in circular economy: bringing the necessary trust and transparency to metrics and labels

Session TU.3.E || Circular Economy and Circular Society in LCM Authors Duque Ciceri, Natalia; Rehberger, Max Abstract “There are more than 200 environmental labels in the EU, and more than 450 worldwide” . Many of such eco-labels can be somehow connected to the circularity of products. The most basic metrics can be related to the [...]

Four-eyes principle in circular economy: bringing the necessary trust and transparency to metrics and labels2021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00
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